# 115-hr-4590: 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 required to be carried while on-duty.

115-hr-4590, 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 required to be carried while on-duty., is a 115th 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: 115-hr-4590
- Congress: 115
- 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 required to be carried while on-duty.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2017-12-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 4
- 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 is required to carry a firearm while on duty and who, while on duty, uses, carries, or possesses the a firearm in a crime of violence.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] (R-OK), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] (R-OH), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2017-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] (R-TX), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4590 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4590)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4590 (as of 2025-11-18).