[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S10728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION ACT

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                     TORRICELLI AMENDMENT NO. 3611

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. TORRICELLI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill (S. 1645) to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid laws requiring the 
involvement of parents in abortion decisions; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.  . PROHIBITED INTERSTATE FIREARMS TRANSFERS.

       Section 922(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
     (i) and (ii), respectively;
       (2) by striking ``or licensed collector to transport'' and 
     inserting the following: ``or licensed collector--
       ``(A) to transport'';
       (e) by striking ``this paragraph'' and inserting ``this 
     subparagraph'';
       (4) by adding ``and'' after the semicolon at the end; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following:

     ``(B) to--
       ``(i) travel across a State line for the purpose of 
     inducing any other person to transfer a firearm in violation 
     of any applicable Federal or State law; and
       ``(ii) thereby obtain a firearm in violation of any 
     applicable Federal or State law;''.
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                      FEINSTEIN AMENDMENT NO. 3612

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 
to the bill, S. 1645, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following:
       ``Exceptions: The prohibition of subsection (a) does not 
     apply--
       ``(A) to any individual who is an adult member of the 
     family of the minor who obtained the abortion, as the term 
     `adult' is defined for purposes of the State law requiring 
     parental involvement in a minor's abortion decision; or
       ``(B) if the abortion was necessary to save the life of''.

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