[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2277 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2277

    To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2013

Mr. Collins of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Massie, Mr. Broun of Georgia, 
   Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Stockman, and Mr. Gosar) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
 and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF SPORTING PURPOSES DISTINCTION.

    (a) Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code.--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) Amendments to Title 18, United States Code.--
            (1) 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''.
            (2) 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''.
            (3) 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,''.
            (4) Section 922 of such title is amended in each of 
        subsections (a)(5), (a)(9), and (b)(3) by striking 
        ``sporting''.
            (5) 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''.
            (6) 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''.
            (7) Section 925(a)(3) of such title is amended by striking 
        ``determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be generally 
        recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes 
        and''.
            (8) 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)''.
            (9) 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''.
            (10) 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''.
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