[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4101 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4101

To amend title 18, United States Code, to require firearms, ammunition, 
and explosives purchases to be made in person and to require records to 
         be kept of the means by which the purchases are made.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2002

Mr. Crowley (for himself, Mr. Wexler, Mr. George Miller of California, 
   Mr. Engel, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Capuano, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. 
   McCarthy of New York, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Clay, 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 require firearms, ammunition, 
and explosives purchases to be made in person and to require records to 
         be kept of the means by which the purchases are made.

    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 ``Electronic Commerce Crime Prevention 
and Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, AND EXPLOSIVES PURCHASES 
              BE MADE IN PERSON; RECORDATION OF THE MEANS BY WHICH THE 
              PURCHASES ARE MADE.

    (a) Firearms.--Section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (B)(ii);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (C); and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) any thing of value accepted by the licensee in 
        exchange for the firearm is presented in person by the 
        transferee at the time of the transfer.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``and a detailed 
        description of any thing of value accepted by the licensee in 
        exchange for the firearm'' before the period.
    (b) Ammunition.--
            (1) In general.--Section 922 of such title is amended by 
        inserting after subsection (y) the following:
    ``(z)(1) It shall be unlawful for a licensed importer, licensed 
manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell ammunition to a person not 
licensed under this chapter unless any thing of value accepted by the 
licensee in exchange for the ammunition is presented in person by the 
transferee at the time of the transfer.
    ``(2) A licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed 
dealer who sells ammunition to a person not licensed under this chapter 
shall include in the record of the transfer a detailed description of 
any thing of value accepted by the licensee in exchange for the 
ammunition.''.
            (2) Penalties.--Section 924(a)(5) of such title is amended 
        by striking ``or (t)'' and inserting ``, (t), or (z)''.
    (c) Explosives.--Section 842 of such title is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f), by inserting ``, and a detailed 
        description of any thing of value accepted by the licensee or 
        permittee in exchange for any explosive materials so 
        distributed'' before the period at the end of the 1st sentence; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(q) It shall be unlawful for a licensee or permittee knowingly to 
sell any explosive materials to any transferee who is not a licensee or 
permittee, unless any thing of value accepted by the licensee or 
permittee in exchange for the explosive materials is presented in 
person by the transferee at the time of the transfer.''.
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