[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 153 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 153

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

 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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Destructive Ammunition Prohibition 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(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. 3. 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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