[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 122 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 122

   To prohibit the use of certain ammunition, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 1995

 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 prohibit the use of certain ammunition, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Destructive Ammunition Prohibition Act of 1995''.

SECTION 1. DEFINITION.

    Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(D) The term `destructive ammunition' means--
            ``(1) any jacketed, hollow point projectile that may be 
        used in a handgun and the jacket of which is designed to 
        produce, upon impact, sharp-tipped, barb-like projections that 
        extend beyond the diameter of the unfired projectile.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    Section 922(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7), by inserting ``or destructive'' after 
        ``armor piercing''; and
            (2) in paragraph (8), by inserting ``or destructive'' after 
        ``armor piercing''.
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