[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6176 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6176

To transfer certain items from the United States Munitions List to the 
                         Commerce Control List.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2016

 Mr. Scalise (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Marino, Mr. Gene Green of 
  Texas, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
  Fleischmann, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. 
Smith of Missouri, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Abraham, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Smith 
of Texas, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Walberg, Mr. 
Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Joyce, Mrs. Black, Mr. 
Marchant, Mr. Boustany, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Harper, Mr. Young of Alaska, 
  Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Kline, Mr. Womack, Mr. Collins of 
Georgia, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Collins 
of New York, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Issa, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Emmer 
 of Minnesota, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Fleming, Mr. 
  Tiberi, Mr. Cook, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. 
Amodei, Mr. Rooney of Florida, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Flores, Mr. Miller of 
   Florida, Mr. Westerman, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Latta, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. 
DeSantis, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Gowdy) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To transfer certain items from the United States Munitions List to the 
                         Commerce Control List.

    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 ``Export Control Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPORT CONTROL REFORM ACT.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 38(f) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(f)) or any other provision of law, all 
items described in subsection (b) that are on the United States 
Munitions List and controlled under section 38 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) on the date of the enactment of this Act 
shall be transferred to the Commerce Control List of dual-use items in 
the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. part 730 et seq.).
    (b) Transferred Items.--The items referred to in subsection (a) are 
the following:
            (1) Non-automatic and semi-automatic firearms, including 
        all rifles, carbines, pistols, revolvers and shotguns.
            (2) Non-automatic and non-semi-automatic rifles, carbines, 
        revolvers, or pistols of a caliber greater than .50 inches 
        (12.7 mm) up to and including .72 inches (18.0 mm).
            (3) Ammunition for such firearms excluding caseless 
        ammunition.
            (4) Silencers, mufflers, and sound and flash suppressors.
            (5) Rifle scopes.
            (6) Barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames), or complete 
        breech mechanisms.
            (7) Related components, parts, accessories, attachments, 
        tooling, and equipment for any articles listed in paragraphs 
        (1) through (6).
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall not apply to any export 
license issued before such effective date or to any export license 
application made under the United States Munitions List before such 
effective date.
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