[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1580 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1580

    To prohibit the sale of guns that have not been approved by the 
           Secretary of the Treasury, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 1999

 Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. Waters, Mrs. 
 Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, 
    Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Lee, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. McGovern) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the sale of guns that have not been approved by the 
           Secretary of the Treasury, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Save a Child Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS WITH RESPECT TO UNAPPROVED GUNS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it 
shall be unlawful, with such exceptions for law enforcement and other 
legitimate purposes as the Secretary of the Treasury by rule provides, 
to sell, purchase, or possess any firearm (as defined in section 921 of 
title 18, United States Code) that is not approved by the Secretary. 
The Secretary shall not approve for the purposes of this section the 
Intratec TEC-9 and similar weapons.
    (b) Penalty.--Whoever possesses a firearm in violation of 
subsection (a) shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or 
imprisoned for 5 years, or both.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 30 days after 
the date the Secretary first makes rules under subsection (a).
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