Barrett v. United States · ¶21

Congress answered both questions in 1971. On the first, Congress made clear that a subsection (c) conviction must be “ `in addition to the punishment provided for the commission of' ” the predicate; that is, a violation of subsection (c) ought to result in two convictions, one for subsection (c) and one for the predicate. § 13, 84 Stat. 1890. On the second, Congress mandated that the two resulting sentences run consecutively, not concurrently: “ `[T]he term of imprisonment imposed under this subsection [shall not] run concurrently with any term of imprisonment imposed for' ” the predicate. Ibid.

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