[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3646 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3646

 To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, 
 and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were 
                manufactured before the ban became law.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1998

Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Towns, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. 
   Pascrell, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Shays, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode 
  Island, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Tierney, Ms. Carson, Mr. 
 Stokes, Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr. Engel) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, 
 and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were 
                manufactured before the ban became law.

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

SECTION 1. BAN ON IMPORTING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.

    Section 922(w) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(1) Except as provided 
        in paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``(1)(A) Except as provided in 
        subparagraph (B)'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) Paragraph (1)'' and 
        inserting ``(B) Subparagraph (A)'';
            (3) by inserting before paragraph (3) the following:
    ``(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to import a large 
capacity ammunition feeding device.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1)'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``(1)(A)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(2)'' and inserting ``(1)(B)''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BAN ON TRANSFERRING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION 
              FEEDING DEVICES TO THOSE THAT WERE MANUFACTURED BEFORE 
              THE BAN BECAME LAW.

    (a) Elimination of Exemption for Transfer of Devices Lawfully 
Possessed Before Enactment of the Ban.--Section 922(w)(1)(B) of title 
18, United States Code, as so redesignated by section 1 of this Act, is 
amended by striking ``or transfer''.
    (b) Expanded Definition.--Section 921(a)(31)(A) of such title is 
amended by striking ``manufactured after the date of enactment of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994''.
                                 <all>