[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3435 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3435

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the transfer of a 
     firearm or ammunition to a juvenile, and the unsupervised and 
   unauthorized possession of a firearm or ammunition by a juvenile.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 1993

  Mr. Skaggs (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
 Nadler, Mr. Stark, Mr. Wheat, Mr. Yates, Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Maloney, 
  Mr. Underwood, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Farr of California, Ms. Byrne, Mr. 
 Clay, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Foglietta, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, 
    Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Mann, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Coyne, and Mr. 
  Reynolds) 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 transfer of a 
     firearm or ammunition to a juvenile, and the unsupervised and 
   unauthorized possession of a firearm or ammunition by a juvenile.

    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 ``Juvenile Firearm Regulation Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST THE TRANSFER OF A FIREARM OR AMMUNITION TO 
              A JUVENILE.

    (a) Prohibition.--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 transfer a firearm or 
ammunition to an individual who the person knows or has reasonable 
cause to believe has not attained 18 years of age, unless a parent or 
legal guardian of the individual has consented to the transfer.''.
    (b) Penalties.--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)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), whoever knowingly 
violates section 922(s) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for 
not more than 1 year, or both.
    ``(B) In the case of the first conviction of a person under section 
922(s) with respect to each of 2 or more firearms, and in the case of 
the second or subsequent conviction of a person under such section, the 
person shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 5 
years, or both.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST THE UNSUPERVISED AND UNAUTHORIZED 
              POSSESSION OF A FIREARM OR AMMUNITION BY A JUVENILE.

    (a) Prohibition.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as 
amended by section 2(a) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(t)(1) It shall be unlawful for a juvenile to possess a firearm 
or ammunition.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession of a firearm 
or ammunition by a juvenile--
            ``(A) who is under the supervision of an adult who is not 
        prohibited by Federal, State, or local law from possessing a 
        firearm; or
            ``(B) while engaged in hunting, target shooting, or other 
        sporting activities, or in a course of instruction, or while 
        transporting the firearm or ammunition to or from the site of 
        such activities, to the extent that the possession is 
        specifically authorized by or under State law.
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection:
            ``(A) The term `juvenile' means a person who has not 
        attained 18 years of age.
            ``(B) The term `adult' means a person who has attained 18 
        years of age.''.
    (b) Penalties.--Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code, as 
amended by section 2(b) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(6) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(t) shall be fined 
under this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.''.
    (c) Technical Amendments.--(1) Section 5031 of such title is 
amended by inserting ``or a violation by such a person of section 
922(t)'' before the period.
    (2) Section 5037(c) of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ``For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B), in the 
case of a juvenile found to be a juvenile delinquent by reason of a 
violation of section 922(t) that is the first such violation by the 
juvenile, the maximum term of imprisonment that would be authorized if 
the juvenile had been tried and convicted as an adult is deemed to be 6 
months.''.
    (d) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to conduct engaged in after the 18-month period that begins with the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

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