[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 608 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 107

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 608

                          [Report No. 103-67]

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                                 A BILL

     Entitled the ``Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993''.

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                June 24 (legislative day, June 22), 1993

                        Reported with amendments





                                                       Calendar No. 107
103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 608

                          [Report No. 103-67]

     Entitled the ``Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 17 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

   Mr. Exon introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

                June 24 (legislative day, June 22), 1993

               Reported by Mr. Hollings, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
     Entitled the ``Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993''.

    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 ``Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the distribution of goods and services to consumers in 
        the United States requires the free flow of currency, bullion, 
        securities, food stamps, and other items of unusual value in 
        interstate commerce;
            (2) the armored car industry transports and protects such 
        items in interstate commerce, including daily transportation of 
        currency and food stamps valued at more than $1,000,000,000;
            (3) armored car crew members are often subject to armed 
        attack by individuals attempting to steal such items;
            (4) to protect themselves and the items they transport, 
        such crew members are armed with weapons;
            (5) various States require both -w-e-a-p-o-n-s-' weapons 
        training and a criminal record background check before 
        licensing a crew member to carry a weapon; and
            (6) there is a need for each State to reciprocally accept 
        -w-e-a-p-o-n-s-' weapons licenses of other States for armored 
        car crew members to assure the free and safe transport of 
        valuable items in interstate commerce.

SEC. 3. STATE RECIPROCITY OF -W-E-A-P-O-N-S-' WEAPONS LICENSES ISSUED 
              TO ARMORED CAR COMPANY CREW MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--If an armored car crew member employed by an 
armored car company has in effect a license issued by the appropriate 
State agency (in the State in which such member is primarily employed 
by such company) to carry a weapon while acting in the services of such 
company in that State, and such State agency meets the minimum State 
requirements under subsection (b), then such crew member shall be 
entitled to lawfully carry any weapon to which such license relates in 
any State while such crew member is acting in the service of such 
company.
    (b) Minimum State Requirements.--A State agency meets the minimum 
State requirements of this subsection if in issuing a -w-e-a-p-o-n-'-s 
weapons license to an armored car crew member described in subsection 
(a), the agency requires the crew member to provide information on an 
annual basis to the satisfaction of the agency -t-h-a-t -t-h-e -c-r-e-w 
-m-e-m-b-e-r--- that--
            (1) the crew member has received classroom and range 
        training in -w-e-a-p-o-n-'-s weapons safety and marksmanship 
        during the current year by a qualified instructor for each 
        weapon that the crew member is licensed to carry; and
            (2) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the crew 
        member would not violate Federal law, determined on the basis 
        of a criminal record background check conducted during the 
        current year.

SEC. 4. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.

    This Act shall supersede any provision of State law -(-o-r -a-n-y 
-s-u-b-d-i-v-i-s-i-o-n -t-h-e-r-e-o-f-) (or the law of any political 
subdivision of a State) that is inconsistent with this Act.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) The term ``armored car crew member'' means an 
        individual who provides protection for goods transported by an 
        armored car company.
            (2) The term ``armored car company'' means a company--
                    (A) subject to regulation under subchapter II of 
                chapter 105 of title 49, United States Code; and
                    (B) holding the appropriated certificate, permit, 
                or license issued under subchapter II of chapter 109 of 
                such title, in order to engage in the business of 
                transporting and protecting currency, bullion, 
                securities, precious metals, food stamps, and other 
                articles of unusual value in interstate commerce.