[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2735 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2735

To strengthen the enforcement of explosive materials prohibitions, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2016

  Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To strengthen the enforcement of explosive materials prohibitions, 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 ``Protect America from Homemade 
Explosives Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS PROHIBITIONS.

    (a) Amendments to Title 18.--Chapter 40 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 841(d), by inserting ``black powder 
        substitutes, smokeless powder,'' after ``black powder,''; and
            (2) in section 845(a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and components 
                thereof'' and inserting ``and components for use in 
                small arms ammunition, excluding smokeless powder in 
                quantities exceeding 50 pounds;''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ``black powder in 
                quantities'' and inserting ``black powder and black 
                powder substitutes in aggregate quantities''.
    (b) Amendment to Title 26.--Section 5861 of title 26, United States 
Code, is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(f) to make, or attempt to make, a firearm in violation of the 
provisions of this chapter; or''.
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