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H.R. 4334

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4334, the Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 10, 2025 by Rep. David Kustoff (R). It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jul 10, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 4334 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

hb4334/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4334 IH: Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-10
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4334  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 10, 2025   Mr. Kustoff  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, relating to sentencing of armed career criminals.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act  .
2.
Amendments to the Armed Career Criminal Act
Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)(2), by striking  (a)(6), (g), (h), (i), (j), or (o) of section 922  and inserting  (a)(6), (d), (h), (i), (j), or (o) of section 922, or, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, subsection (g) of section 922 ; and
(2)
by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
(e)
(1)
Whoever knowingly violates section 922(g) and has 3 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 15 years and not more than 30 years, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall not suspend the sentence of, or grant a probationary sentence to, such person with respect to the conviction under section 922(g).
(2)
In this subsection—
(A)
the term  offense punishable by imprisonment for a statutory maximum term of not less than 10 years  includes an offense (without regard to the application of any sentencing guideline, statutory criterion, or judgment that may provide for a shorter period of imprisonment within the statutory sentencing range) 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 10 years; and
(B)
the term  serious felony conviction  means—
(i)
any conviction by a court that, at the time of sentencing, was a felony offense punishable by imprisonment for a statutory maximum term of not less than 10 years; or
(ii)
any group of convictions for which a court imposed in the same proceeding or in consolidated proceedings a total term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years, regardless of how many years of that total term the defendant served in custody.
 .
3.
Applicability
(a)
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 who, on the date on which the offense is committed, has 3 or more previous serious felony convictions, as defined in subsection (e) of section 924 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act.
(b)
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 (e) of section 924 of title 18, United States Code.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-07-10
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jul 10, 2025

hb4334/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (07/10/2025)

Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

This bill expands the criminal offenses that qualify as prior convictions for the purpose of enhanced sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA).

Currently, the ACCA imposes a 15-year mandatory minimum prison term on a defendant who possesses, receives, or transports a firearm as a prohibited person (e.g., felon) and has three or more prior convictions for a serious drug offense or violent felony (or both) committed on separate occasions.

The term serious drug offense means a federal or state offense with a statutory maximum prison term of 10 years or more. A state offense must involve the manufacture, distribution, or possession of a controlled substance as defined in the Controlled Substances Act.

The term violent felony means any crime punishable by a prison term of more than one year that (1) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force; or (2) is burglary, arson, or extortion, or involves explosives.

This bill replaces serious drug offense and violent felony with a new category of qualifying prior offense: serious felony convictions. The term serious felony conviction means (1) any conviction that, at the time of sentencing, was a felony offense punishable by a statutory maximum prison term of 10 years or more; or (2) any group of convictions imposed in the same proceeding or in consolidated proceedings with a total prison term of 10 years of more, regardless of how many years the defendant served.

Sponsors

Rep. David Kustoff (R) sponsors H.R. 4334 alone.

David Kustoff

Rep. · R–TN-8 · Sponsor

Committees

H.R. 4334 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Referred To · Jul 10, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4334 has taken 2 actions since Jul 10, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jul 10, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jul 10, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.Judiciary Committee

Votes

H.R. 4334 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 4334, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 4334 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act — Display Title
  • Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend title 18, United States Code, relating to sentencing of armed career criminals. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 7 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4334 in 10 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations, Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Retirement, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE—District of Columbia18—
ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSIONRegional planning, intergovernmental coordination and economic developmentGeorgia12$80K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE18—
COMMONWEALTH RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, LLC12$80K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
BENJAMIN STOKES118
DAVID TABOH118
JAMES PASCO118
LAURA GORMALLY118
TIMOTHY RICHARDSON118
MARK MCDONALD113
J. BRADY112

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2026 second_quarter$100K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2026 first_quarter$100K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2025 fourth_quarter$100K4th Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2025 third_quarter$100K3rd Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2025 second_quarter$100K2nd Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2025 fourth_quarter$100K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2025 third_quarter$100K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2025 second_quarter$100K2nd Quarter - Report
ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSIONCOMMONWEALTH RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, LLC2025 second_quarter$40K2nd Quarter - Termina…
ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSIONCOMMONWEALTH RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, LLC2025 first_quarter$40K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4334 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4334’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

hr4334/policy-areas.txt
Crime and Law EnforcementAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4334, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 119 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KUSTOFF:H.R. 4334.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and ProperClasue. Congress shall have the power to make all laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitutionin the Governmen of the United States, or in any Departmentof Officer thereof.[Page H3201]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com