[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1421 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1421

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation and 
  the manufacture of firearms designed to accept a silencer, bayonet, 
   grenade launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock, of certain 
ammunition feeding devices, and of related devices, and to provide for 
 the imposition of enhanced penalties for the possession or the use of 
  any such item in a crime of violence or in a drug trafficking crime.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 1993

    Mr. Stark (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Bacchus of 
 Florida, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Berman, Mr. Borski, Mrs. Byrne, Mr. Clay, 
 Mrs. Collins of Illinois, Mr. Conyers, Mr. de Lugo, Mr. Derrick, Mr. 
 Edwards of California, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Frank of 
  Massachusetts, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hochbrueckner, Mr. 
  Jefferson, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
Mazzoli, Mr. Miller of California, Mrs. Morella, Ms. Norton, Mr. Owens, 
 Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Ms. Roybal-
   Allard, Mr. Sabo, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Studds, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. 
Towns, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Yates, Ms. Waters, and Mr. Wheat) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation and 
  the manufacture of firearms designed to accept a silencer, bayonet, 
   grenade launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock, of certain 
ammunition feeding devices, and of related devices, and to provide for 
 the imposition of enhanced penalties for the possession or the use of 
  any such item in a crime of violence or in a drug trafficking crime.

    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 ``Assault Weapon Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST THE IMPORTATION AND THE MANUFACTURE OF 
              ASSAULT WEAPONS AND RELATED DEVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s) It shall be unlawful for any person to import or 
manufacture--
            ``(1) a firearm having threading, lugs, or other 
        characteristics which are designed to facilitate the direct 
        attachment of a silencer, bayonet, grenade launcher, flash 
        suppressor, or folding stock to the firearm;
            ``(2) any part or combination of parts designed to 
        facilitate the attachment of a bayonet, silencer, grenade 
        launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock to a firearm;
            ``(3) a shotgun with a fixed magazine which is capable of 
        holding 7 or more rounds of ammunition;
            ``(4) a detachable magazine, drum, belt, feed strip, or 
        similar device which has a capacity of, or can be readily 
        restored or converted to accept, 10 or more rounds of 
        ammunition;
            ``(5) any combination of parts--
                    ``(A) designed and intended solely and exclusively 
                for assembling a device described in paragraph (4); and
                    ``(B) from which a device described in paragraph 
                (4) could be assembled if such parts were possessed or 
                controlled by 1 person; or
            ``(6) any part specifically designed for use in assembling 
        a device described in paragraph (4).''.
    (b) Penalty.--Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(5) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(s) shall be fined not 
more than $10,000, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.''.

SEC. 3. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR THE POSSESSION OR THE USE OF AN ASSAULT 
              WEAPON OR A RELATED DEVICE IN A CRIME OF VIOLENCE OR IN A 
              DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.

    Section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``subsection'' and inserting ``paragraph''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall 
apply in like manner to whomever, in the circumstances described in 
such paragraph (1), uses or carries an item described in section 
922(s), except that--
            ``(A) in the case of the first conviction of a person under 
        this paragraph, such person shall be sentenced to imprisonment 
        for ten years; and
            ``(B) in the case of the second or subsequent conviction of 
        such person under this paragraph, such person shall be 
        sentenced to imprisonment for thirty years.''.

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