[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1703 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1703

        To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2005

   Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 
 and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
        To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.

    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 ``Second Amendment Protection Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FEDERAL HARASSMENT PERIOD.

    Public Law 103-159 is repealed, and any provisions of law amended 
or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not 
been enacted.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL DISTINCTION.

    (a) Section 5845(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``which the Secretary finds is generally 
        recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``which the owner intends to use solely for 
        sporting purposes''.
    (b) Section 921(a)(4)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``which the Attorney General finds is generally 
recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes''.
    (c) Section 921(a)(4) of such title is amended in the 2nd sentence 
by striking ``which the owner intends to use solely for sporting, 
recreational, or cultural purposes''.
    (d) Section 921(a)(17)(C) of such title is amended by striking ``a 
projectile which the Attorney General finds is primarily intended to be 
used for sporting purposes,''.
    (e) Section 923(j) of such title is amended by striking ``devoted 
to the collection, competitive use, or other sporting use of firearms 
in the community''.
    (f) Section 922(r) of such title is amended by striking ``of this 
chapter as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 
sporting purposes''.
    (g) Section 925(a)(3) of such title is amended by striking 
``determined by the Attorney General to be generally recognized as 
particularly suitable for sporting purposes and''.
    (h) Section 925(a)(4) of such title is amended by striking ``(A) 
determined by the Attorney General to be generally recognized as 
particularly suitable for sporting purposes, or determined by the 
Department of Defense to be a type of firearm normally classified as a 
war souvenir, and (B)''.
    (i) Section 925(d)(3) of such title is amended by striking ``and is 
generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable 
to sporting purposes''.
    (j) Section 925(e)(2) of such title is amended by striking 
``provided that such handguns are generally recognized as particularly 
suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes''.
    (k) Section 922 of such title is amended in each of subsections 
(a)(5), (a)(9), and (b)(3) by striking ``lawful sporting purposes'' and 
inserting ``lawful purposes''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The provisions of this Act shall take effect immediately upon 
enactment.
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