[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1887 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1887

 To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, 
 and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were 
                manufactured before the ban became law.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 31, 1998

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Durbin, 
 Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Bumpers) introduced the following bill; which 
     was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, 
 and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were 
                manufactured before the ban became law.

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

SECTION 1. BAN ON IMPORTING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.

    Section 922(w) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(1) Except as provided 
        in paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``(1)(A) Except as provided in 
        subparagraph (B)'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) Paragraph (1)'' and 
        inserting ``(B) Subparagraph (A)'';
            (3) by inserting before paragraph (3) the following:
    ``(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to import a large 
capacity ammunition feeding device.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1)'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``(1)(A)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(2)'' and inserting ``(1)(B)''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BAN ON TRANSFERRING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION 
              FEEDING DEVICES TO THOSE THAT WERE MANUFACTURED BEFORE 
              THE BAN BECAME LAW.

    Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 921(a)(31), by striking ``manufactured after 
        the date of enactment of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
        Enforcement Act of 1994''; and
            (2) in section 922(w)(1)(B), as so redesignated by section 
        1 of this Act, by striking ``or transfer''.
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