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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 10, 2000
Gun Traffickers Pretrial Threat Assessment Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to include certain firearms-related crimes (such as violation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act prohibition against receiving or selling a stolen firearm or ammunition or against transferring a firearm knowing that it will be used to commit a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, or violation of the Internal Revenue Code prohibition against obliterating a serial number on a firearm) to the list of crimes giving rise to a presumption of dangerousness for purposes of hearings on the release of defendants before trial.
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Rep. Kuykendall, Steven T. [R-CA-36] · R–CA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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