[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1845 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1845

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or transfer 
          of a firearm or ammunition to an intoxicated person.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 1999

 Mrs. Boxer (for herself and Mr. Lautenberg) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or transfer 
          of a firearm or ammunition to an intoxicated person.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF THE SALE AND TRANSFER OF A FIREARM TO AN 
              INTOXICATED PERSON.

    (a) In General.--Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs 
        (9) and (10), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8) is intoxicated;''.
    (b) Definition of Intoxicated.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(35) The term `intoxicated', in reference to a person, 
        means being in a mental or physical condition of impairment as 
        a result of the presence of alcohol in the body of the 
        person.''.
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