[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 143 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 143

   To prohibit the importation of dangerous firearms that have been 
      modified to avoid the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2003

  Mr. Nadler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the importation of dangerous firearms that have been 
      modified to avoid the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons.

    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 ``Assault Weapon Ban Enhancement Act 
of 2003''.

SEC. 2. BAN ON IMPORTATION OF DANGEROUS FIREARMS THAT HAVE BEEN 
              MODIFIED TO AVOID THE BAN ON SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT 
              WEAPONS.

    Section 925 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(g) The Attorney General shall prohibit the importation or 
bringing into the United States of any semiautomatic assault weapon 
(including the frame or receiver of any such weapon) that is of a type 
which, as of May 1, 1998, was determined under subsection (d)(3) to be 
not generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily 
adaptable to sporting purposes, or that includes any of the following 
characteristics:
            ``(1) The weapon has a thumb hole stock that functions as a 
        pistol grip.
            ``(2) The weapon can accept a detachable large capacity 
        ammunition magazine.
            ``(3) The weapon has a fixed magazine which can be readily 
        modified to accept a large capacity ammunition magazine.
            ``(4) The weapon uses .22 caliber ammunition.''.
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