Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Correctional facilities and imprisonment: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Violent crime
Description: Modifies the prior convictions that trigger a 15-year enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who commits a firearms offense after three or more such prior convictions.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 20, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1547/all-info
Companion Bill: HB2837
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6 sponsors: Tom Cotton (R); Marsha Blackburn (R); Lindsey Graham (R); Josh Hawley (R); David Perdue (R); John Kennedy (R)
Chamber | Date | Action |
Senate | May 20 2019 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Jun 3 2019 | federal bill text | bill text |
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
There are no amendments to this bill at this time |
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill