[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3207 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3207

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the manufacture or 
  importation, or transfer by a licensed firearms dealer, of a pistol 
   that does not have a chamber load indicator and, in the case of a 
 semiautomatic pistol that has a detachable magazine, a mechanism that 
prevents the pistol from being fired when the magazine is not attached.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2001

      Mr. Langevin (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
Blagojevich, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
Coyne, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
Farr of California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
 Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Clay, Mr. Lantos, 
  Ms. Lee, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. 
 McKinney, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
 Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Rush, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Solis, 
Mr. Stark, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Towns, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Wexler, 
 and Ms. Woolsey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the manufacture or 
  importation, or transfer by a licensed firearms dealer, of a pistol 
   that does not have a chamber load indicator and, in the case of a 
 semiautomatic pistol that has a detachable magazine, a mechanism that 
prevents the pistol from being fired when the magazine is not attached.

    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 ``Accidental Shooting Prevention Act 
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(z)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to manufacture or import 
into the United States a pistol, or for a person licensed under this 
chapter to transfer possession of or title to a pistol manufactured on 
or after January 1, 2004, unless the pistol includes--
            ``(A) a plainly visible device in a contrasting color that 
        clearly indicates whether the pistol is loaded; and
            ``(B) if the pistol is a semiautomatic pistol that has a 
        detachable ammunition magazine, a mechanism that prevents the 
        pistol from being fired when the magazine is not attached to 
        the pistol.
    ``(2) Compliance with paragraph (1) shall not relieve any person 
from liability at common law or under State statutory law to any other 
person.''.
    (b) Penalty.--Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(7)(A) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(z) shall be fined 
$1,000.
    ``(B) In the case of the 2nd such violation by the person, the 
person shall be fined $1,000, and if the person is licensed under this 
chapter, the license is hereby suspended for the 30-day period 
beginning with the date of the conviction.
    ``(C) In the case of the 3rd or subsequent such violation by the 
person, the person shall be fined $1,000, and if the person is licensed 
under this chapter, the license is hereby revoked and the person shall 
thereafter be ineligible for a license under this chapter.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to conduct engaged in after January 1, 2005.
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