[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1833 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1833

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the private transfer 
  of a handgun or ammunition to any person who does not have a State 
              permit to possess the handgun or ammunition.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 1993

  Ms. Norton 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 private transfer 
  of a handgun or ammunition to any person who does not have a State 
              permit to possess the handgun or ammunition.

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

SECTION 1. STATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR PRIVATE TRANSFER OF A HANDGUN OR 
              AMMUNITION.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person who is not licensed 
under section 923 to transfer a handgun or ammunition to another person 
who is not so licensed, unless--
            ``(A) the transferee has presented to the transferor a 
        valid permit, issued by the State in which the transfer occurs, 
        which allows the transferee to possess the handgun or 
        ammunition; and
            ``(B) the transferor has made a record which contains--
                    ``(i) the name of the transferee;
                    ``(ii) the name of the transferor;
                    ``(iii) a description of the handgun or ammunition 
                transferred;
                    ``(iv) the date of the transfer; and
                    ``(v) the permit number.
    ``(2)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person who is not licensed 
under section 923 and who transfers a handgun or ammunition to another 
person who is not so licensed to fail to transmit to the chief law 
enforcement officer of the place of residence of the transferee, within 
7 days after the date of the transfer, the record described in 
paragraph (1)(B).
    ``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term `chief law 
enforcement officer' means the chief of police, the sheriff, or an 
equivalent officer, or the designee of any such individual.''.
    (b) Handgun Defined.--Section 921(a) of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(29) The term `handgun' means--
            ``(A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to 
        be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and
            ``(B) any combination of parts from which a firearm 
        described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.''.
    (c) Penalty.--Section 924(a) of such title is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2) or (3) 
        of''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(s) shall be fined not 
more than $1,000, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.''.

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