[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2715 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2715

   To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to ballistic 
                      identification of handguns.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2000

Mr. Torricelli 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, with respect to ballistic 
                      identification of handguns.

    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 ``Ballistic Fingerprints Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. HANDGUN BALLISTIC IDENTIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m) Handgun Ballistic Identification.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `projectile' means the part of 
                handgun ammunition that is, by means of an explosion, 
                expelled through the barrel of a handgun; and
                    ``(B) the term `shell casing' means the part of 
                handgun ammunition that contains the primer and 
                propellant powder to discharge the projectile.
            ``(2) Inclusion of handgun identifiers in manufacturer 
        shipments.--A licensed manufacturer shall include, in a 
        separate sealed container inside the container in which a 
        handgun is shipped or transported to a licensed dealer--
                    ``(A) a projectile discharged from that handgun;
                    ``(B) a shell casing of a projectile discharged 
                from that handgun; and
                    ``(C) any information that identifies the handgun, 
                projectile, or shell casing, as may be required by the 
                Secretary by regulation.
            ``(3) Requirements relating to dealers.--A licensed dealer 
        shall--
                    ``(A) upon receipt of a handgun from a licensed 
                manufacturer, notify the Secretary regarding whether 
                the manufacturer complied with the requirements of 
                paragraph (2); and
                    ``(B) upon the sale, lease, or transfer of a 
                handgun shipped or transported in accordance with 
                paragraph (2), transfer to the Secretary the sealed 
                container included in the container with the handgun 
                pursuant to that paragraph.
            ``(4) Duties of secretary.--The Secretary shall establish 
        and maintain a computer database of all information identifying 
        each projectile, shell casing, and other information included 
        in a sealed container transferred to the Secretary under 
        paragraph (3).''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate 
final regulations to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury 
promulgates final regulations under subsection (b).
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