,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dcgf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #i1      
#bjbb,mr4 ,cotton 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,hawley1 ,mr4 ,young1    
,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4    
,daines1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 and ,mr4 ,thune7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and 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 ,stop    
,gun ,criminals ,act4  #b4 ,amendments  
to the ,armed ,career ,criminal ,act    
,section #ibd of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7a77#b7-- 7,a7 by striking   
violates subsection and inserting the   
following3 violates-- 7,a7 subsection  2
  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,a71 as so      
designated1 by striking 7g72  7,c7 by   
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 or' and  7,d7 by adding at  

the end the following3  7,b7 section    
#ibb7;g7 shall be-- 7i7 fined as        
provided in this title2 and  7ii7 except
 as provided in subsection 7e7 of this  
section1 imprisoned not less than #e    
years and not more than #aj years4  2   
7#b7 in subsection 7c77#a77;,a7-- 7,a7  
in clause 7i71 by striking #e years and 
inserting #g years2  7,b7 in clause     
7ii71 by striking #g years and inserting
 #aj years2 and  7,c7 in clause 7iii71  
by striking #aj years and inserting #ae 
years2 and  7#c7 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
 of 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 relating to
 offenses committed by an individual who
 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 ,act7 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  
convictions4  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