[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1659 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1659

     To amend the Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1985.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 16 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

 Mr. Moynihan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1985.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be 
cited as ``The Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1985, 
Amendment.''

SEC. 101. ARMOR-PIERCING AMMUNITION DEFINITION.

    Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
revising subparagraph (B) and adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as 
follows:
    ``(B) The term `armor piercing ammunition' means--
            ``(i) a projectile or projectile core which may be used in 
        a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the 
        presence of traces of other substances) from one or a 
        combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, 
        beryllium copper, or depleted uranium; or
            ``(ii) a jacketed projectile which may be used in a handgun 
        and whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the 
        total weight of the projectile.
    ``(C) The term `armor piercing ammunition' does not include shotgun 
shot required by Federal or State environmental or game regulations for 
hunting purposes, a frangible projectile designed for target shooting, 
a projectile which the Secretary finds is primarily intended to be used 
for sporting purposes, or any other projectile or projectile core which 
the Secretary finds is intended to be used for industrial purposes, 
including a charge used in an oil and gas well perforating device.''.

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