[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1373 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1373

To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age at 
 which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2021

 Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
 Braun, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill; which 
     was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age at 
 which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee.

    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 ``Second Amendment Mandates Equality 
Act'' or the ``SAME Act''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM AGE FOR OBTAINING A HANDGUN FROM A FEDERAL FIREARMS 
              LICENSEE.

    (a) In General.--Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other 
than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any 
individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is 
less than twenty-one years of age''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 922(c)(1) of such title is 
amended by striking ``, in the case of any firearm other than a shotgun 
or a rifle, I am twenty-one years or more of age, or that, in the case 
of a shotgun or a rifle,''.
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