[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 476 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 476

    To prohibit the possession or transfer of non-sporting handguns.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1997

Mr. Gutierrez (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
 Wynn, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Stark, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
   Yates, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Flake, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Dellums, Ms. 
     McKinney, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pelosi, and Mr. Engel) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the possession or transfer of non-sporting handguns.

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

SECTION 1. 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 non-sporting handgun which has been shipped or transported in 
interstate or foreign commerce.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the continuous and otherwise 
lawful possession of a non-sporting handgun by a person during any 
period that began before the effective date of this subsection.''.
    (b) Non-Sporting Handgun Defined.--Section 921(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(34)(A) The term `non-sporting handgun' means a firearm which--
            ``(i)(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 which--
            ``(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 
inserting ``or (y)'' before ``of''.
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