[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2163 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2163

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the manufacture, 
  importation, and sale of ammunition capable of piercing police body 
                                 armor.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 1996

 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 amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the manufacture, 
  importation, and sale of ammunition capable of piercing police body 
                                 armor.

    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 ``Law Enforcement Officers Protection 
Amendment Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF THE DEFINITION OF ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITION.

    Section 921(a)(17)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (i);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) a projectile that may be used in a 
                        handgun and that the Secretary of the Treasury, 
                        in consultation with the Attorney General 
                        determines, pursuant to section 926(d), to be 
                        capable of penetrating body armor.''.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF ARMOR PIERCING CAPABILITY OF PROJECTILES.

    Section 926 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations based on 
standards to be developed by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Attorney General, for the uniform testing of 
projectiles to determine whether such projectiles are capable of 
penetrating National Institute of Justice Level II-A body armor.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General 
to--
            (1) develop and implement performance standards for armor 
        piercing ammunition; and
            (2) promulgate regulations for performance standards for 
        armor piercing ammunition.
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