,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhcg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bj1 #bjai,mr4  
,kustoff of ,tennessee introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 relating to sentencing of
 armed career criminals4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,restoring the ,armed ,career ,criminal 
,act4  #b4 ,amendments to the ,armed    
,career ,criminal ,act ,section #ibd of 
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a77#b71  
by striking 7a77#f71 7d71 7g71 7h71 7i71
 7j71 or 7o7 of section #ibb and        
inserting 7a77#f71 7d71 7h71 7i71 7j71  
or 7o7 of section #ibb1 or1 except as   
provided in subsection 7e7 of this      
section1 subsection 7g7 of section #ibb2
 and  7#b7 by striking subsection 7e7   
and inserting the following3  7e7  7#a7 
,whoever knowingly violates section     
#ibb7;g7 and has #c or more previous    

serious felony convictions for offenses 
committed on occasions different from   
one another shall be fined under this   
title and imprisoned not less than #ae  
years and not more than #cj years1 and1 
notwithstanding any other provision of  
law1 the court shall not suspend the    
sentence of1 or grant a probationary    
sentence to1 such person with respect to
 the conviction under section #ibb7;g74 
7#b7 ,in this subsection--  7,a7 the    
term offense punishable by imprisonment 
for a statutory maximum term of not less
 than #aj years includes an offense     
7without regard to the application of   
any sentencing guideline1 statutory     
criterion1 or judgment that may provide 
for a shorter period of imprisonment    
within the statutory sentencing range7  
for which the statute provides for a    
range in the period of imprisonment that
 may be imposed at sentencing the       
maximum term of which is not less than  
#aj years2 and  7,b7 the term serious   
felony conviction means--  7i7 any      

conviction by a court referred to in    
section #ibb7;g77#a7 for an offense     
that1 at the time of sentencing1 was an 
offense punishable by imprisonment for a
 statutory maximum term of not less than
 #aj years2 or  7ii7 any group of       
convictions for which a court referred  
to in section #ibb7;g77#a7 imposed in   
the same proceeding or in consolidated  
proceedings a total term of imprisonment
 not less than #aj years1 regardless of 
how many years of that total term the   
defendant served in custody4  4  #c4    
,applicability  7a7 ,in general ,the    
amendments made by this ,act shall apply
 to any offense committed after the date
 of enactment of this ,act by an        
individual who1 on the date on which the
 offense is committed1 has #c or more   
previous serious felony convictions 7as 
defined in subsection 7e7 of section    
#ibd of title #ah1 ,united ,states      
,code1 as amended by this ,act74  7b7   
,rule of construction ,this ,act and the
 amendments made by this ,act shall not 

be construed to create any right to     
challenge a sentence imposed under      
subsection 7e7 of section #ibd of title 
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code4