[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1834 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1834

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession of a 
   handgun or ammunition by, or the private transfer of a handgun or 
                        ammunition to, a minor.


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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 possession of a 
   handgun or ammunition by, or the private transfer of a handgun or 
                        ammunition to, a minor.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION AGAINST THE POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN OR 
              AMMUNITION BY, OR THE PRIVATE TRANSFER OF A HANDGUN OR 
              AMMUNITION TO, A MINOR.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s)(1)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, deliver, 
or otherwise transfer a handgun or ammunition to a minor.
    ``(B) It shall be unlawful for any minor to possess or receive a 
handgun or ammunition.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the transfer of a handgun or 
ammunition to, or the possession or receipt of a handgun or ammunition 
by, a minor who is engaged in a lawful sporting activity under the 
supervision of a person who is not prohibited by Federal law, or by the 
law of the State in which the activity occurs, from receiving a firearm 
or ammunition, unless the minor fails to return the handgun or 
ammunition to the transferor at the end of the activity.
    ``(3) As used in this subsection, the term `minor' means an 
individual who has not attained 18 years of age.''.
    (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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