[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 35 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 35

  To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as 
                        Saturday Night Specials.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as 
                        Saturday Night Specials.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF JUNK GUNS, 
              ALSO KNOWN AS SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(y)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transfer 
a junk gun which has been shipped or transported in interstate or 
foreign commerce.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the continuous and otherwise 
lawful possession of a junk gun by a person during any period that 
began before the effective date of this subsection.''.
    (b) Junk Gun Defined.--Section 921(a) of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(34)(A) The term `junk gun' means--
            ``(i) a handgun that is not a sporting handgun; and
            ``(ii) any combination of parts from which a handgun 
        described in clause (i) can be assembled.
    ``(B) The term `sporting handgun' means a handgun which the 
Secretary has determined, using the criteria applied in making 
determinations under section 925(d)(3), to be of a type generally 
recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 
sporting purposes.''.
    (c) Penalty.--Section 924(a)(1)(B) of such title is amended by 
inserting ``or (y)'' before ``of''.
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