[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1654 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1654

   To apply equal standards to certain foreign made and domestically 
                           produced handguns.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 28, 1996

Mrs. Boxer (for herself and 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 apply equal standards to certain foreign made and domestically 
                           produced handguns.

    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 ``Junk Gun Violence Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the prohibition on the importation of handguns that are 
        not generally recognized as particularly suitable for or 
        readily adaptable to sporting purposes, often described as junk 
        guns or Saturday night specials, has led to the creation of a 
        high-volume market for these weapons that are domestically 
        manufactured;
            (2) traffic in junk guns constitutes a serious threat to 
        public welfare and to law enforcement officers, and the use of 
        such firearms is increasing;
            (3) junk guns are used disproportionately in the commission 
        of crimes;
            (4) of the firearms traced in 1995, the 3 firearms most 
        commonly traced to crimes were junk guns; and
            (5) the domestic manufacture, transfer, and possession of 
        junk guns should be restricted.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN 
              HANDGUNS.

    (a) Restriction.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(y)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to manufacture, 
transfer, or possess a junk gun that has been shipped or transported in 
interstate or foreign commerce.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
            ``(A) the possession or transfer of any junk gun otherwise 
        lawfully possessed under Federal law on the date of the 
        enactment of the Junk Gun Violence Protection Act;
            ``(B) any firearm or replica of a firearm that has been 
        rendered permanently inoperative;
            ``(C) the manufacture for, transfer to, or possession by 
        the United States or a State or a department or agency of the 
        United States, or a State or a department, agency, or political 
        subdivision of a State, or a transfer to or possession by a law 
        enforcement officer employed by such an entity for law 
        enforcement purposes (whether on or off duty); or
            ``(D) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a junk 
        gun by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for the 
        purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the 
        Secretary.''.
    (b) Definition of Junk Gun.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(33)(A) The term `junk gun' means any firearm that is not 
described in section 925(d)(3), and any regulations issued under such 
section.''.
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