[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1087 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1087

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 juvenile.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 June 9 (legislative day, June 7), 1993

   Mr. Kohl (for himself, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. 
  Lautenberg) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               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 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 ``Youth Handgun Safety Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF THE POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN OR AMMUNITION BY, OR 
              THE PRIVATE TRANSFER OF A HANDGUN OR AMMUNITION TO, A 
              JUVENILE.

    (a) Definition.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(29) The term `handgun' means--
                    ``(A) a firearm that 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.''.
    (b) Offense.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(s)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, deliver, or 
transfer to a juvenile--
            ``(A) a handgun; or
            ``(B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a 
        handgun.
    ``(2) It shall be unlawful for any person who is a juvenile to 
possess--
            ``(A) a handgun; or
            ``(B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a 
        handgun.
    ``(3) This subsection does not apply to a temporary transfer to, or 
possession by--
            ``(A) a juvenile when the handgun is being used in target 
        practice under the supervision of an adult who is not 
        prohibited by Federal, State, or local law from possessing a 
        firearm or in the course of instruction in the traditional and 
        proper use of the handgun under the supervision of such an 
        adult; or
            ``(B) a juvenile who is a member of the Armed Forces of the 
        United States or the National Guard who possesses or is armed 
        with a handgun in the line of duty.
    ``(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term `juvenile' means a 
person who is less than 18 years of age.''.
    (c) Penalty.--Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``paragraph (2) or (3) 
        of''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(5) A person who 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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