To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the firearm and ammunition prohibitions applicable to convicted felons to those convicted in a foreign court.

April 27, 2005

Mrs. MCCARTHY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the firearm and ammunition prohibitions applicable to convicted felons to those convicted in a foreign court.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Foreign Felon Gun Prohibition Act'.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FIREARM AND AMMUNITION PROHIBITIONS APPLICABLE TO CONVICTED FELONS TO THOSE CONVICTED IN A FOREIGN COURT.

Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting `, including any foreign court,' after `court'; and

(2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking `court of,' and inserting `court, including any foreign court, of'.

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