[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 793 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 793

To eliminate the administrative authority to prohibit the possession or 
                transfer of particular assault weapons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 1995

Mr. Baker of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Emerson, 
Mr. Tanner, Mr. Stump, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Riggs, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Bryant of 
Tennessee, Mr. Upton, Mr. Ney, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. LaTourette, and Mr. 
   Hancock) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To eliminate the administrative authority to prohibit the possession or 
                transfer of particular assault weapons.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT THE 
              POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF PARTICULAR ASSAULT WEAPONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 921(a)(30) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(30) The term `semiautomatic assault weapon' means--
            ``(A) any firearm known as--
                    ``(i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies 
                Avtomat Kalashnikovs (all models);
                    ``(ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries UZI 
                and Galil;
                    ``(iii) Beretta Ar70 (SC-70);
                    ``(iv) Colt AR-15;
                    ``(v) Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC;
                    ``(vi) SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, and M-12;
                    ``(vii) Steyr AUG; or
                    ``(viii) INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9 and TEC-22; and
            ``(B) any revolving cylinder shotgun, such as (or similar 
        to) the Street Sweeper and Striker 12.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if the amendment were included in subtitle A of title XI 
of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 at the 
time such subtitle became law.
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