[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 132 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 132

   To prohibit the use of certain ammunition, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 1997

 Mr. Moynihan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the use of certain ammunition, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be 
cited as the ``Destructive Ammunition Prohibition Act of 1997''.

SECTION 1. DEFINITION.

    Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(D) The term `destructive ammunition' means any jacketed, hollow 
point projectile that may be used in a handgun and the jacket of which 
is designed to produce, upon impact, sharp-tipped, barb-like 
projections that extend beyond the diameter of the unfired 
projectile.''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    Section 922(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7), by inserting ``or destructive'' after 
        ``armor piercing''; and
            (2) in paragraph (8), by inserting ``or destructive'' after 
        ``armor piercing''.
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