[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1454 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1454

To modify the definition of armor piercing ammunition to better capture 
                           its capabilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2015

    Ms. Speier (for herself, Ms. Bass, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Brown of 
  Florida, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
Farr, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Honda, Mr. Israel, Mrs. 
Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Takano, and 
    Ms. Castor of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To modify the definition of armor piercing ammunition to better capture 
                           its capabilities.

    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 ``Modernized Law Enforcement Officers 
Protection Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITION.

    (a) Expansion of Definition.--Section 921(a)(17)(B) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (I), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) a projectile that--
                                    ``(I) may be used in a handgun; and
                                    ``(II) the Attorney General 
                                determines, under section 926(d), to be 
                                capable of penetrating body armor.''.
    (b) Determination of Capability of Projectiles To Penetrate Body 
Armor.--
            (1) In general.--Section 926 of such title is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) The Attorney General, in consultation with Director of 
Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense, shall 
promulgate standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against the 
Body Armor Exemplar.
    ``(2) The standards promulgated under paragraph (1) shall take into 
account, among other factors, variations in performance that are 
related to the type of handgun used, the length of the barrel of the 
handgun, the amount and kind of powder used to propel the projectile, 
and the design of the projectile.
    ``(3) In paragraph (1), the term `Body Armor Exemplar' means body 
armor that the Attorney General determines meets minimum standards for 
the protection of law enforcement officers.''.
            (2) Timing of promulgation of standards.--The Attorney 
        General shall promulgate the standards required by section 
        926(d) of title 18, United States Code, within 1 year after the 
        date of the enactment of this section.
            (3) Assessment and modification of standards.--The Attorney 
        General shall assess the standards every 3 years, or more 
        frequently if the Attorney General finds that technological 
        advances warrant doing so, and shall modify the standards as 
        appropriate.
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