HR 1706
HR1706 Mfume (D-MD) 04/07/93 (154 lines)
Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession
or transfer of assault weapons.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1706
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession
or transfer of assault weapons.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 7, 1993
Mr. MFUME (for himself, Mr. WYNN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr.
BERMAN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. PELOSI, Mr.
TUCKER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. MAZZOLI, Mr. RUSH, Mr.
KENNEDY, Mr. SCOTT, and Mr. WATT) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession
or transfer of assault weapons.
//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 "Assault Weapons Prohibition Act
of 1993".
!!SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF ASSAULT
WEAPONS.!!
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
"(s)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be
unlawful for any person--
"(A) to transfer an assault weapon; or
"(B) to possess an assault weapon after the 90-day period
that begins with the effective date of this subsection.
"(2)(A)(i) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a transfer to or by,
or a possession by or under the authority of, the United States or
any department or agency thereof, or any State or a department,
agency, or political subdivision thereof.
"(B) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the otherwise lawful
possession of an assault weapon by a person who--
"(i) has lawfully possessed the weapon since before the
effective date of this subsection; and
"(ii) has submitted to the Secretary, in such form and in
such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation--
"(I) the name (and any former name), address, date of
birth, and any driver's license number of the person; and
"(II) the serial number of the weapon.
"(3) Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as are
necessary to carry out this subsection.".
!!SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF ASSAULT WEAPON.!!
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
"(29) The term `assault weapon' means--
"(A)(i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies Avtomat
Kalashnikovs (all models);
"(ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries UZI and
Galil;
"(iii) Beretta AR-70 (SC-70);
"(iv) Colt AR-15 and CAR-15;
"(v) Fabrique Nationale FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC;
"(vi) MAC 10 and 11;
"(vii) Steyr AUG;
"(viii) INTRATEC TEC-9;
"(ix) Street Sweeper and Striker 12;
"(x) Auto Ordnance 27A1 Thompson, 27A5 Thompson, M1
Thompson;
"(xi) Springfield BM59, SAR48, and G3SA;
"(xii) All Ruger Mini-14 models with folding stocks; and
"(xiii) Armscorp FAL;
"(B) any firearm which is functionally equivalent to any
firearm specified in subparagraph (A);
"(C) a firearm having threads, lugs, or other
characteristics which are designed to facilitate the direct
attachment of a silencer, bayonet, grenade launcher, flash
suppressor, or folding stock to the firearm;
"(D) any part or combination of parts designed to
facilitate the attachment of a silencer, bayonet, grenade
launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock to a firearm;
"(E) a detachable magazine, drum, belt, feed strip, or
similar device which has a capacity of, or can be readily
restored or converted to accept, 10 or more rounds of ammunition;
and
"(F) any combination of parts--
"(i) designed and intended solely and exclusively for
assembling--
"(I) a firearm specified in subparagraph (A), or
described in subparagraph (B) or (C); or
"(II) a device described in subparagraph (E); and
"(ii) from which a firearm or device referred to in
clause (i) could be assembled if such parts were possessed
or controlled by 1 person.".
!!SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO RECOMMEND MODIFICATIONS TO THE DEFINITION OF
ASSAULT WEAPON.!!
The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Attorney General, may recommend to the Congress that the definition
of an assault weapon in section 921(a)(29) of title 18, United
States Code, be modified--
(1) to include firearms not covered by the definition which
should be so covered; and
(2) to exclude firearms covered by the definition which
should not be so covered.
!!SEC. 5. ENHANCED PENALTIES.!!
Section 924(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting "and if the firearm is an assault weapon,
to imprisonment for 15 years," after "ten years,"; and
(2) by inserting "and if the firearm is an assault weapon,
to imprisonment for 30 years," after "twenty years,".
!!SEC. 6. STUDY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.!!
(a) IN GENERAL.--The Attorney General of the United States
shall--
(1) investigate and study the effect of this Act and the
amendments made by this Act on violent and drug-related crime;
and
(2) evaluate the recreational and other noncriminal uses of
assault weapons (as defined in section 921(a)(29) of title 18,
United States Code).
(b) REPORT.--Not later than 30 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall prepare and submit
to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on the
matters described in subsection (a).
!!SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.!!
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall become
effective 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.