Congress 107 - S 2091 - Gun Kingpin Penalty Act

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Ammunition Armed Forces and National Security Assault Child abuse Citizenship Commerce Conspiracy Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Department of the Treasury Drug abuse Drug addicts Families Federal employees Federal law enforcement officers Fines (Penalties) Firearms Firearms control Foreign Trade and International Finance Forgery Fraud Fugitives from justice Government Operations and Politics Health Homicide Identification devices Illegal aliens Immigration Import restrictions Interstate commerce Labor and Employment Mandatory sentences Mentally ill Military discharges Murder Organized crime Parole Probation Receiving stolen goods Recidivists Recruiting of employees Retail trade Sentences (Criminal procedure) Smuggling Stalking Transportation and Public Works Unmarried couples Wife abuse Women

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Gun Kingpin Penalty Act - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person who does not have a Federal firearms license from shipping or transporting five or more firearms from one State to another during any 12-month period with intent to transfer such firearms to another unlicensed person. Imposes a fine and imprisonment for at least: (1) three years for a first violation; (2) five years for a second or subsequent violation; (3) 15 years if the violation involves more than 50 firearms; (4) ten years if an illegally transported firearm is subsequently used by the recipient, or by any person within three years, in an offense in which a person is killed or suffers serious bodily injury; and (5) 25 years if the violation involves more than 50 firearms and one of the firearms is subsequently used in such an offense.

Prohibits the court from imposing a probationary sentence or suspending the sentence of a person convicted of a violation of this Act, or from making any term of imprisonment imposed for a violation run concurrently with any other term imposed on such person by a U.S. court.

Makes specified firearms-related offenses predicate offenses under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to hire and employ 200 personnel to enforce the amendments made by this Act.

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Apr 11, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2580)
Apr 11, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2580)
Apr 11, 2002

Introduced in Senate

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