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[H.R. 624 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.624

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
                                  eight


                                 An Act


 
  To amend the Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993 to clarify 
  certain requirements and to improve the flow of interstate commerce.

    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 ``Armored Car Reciprocity Amendments 
of 1998''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAPONS LICENSES ISSUED 
              TO ARMORED CAR COMPANY CREW MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3(a) of the Armored Car Industry 
Reciprocity Act of 1993 (15 U.S.C. 5902(a)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(a) In General.--If an armored car crew member employed by an 
armored car company--
        ``(1) has in effect a license issued by the appropriate State 
    agency (in the State in which such member is primarily employed by 
    such company) to carry a weapon while acting in the services of 
    such company in that State, and such State agency meets the minimum 
    requirements under subsection (b); and
        ``(2) has met all other applicable requirements to act as an 
    armored car crew member in the State in which such member is 
    primarily employed by such company,
then such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry any weapon to 
which such license relates and function as an armored car crew member 
in any State while such member is acting in the service of such 
company.''.
    (b) Minimum State Requirements.--Section 3(b) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 5902(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Minimum State Requirements.--A State agency meets the minimum 
State requirements of this subsection if--
        ``(1) in issuing an initial weapons license to an armored car 
    crew member described in subsection (a), the agency determines to 
    its satisfaction that--
            ``(A) the crew member has received classroom and range 
        training in weapons safety and marksmanship during the current 
        year from a qualified instructor for each weapon that the crew 
        member will be licensed to carry; and
            ``(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the crew 
        member would not violate Federal law, determined on the basis 
        of a criminal record background check conducted during the 
        current year;
        ``(2) in issuing a renewal of a weapons license to an armored 
    car crew member described in subsection (a), the agency determines 
    to its satisfaction that--
            ``(A) the crew member has received continuing training in 
        weapons safety and marksmanship from a qualified instructor for 
        each weapon that the crew member is licensed to carry; and
            ``(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the crew 
        member would not violate Federal law, as determined by the 
        agency; and
        ``(3) in issuing a weapons license under paragraph (1) or 
    paragraph (2), as the case may be--
            ``(A) the agency issues such license for a period not to 
        exceed 2 years; or
            ``(B) the agency issues such license for a period not to 
        exceed 5 years in the case of a State that enacted a State law 
        before October 1, 1996, that provides for the issuance of an 
        initial weapons license or a renewal of a weapons license, as 
        the case may be, for a period not to exceed 5 years.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.