[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1389 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1389

 To prohibit the importation, manufacture, distribution, or storage of 
ammonium nitrate compound without a license, to prohibit the receipt of 
 ammonium nitrate compound without a license or permit, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the importation, manufacture, distribution, or storage of 
ammonium nitrate compound without a license, to prohibit the receipt of 
 ammonium nitrate compound without a license or permit, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Ammonium Nitrate Security Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, STORAGE, AND RECEIPT OF 
              AMMONIUM NITRATE COMPOUND.

    (a) Section 841(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``and igniters'' and inserting ``igniters, and ammonium 
nitrate compound''.
    (b) Section 841 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(t) `Ammonium nitrate compound' means solid ammonium 
        nitrate that is chiefly the ammonium salt of nitric acid, and 
        any mixture containing ammonium nitrate that is detonable. For 
        purposes of this chapter, a mixture of ammonium nitrate is 
        detonable if the mixture fails such detonation test as may be 
        devised by the Attorney General.''.
    (c) The second sentence of section 843(a) of such title is amended 
by inserting ``, except that if the only explosive material for which 
the applicant is seeking a license or permit is ammonium nitrate 
compound, the applicant shall not be required to pay such fee'' before 
the period.
    (d) Section 843 of such title is amended in each of subsections 
(b)(6) and (h)(1) by inserting ``other than ammonium nitrate compound'' 
after ``explosive materials''.
    (e) Section 844(j) of such title is amended by inserting ``ammonium 
nitrate compound,'' after ``title,''.
    (f) Section 847 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``The Attorney General shall promulgate regulations 
governing the storage of ammonium nitrate compound.''.
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