S 1612 in Congressional Session 104

Bill Number : S 1612

Title : A bill to provide for increased mandatory minimum sentences for criminals possessing firearms, and for other purposes.

SUMMARY AS OF:
10/3/1996--Passed Senate amended.    (There is 1 other summary) Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding using or carrying a firearm, and using or carrying a firearm while in possession of armor piercing ammunition capable of being fired in that firearm, during and in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime to make penalties under such provisions applicable to possessing a firearm under such circumstances. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission: (1) to review and, if appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements of the Commission to enhance the sentence of any defendant who discharges a firearm during or in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime; and (2) in carrying out such provision, to ensure that there is reasonable consistency with other Federal sentencing guidelines, avoid duplicative punishment for substantially the same offense, and take into account any mitigating circumstances that might justify an exception.

Sen Ashcroft, John [MO] - 5/7/1996

Sen Brown, Hank [CO] - 3/21/1996

Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS] - 3/13/1996

Sen Faircloth, Lauch [NC] - 3/13/1996

Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 3/13/1996

Sen Gramm, Phil [TX] - 3/13/1996

Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] - 3/20/1996

Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] - 3/13/1996

Sen Inhofe, James M. [OK] - 3/20/1996

Sen Kyl, Jon [AZ] - 3/29/1996

Sen Lott, Trent [MS] - 4/16/1996

Sen Murkowski, Frank H. [AK] - 4/23/1996

Sen Santorum, Rick [PA] - 3/28/1996

Sen Shelby, Richard C. [AL] - 3/20/1996

Sen Simpson, Alan K. [WY] - 3/26/1996

Sen Smith, Bob [NH] - 3/28/1996

Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 6/5/1996

Sen Stevens, Ted [AK] - 3/27/1996

Sen Thurmond, Strom [SC] - 3/13/1996

Sen Warner, John [VA] - 6/10/1996