[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 325 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 325

   To amend section 845 of title 18, United States Code, relating to 
     explosives, to grant the Attorney General exemption authority.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 845 of title 18, United States Code, relating to 
     explosives, to grant the Attorney General exemption authority.

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

SECTION 1. SPECIFIC EXEMPTION.

    Section 845(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) pest control pyrotechnics manufactured, imported, 
        used, and stored in accordance with regulations issued by the 
        Attorney General.''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION AUTHORITY.

    Section 845 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting at the end the following:
    ``(d) The Attorney General may exempt from all or a part of the 
provisions of this chapter explosive materials or explosive devices 
containing such materials when a determination is made, by regulation, 
that the explosive materials or explosive devices--
            ``(1) are of a type that does not pose a threat to public 
        safety; and
            ``(2) are unlikely to be used as a weapon.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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