[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 381 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 381

 To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms 
listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by a 
 licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department 
     of State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 17, 2011

 Mr. Tester (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Enzi, 
  Mr. Begich, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Baucus) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms 
listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by a 
 licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department 
     of State or the Department of Defense, 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 ``Collectible Firearms Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 38(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the first subparagraph (B) (as added 
        by section 8142(a) of the Department of Defense Appropriations 
        Act, 1988 (as enacted into law by Public Law 100-202; 101 Stat. 
        1329-88)) as subparagraph (C);
            (2) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) 
        of this subsection)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting ``subparagraph 
                (A)(i)'';
                    (B) in clause (i), by striking ``Secretary of the 
                Treasury'' and inserting ``Attorney General''; and
                    (C) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(ii) the person seeking to export such firearms to the 
        United States certifies to the Attorney General that the 
        firearms are lawfully possessed under the laws of the exporting 
        country.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation, or 
executive order, any such firearms described in subparagraph (C) may be 
imported into the United States by an importer licensed under the 
provisions of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, without the 
importer or the person described in subparagraph (C)(ii)--
            ``(i) obtaining authorization from the Department of State 
        or the Department of Defense for the transfer of such firearms 
        by the person to the importer; or
            ``(ii) providing payment to the Department of State or the 
        Department of Defense of any of the proceeds of the transfer of 
        such firearms by the person to the importer.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply to 
the importation of firearms described in section 38(b)(1)(C) of the 
Arms Export Control Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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