[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 594 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 594

  To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 1999

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

    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 ``Large Capacity Ammunition Magazine 
Import Ban Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. BAN ON IMPORTING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.

    Section 922(w) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(1) Except as provided 
        in paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``(1)(A) Except as provided in 
        subparagraph (B)'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) Paragraph (1)'' and 
        inserting ``(B) Subparagraph (A)'';
            (3) by inserting before paragraph (3) the following:
    ``(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to import a large 
capacity ammunition feeding device.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1)'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``(1)(A)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(2)'' and inserting ``(1)(B)''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 921(a)(31) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``manufactured after the date of enactment of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994''.
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