[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1189 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1189

To entitle certain armored car crew members to lawfully carry a weapon 
    in any State while protecting the security of valuable goods in 
     interstate commerce in the service of an armored car company.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 1993

 Mrs. Collins of Illinois (for herself, Mr. Stearns, Mr. McMillan, and 
  Mr. Oxley) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To entitle certain armored car crew members to lawfully carry a weapon 
    in any State while protecting the security of valuable goods in 
     interstate commerce in the service of an armored car company.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the distribution of goods and services to consumers in 
        the United States requires the free flow of currency, bullion, 
        securities, food stamps, and other items of unusual value in 
        interstate commerce;
            (2) the armored car industry transports and protects such 
        items in interstate commerce, including daily transportation of 
        currency and food stamps valued at more than $1,000,000,000;
            (3) armored car crew members are often subject to armed 
        attack by individuals attempting to steal such items;
            (4) to protect themselves and the items they transport, 
        such crew members are armed with weapons;
            (5) various States require both weapons' training and a 
        criminal record background check before licensing a crew member 
        to carry a weapon; and
            (6) there is a need for each State to reciprocally accept 
        weapons' licenses of other States for armored car crew members 
        to assure the free and safe transport of valuable items in 
        interstate commerce.

SEC. 3. STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAPONS' LICENSES ISSUED TO ARMORED CAR 
              COMPANY CREW MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--If an armored car crew member employed by an 
armored car company has in effect a license issued by the appropriate 
State agency (in the State in which such member is primarily employed 
by such company) to carry a weapon while acting in the service of such 
company in that State, and such State agency meets the minimum State 
requirements under subsection (b), then such crew member shall be 
entitled to lawfully carry any weapon to which such license relates in 
any State while such crew member is acting in the service of such 
company.
    (b) Minimum State Requirements.--A State agency meets the minimum 
State requirements of this subsection if in issuing a weapon's license 
to an armored car crew member described in subsection (a), the agency 
requires the crew member to provide information on an annual basis to 
the satisfaction of the agency that--
            (1) the crew member has received classroom and range 
        training in weapon's safety and marksmanship during the current 
        year by a qualified instructor for each weapon that the crew 
        member is licensed to carry; and
            (2) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the crew 
        member would not violate Federal law, determined on the basis 
        of a criminal record background check conducted during the 
        current year.

SEC. 4. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.

    This Act shall supersede any provision of State law (or any 
subdivision thereof) that is inconsistent with this Act.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) The term ``armored car crew member'' means an 
        individual who provides protection for goods transported by an 
        armored car company.
            (2) The term ``armored car company'' means a company--
                    (A) subject to regulation under subchapter II of 
                chapter 105 of title 49, United States Code; and
                    (B) holding the appropriate certificate, permit, or 
                license issued under subchapter II of chapter 109 of 
                such title, in order to engage in the business of 
                transporting and protecting currency, bullion, 
                securities, precious metals, food stamps, and other 
                articles of unusual value in interstate commerce.
            (3) The term ``State'' includes the several States and the 
        District of Columbia.

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