[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 893 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 893

 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

                           February 16, 1993

Mr. Gutierrez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                             April 12, 1994

Additional sponsors: Mr. Rangel, Mr. Towns, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Johnston 
     of Florida, Mr. Rush, Ms. Furse, Mrs. Byrne, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
                      Blackwell, and Mr. Conyers)

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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. PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF ASSAULT 
              WEAPONS.

    (a) Prohibition.--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 possess an 
assault weapon, unless the weapon was lawfully and continuously 
possessed by the person since before the date of the enactment of this 
subsection.
    ``(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer an assault 
weapon.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any firearm which the 
Secretary has determined is of a type that is generally recognized as 
particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.''.
    (b) Assault Weapon Defined.--Section 921(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(29) The term `assault weapon' means--
            ``(A) any repeating firearm which uses a portion of the 
        energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge 
        case and chamber the next round, and which requires a separate 
        pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge; and
            ``(B) any shotgun which contains its ammunition in a 
        revolving cylinder.''.
    (c) Penalties.--
            (1) Unlawful possession or transfer of assault weapon.--
        Section 924(a)(1)(B) of such title is amended by striking ``or 
        (q)'' and inserting ``(r), or (s)''.
            (2) Enhanced penalty for possession or use of assault 
        weapon during crime of violence or drug trafficking crime.--
        Section 924(c)(1) of such title is amended by striking ``and if 
        the firearm is a short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun'' 
        and inserting ``if the firearm is an assault weapon, a short-
        barreled rifle, or a short-barreled shotgun,''.

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