[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6704 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6704

            To reauthorize the ban on undetectable firearms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 21, 2012

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

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                                 A BILL


 
            To reauthorize the ban on undetectable firearms.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) according to data from the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation 8,583 of the 12,664 murders in the United States 
        in 2011 were committed using a firearm, and more than 57 
        percent of the murders that occurred in New York State were 
        perpetrated with a firearm;
            (2) the ability to produce a receiver for a firearm in the 
        home would circumvent a number of laws, because the receiver is 
        the component of the firearm that bears its serial number, as 
        required by regulations;
            (3) the technology of 3-dimensional printers (``3D 
        printers'') is quickly advancing to a point where these 
        printers will soon be capable of fabricating fully operational 
        firearm receivers; and
            (4) many commercially available 3D printers are able to 
        print materials that are unable to be detected by traditional 
        metal detectors, and may not present an accurate image on an x-
        ray.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF BAN ON UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS.

    Section 2(f)(2) of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. 
922 note) is amended by striking ``25'' and inserting ``35''.

SEC. 3. INCLUSION IN BAN OF FIREARM RECEIVERS AND BARRELS NOT 
              DETECTABLE THROUGH THE USE OF X-RAYS.

    Section 922(p) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``receive any firearm--'' and inserting 
                ``receive--''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(A) any firearm--
                            ``(i) that, after removal of grips, stocks, 
                        and magazines, is not as detectable as the 
                        Security Exemplar, by walk-through metal 
                        detectors calibrated and operated to detect the 
                        Security Exemplar; or
                            ``(ii) any major component of which, when 
                        subjected to inspection by the types of x-ray 
                        machines commonly used at airports, does not 
                        generate an image that accurately depicts the 
                        shape of the component. Barium sulfate or other 
                        compounds may be used in the fabrication of the 
                        component; or
            ``(B) any receiver or barrel which is a major component 
        described in subparagraph (A)(ii).'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by inserting ``, or a receiver or barrel 
                referred to in paragraph (1)(B)'' after ``a firearm'';
                    (B) by inserting ``or such receiver or barrel'' 
                after ``such firearm'' each place it appears; and
                    (C) by inserting ``, receivers, or barrels'' after 
                ``firearms''; and
            (3) in each of paragraphs (4) through (6), by inserting ``, 
        receiver, or barrel'' after ``firearm'' each place it appears.
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