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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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105TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105-344
TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED MANDATORY MINIMUM SEN-
TENCES FOR CRIMINALS POSSESSING FIREARMS, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
OCTOBER 24, 1997.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. HYDE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 424]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 424) to provide for increased mandatory minimum sentences
for criminals possessing firearms, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
T h e A m endm ent ...................................................................................................... 2
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 2
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 4
H e a rin g s ................................................................................................................... 6
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 6
V ote of the C om m ittee ............................................................................................ 6
Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 9
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight Findings ............................... 9
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 9
Congressional Budget Offi ce Estim ate .................................................................. 9
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 11
Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion .......................................................... 11
A gen cy V iew s ........................................................................................................... 13
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 16
D issen tin g V iew s .................................................................................................... 19
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