[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1847 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1847

To reduce injuries and deaths caused by accidental firearm shootings by 
                          children and others.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            February 10 (legislative day, January 25), 1994

 Mr. Metzenbaum (for himself and Mr. Chafee) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To reduce injuries and deaths caused by accidental firearm shootings by 
                          children and others.

    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 ``Child Safety Firearms Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. CHILD-PROOF SAFETY DEVICES.

    (a) Unlawful Act.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(u) It shall be unlawful for a person to manufacture or import a 
firearm that does not have as an integral part a device or devices 
that--
            ``(1) prevent a child of less than 7 years of age from 
        discharging the firearm by reason of the amount of strength, 
        dexterity, cognitive skill, or other ability required to cause 
        a discharge;
            ``(2) prevent a firearm that has a removable magazine from 
        discharging when the magazine has been removed; and
            ``(3) in the case of a handgun other than a revolver, 
        clearly indicate whether the magazine or chamber contains a 
        round of ammunition.''.
    (b) Penalty.--Section 924(a)(5) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``or (t)'' and inserting ``(t), or (u)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act.

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