# 114-hr-5662: To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm issued by the agency.

114-hr-5662, To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm issued by the agency., is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5662
- Congress: 114
- Title: To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm issued by the agency.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2016-07-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill amends the federal criminal code to exclude from certain minimum sentencing requirements a federal employee outside the United States who, while on-duty, uses, carries, or possesses an agency-issued firearm in a crime of violence.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1] (R-NH), 2016-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN DUNCAN (R-TN), 2016-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2016-07-07T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-4321: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act
- 114-hr-3381: Childhood Cancer STAR Act
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- 114-hr-1624: Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act
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## Sources
- [114-hr-5662 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5662)

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- [114-hr-4321: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4321)
- [114-hr-3381: Childhood Cancer STAR Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3381)
- [114-hr-1853: To direct the President to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Tai…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1853)
- [114-hr-1624: Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1624)
- [114-hr-1192: National Clinical Care Commission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1192)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5662 (as of 2025-11-18).