[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1417 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1417

To amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act to allow the Museum to 
   acquire, receive, possess, collect, ship, transport, import, and 
               display firearms, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2017

  Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself and Mr. McClintock) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act to allow the Museum to 
   acquire, receive, possess, collect, ship, transport, import, and 
               display firearms, 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 ``National Law Enforcement Museum 
Exhibits Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM TO ACQUIRE, 
              RECEIVE, POSSESS, COLLECT, SHIP, TRANSPORT, IMPORT, AND 
              DISPLAY FIREARMS.

    The National Law Enforcement Museum Act (Public Law 106-492) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 5. AUTHORITY OF MUSEUM TO ACQUIRE, RECEIVE, POSSESS, COLLECT, 
              SHIP, TRANSPORT, IMPORT, AND DISPLAY FIREARMS.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal 
law, or any law or any rule or regulations of a State or any political 
subdivision thereof, the Museum may acquire, receive, possess, collect, 
ship, transport, import, and display firearms (as defined in section 
921(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, or section 5845(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986) in fulfilling the purposes of the 
Museum.
    ``(b) Definition of State.--In subsection (a), the term `State' 
means the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the 
United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the possessions of the United 
States.''.
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