[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 989 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 989

   To prohibit the distribution or receipt of restricted explosives 
without a Federal permit, and to require applications for such permits 
     to include a photograph and the fingerprints of the applicant.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the distribution or receipt of restricted explosives 
without a Federal permit, and to require applications for such permits 
     to include a photograph and the fingerprints of the applicant.

    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 ``Restricted Explosives Control Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST THE DISTRIBUTION OR RECEIPT OF RESTRICTED 
              EXPLOSIVES WITHOUT A FEDERAL PERMIT.

    (a) In General.--Section 842 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by inserting ``that are not restricted 
                        explosives'' after ``explosive materials'' the 
                        2nd place such term appears; and
                            (ii) by striking ``or'' after the 
                        semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (C) and inserting after subparagraph (A) 
                the following:
                    ``(B) to distribute restricted explosives to any 
                person other than a licensee or permitee; or''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated), by 
                inserting ``that are not restricted explosives'' after 
                ``explosive materials''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ``if the explosive 
        materials are not restricted explosives,'' before ``a 
        resident''.
    (b) Restricted Explosives Defined.--Section 841 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(r) `Restricted explosives' means high explosives, blasting 
agents, detonators, and more than 50 pounds of black powder.''.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT THAT APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL EXPLOSIVES LICENSE OR 
              PERMIT INCLUDE A PHOTOGRAPH AND SET OF FINGERPRINTS OF 
              THE APPLICANT.

    (a) In General.--Section 843(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in the 1st sentence by inserting ``shall include the 
applicant's photograph and set of fingerprints, which shall be taken 
and transmitted to the Secretary by the chief law enforcement officer 
of the applicant's place of residence, and'' before ``shall be''.
    (b) Chief Law Enforcement Officer Defined.--Section 841 of such 
title, as amended by section 2(b) of this Act, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(s) `Chief law enforcement officer' means the chief of police, 
the sheriff, or an equivalent officer or the designee of any such 
individual.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply to conduct engaged in 
after the 180-day period that begins with the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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