[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1997 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1997

 To require the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General of 
the United States to be consulted before the manufacture, importation, 
    sale, or delivery of armor piercing ammunition for the use of a 
                          governmental entity.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 1997

  Mr. Yates introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General of 
the United States to be consulted before the manufacture, importation, 
    sale, or delivery of armor piercing ammunition for the use of a 
                          governmental entity.

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

SECTION 1. CONSULTATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY AND THE 
              ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REQUIRED BEFORE THE 
              MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, SALE, OR DELIVERY OF ARMOR 
              PIERCING AMMUNITION FOR THE USE OF A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.

    Section 922(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in each 
of paragraphs (7)(A) and (8)(A) by inserting ``, but only after 
consultation by the manufacturer or importer with the Secretary and the 
Attorney General of the United States (in accordance with such 
regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe) for consideration of the 
operational necessities of such ammunition and the impact upon law 
enforcement and public safety'' before the semicolon.
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