[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2605 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2605

  To require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or 
   sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping 
                              ammunition.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 7 (legislative day, February 6), 2008

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or 
   sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping 
                              ammunition.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOLS MANUFACTURED, 
              IMPORTED, OR SOLD BY FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEES BE 
              CAPABLE OF MICROSTAMPING AMMUNITION.

    (a) In General.--Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m)(1)(A) A person licensed under this chapter shall not 
manufacture, import, or transfer a semiautomatic pistol to which this 
subparagraph applies that is not capable of microstamping ammunition.
    ``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), a pistol is capable of 
microstamping ammunition if--
            ``(i) a microscopic array of characters that identify the 
        make, model, and serial number of the pistol is etched into the 
        breech face and firing pin of the pistol; and
            ``(ii) when ammunition is fired from the pistol, the 
        characters are copied from the breech face and firing pin onto 
        the cartridge case of the ammunition.
    ``(C) Subparagraph (A) shall apply only to semiautomatic pistols 
which--
            ``(i) are manufactured, or imported into the United States, 
        on or after the effective date of this subsection; and
            ``(ii) have not been transferred to a person not licensed 
        under this chapter.
    ``(2) Whoever violates paragraph (1) shall be fined an amount equal 
to--
            ``(A) in the case of a first such violation by the 
        violator, $1,000 multiplied by the number of semiautomatic 
        pistols involved in the violation;
            ``(B) in the case of a second such violation by the 
        violator, $2,000 multiplied by the number of semiautomatic 
        pistols involved in the violation; or
            ``(C) in the case of a third such violation by the 
        violator, $3,000 multiplied by the number of semiautomatic 
        pistols involved in the violation.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on January 1, 2010.
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