[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 250 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 250

    To prohibit the possession or transfer of non-sporting handguns.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the possession or transfer of non-sporting handguns.

    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 NON-SPORTING 
              HANDGUNS.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(y)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transfer 
a non-sporting handgun which has been shipped or transported in 
interstate or foreign commerce.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the continuous and otherwise 
lawful possession of a non-sporting handgun by a person during any 
period that began before the effective date of this subsection.''.
    (b) Non-Sporting Handgun Defined.--Section 921(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(33)(A) The term `non-sporting handgun' means a firearm which--
            ``(i)(I) is designed to be fired by the use of a single 
        hand; and
            ``(II) is not a sporting handgun; and
            ``(ii) any combination of parts from which a firearm 
        described in clause (i) can be assembled.
    ``(B) The term `sporting handgun' means a firearm which--
            ``(i) is designed to be fired by the use of a single hand; 
        and
            ``(ii) the Secretary has determined, using the criteria 
        applied in making determinations under section 925(d)(3), to be 
        of a type generally recognized as particularly suitable for or 
        readily adaptable to sporting purposes.''.
    (c) Penalty.--Section 924(a)(1)(B) of such title is amended by 
inserting ``or (y)'' before ``of''.
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