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To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm required to be carried while on-duty.

H.R. 4590 · 115th Congress · Dec 7, 2017 · Lineage

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Section 1 Exception to certain mandatory minimum sentencing requirements for person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm required to be carried while on-duty

Section 3261 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, if the offense is a violation of section 924(c)(1) of this title, the minimum sentencing requirements of section 924(c)(1)(A) of this title shall not apply if—

“(1) the person committed a crime of violence during and in relation to the offense;

“(2) an agency of the United States required the person to carry a firearm while on-duty; and

“(3) at the time the person used, carried, or possessed the firearm, the person was employed outside the United States by the agency, and was on-duty.”