,,ii #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #bfa ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,february #g1 #bjac ,mrs4 ,feinstein 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mrs4 ,boxer1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 and ,mr4 ,lautenberg7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to establish and clarify that ,congress does not authorize persons convicted of dangerous crimes in foreign courts to freely possess firearms in the ,united ,states4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,no ,firearms for ,foreign ,felons ,act of #bjac4 #b4 ,no firearms for foreign felons 7a7 ,definitions 7#a7 ,courts ,section #iba7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7#cf7 ,the term any court includes any ,federal1 ,state1 or foreign court4 4 7#b7 ,exclusion of certain felonies ,section #iba7;a77#bj7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by striking any ,federal or ,state offenses and inserting any ,federal1 ,state1 or foreign offenses2 7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking any ,state offense classified by the laws of the ,state and inserting any ,state or foreign offense classified by the laws of that jurisdiction2 and 7,c7 in the matter following subparagraph 7,b71 in the first sentence1 by inserting before the period the following3 1 except that a foreign conviction shall not constitute a conviction of such a crime if the convicted person establishes that the foreign conviction resulted from a denial of fundamental fairness that would violate due process if committed in the ,united ,states or from conduct that would be legal if committed in the ,united ,states4 7b7 ,domestic violence crimes ,section #iba7;a77#cc7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a7-- 7,a7 in the matter preceding clause 7i71 by striking subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting subparagraph 7,b72 and 7,b7 in clause 7i7-- 7i7 by inserting 7,i7 after 7i72 7ii7 by striking and and inserting or2 and 7iii7 by adding at the end the following3 7,,ii7 is a crime under foreign law that is punishable by imprisonment for a term of not more than #a year2 and 2 and 7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b77ii71 by striking if the conviction has and inserting the following3 if the conviction-- 7,i7 occurred in a foreign jurisdiction and the convicted person establishes that the foreign conviction resulted from a denial of fundamental fairness that would violate due process if committed in the ,united ,states or from conduct that would be legal if committed in the ,united ,states2 or 7,,ii7 has 4 7c7 ,penalties ,section #ibd7;e77#b77;,a77ii7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking an offense under ,state law and inserting an offense under ,state or foreign law2 and 7#b7 by inserting before the semicolon the following3 1 except that a foreign conviction shall not constitute a conviction of such a crime if the convicted person establishes that the foreign conviction resulted from a denial of fundamental fairness that would violate due process if committed in the ,united ,states or from conduct that would be legal if committed in the ,united ,states4