[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 959 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 959

To amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the mail-order sale 
                             of body armor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the mail-order sale 
                             of 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 ``James Guelff Body Armor Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. UNLAWFUL MAIL-ORDER SALE OF BODY ARMOR.

    Title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new chapter:

                        ``CHAPTER 44A-BODY ARMOR

``Sec.
``941. Unlawful acts.''.
``Sec. 941. Unlawful acts
    ``(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, it 
shall be unlawful for a person to sell or deliver body armor unless the 
transferee meets in person with the transferor to accomplish the sale, 
delivery, and receipt of the matter.
    ``(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to body armor used by law 
enforcement officers.
    ``(c) As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `body armor' means any product sold or 
        offered for sale as personal protective body covering whether 
        the product is to be worn alone or is sold as a complement to 
        other products or garments; and
            ``(2) the term `law enforcement officer' means any officer, 
        agent, or employee of the United States, a State, or a 
        political subdivision of a State, authorized by law or by a 
        government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, 
        detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of 
        criminal law.''.
    ``(d) Whoever knowingly violates this section shall be fined under 
this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.''.
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