[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1640 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1640

 To prohibit the possession and transfer of nonsporting handguns, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 1996

  Mr. Bradley 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 possession and transfer of nonsporting handguns, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Domestic Saturday Night Special Act 
of 1996''.

SEC. 2. 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 nonsporting handgun that has been shipped or transported in 
interstate or foreign commerce.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession of a sporting 
handgun, or the continuous and otherwise lawful possession of a 
nonsporting handgun by a person during any period that began before the 
effective date of this subsection.
    ``(3) Paragraph (1) shall not prohibit the sale and transfer of--
            ``(A) a revolver with a barrel length of not less than 2 
        inches, if such revolver could otherwise be imported into the 
        United States on the basis of a determination by the Secretary 
        under section 925(d)(3); or
            ``(B) a handgun which, if designed to use a larger caliber 
        ammunition, could otherwise be imported into the United States 
        on the basis of a determination by the Secretary under section 
        925(d)(3).''.
    (b) Nonsporting Handgun Defined.--Section 921(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(33)(A) The term `nonsporting handgun' means--
            ``(i) a firearm that--
                    ``(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 that--
            ``(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 
striking ``or (w)'' and inserting ``(w), or (y)''.
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