Mike Thompson: “I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr.…”

“I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Thompson of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 38 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendments: Page 1, line 13, strike ``(a)'' and insert ``(a)(1)''. Page 2, line 10, strike ``(1)'' and insert ``(A)''. Page 2, line 13, strike ``(2)'' and insert ``(B)''. Page 2, after line 15, insert the following: ``(2)(A) A person who has been convicted of a violent crime within the preceding three years may not possess or carry a concealed handgun under this section in a State that by law prohibits a person from doing so on the basis of a conviction for such offense. ``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term `violent crime' means any offense that involves injury or the threat of injury to the person of another. ``(C) What constitutes a conviction of such a crime shall be determined in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the proceedings were held. Any conviction which has been expunged, or set aside or for which a person has been pardoned or has had civil rights restored shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of this paragraph, unless such pardon, expungement, or restoration of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.''. Mr. THOMPSON of California (during the reading). Mr.…”