[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1706 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1706

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or 
                      transfer of assault weapons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 1993

   Mr. Mfume (for himself, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Cardin, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
   Berman, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Blackwell, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
 Tucker, Ms. Norton, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Mazzoli, Mr. Rush, Mr. Kennedy, 
                            Mr. Scott, and 
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 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 possession or 
                      transfer of assault weapons.

    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 Weapons Prohibition Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF ASSAULT WEAPONS.

    Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(s)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful 
for any person--
            ``(A) to transfer an assault weapon; or
            ``(B) to possess an assault weapon after the 90-day period 
        that begins with the effective date of this subsection.
    ``(2)(A)(i) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a transfer to or by, 
or a possession by or under the authority of, the United States or any 
department or agency thereof, or any State or a department, agency, or 
political subdivision thereof.
    ``(B) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the otherwise lawful 
possession of an assault weapon by a person who--
            ``(i) has lawfully possessed the weapon since before the 
        effective date of this subsection; and
            ``(ii) has submitted to the Secretary, in such form and in 
        such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation--
                    ``(I) the name (and any former name), address, date 
                of birth, and any driver's license number of the 
                person; and
                    ``(II) the serial number of the weapon.
    ``(3) Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as are 
necessary to carry out this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF ASSAULT WEAPON.

    Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(29) The term `assault weapon' means--
            ``(A)(i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies Avtomat 
        Kalashnikovs (all models);
            ``(ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries UZI and 
        Galil;
            ``(iii) Beretta AR-70 (SC-70);
            ``(iv) Colt AR-15 and CAR-15;
            ``(v) Fabrique Nationale FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC;
            ``(vi) MAC 10 and 11;
            ``(vii) Steyr AUG;
            ``(viii) INTRATEC TEC-9;
            ``(ix) Street Sweeper and Striker 12;
            ``(x) Auto Ordnance 27A1 Thompson, 27A5 Thompson, M1 
        Thompson;
            ``(xi) Springfield BM59, SAR48, and G3SA;
            ``(xii) All Ruger Mini-14 models with folding stocks; and
            ``(xiii) Armscorp FAL;
            ``(B) any firearm which is functionally equivalent to any 
        firearm specified in subparagraph (A);
            ``(C) a firearm having threads, 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;
            ``(D) any part or combination of parts designed to 
        facilitate the attachment of a silencer, bayonet, grenade 
        launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock to a firearm;
            ``(E) 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; and
            ``(F) any combination of parts--
                    ``(i) designed and intended solely and exclusively 
                for assembling--
                            ``(I) a firearm specified in subparagraph 
                        (A), or described in subparagraph (B) or (C); 
                        or
                            ``(II) a device described in subparagraph 
                        (E); and
                    ``(ii) from which a firearm or device referred to 
                in clause (i) could be assembled if such parts were 
                possessed or controlled by 1 person.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO RECOMMEND MODIFICATIONS TO THE DEFINITION OF 
              ASSAULT WEAPON.

    The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney 
General, may recommend to the Congress that the definition of an 
assault weapon in section 921(a)(29) of title 18, United States Code, 
be modified--
            (1) to include firearms not covered by the definition which 
        should be so covered; and
            (2) to exclude firearms covered by the definition which 
        should not be so covered.

SEC. 5. ENHANCED PENALTIES.

    Section 924(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``and if the firearm is an assault weapon, 
        to imprisonment for 15 years,'' after ``ten years,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``and if the firearm is an assault weapon, 
        to imprisonment for 30 years,'' after ``twenty years,''.

SEC. 6. STUDY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General of the United States shall--
            (1) investigate and study the effect of this Act and the 
        amendments made by this Act on violent and drug-related crime; 
        and
            (2) evaluate the recreational and other noncriminal uses of 
        assault weapons (as defined in section 921(a)(29) of title 18, 
        United States Code).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 30 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall prepare and submit to 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on the matters 
described in subsection (a).

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall become effective 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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