Last update: 06/19/95

This file contains the text of 62 firearms and liberty related bills of the 104th and 103rd Congress.

Table of Contents

Bills of the 104th Congress

  1. Text of HR 3
    To control crime. (Re-write of the Crime Bill)

  2. Text of HR 78
    To protect the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right.

  3. Text of HR 97
    To establish a Rapid Deployment Strike Force of Federal law enforcement officers.

  4. Text of HR 125
    To repeal the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and the ban on large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

  5. Text of HR 169
    To provide for the mandatory registration of handguns.

  6. Text of HR 174
    To provide for the manufacturer, importer, or dealer of a handgun or an assault weapon to be held strictly liable for damages that result from the use of the handgun or assault weapon.

  7. Text of HR 218
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns.

  8. Text of HR 221
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the manufacture, importation, and sale of polymer plastic ammunition.

  9. Text of HR 250
    To prohibit the possession or transfer of non-sporting handguns.

  10. Text of HR 385
    To establish a commission responsible for making recommendations for laws that will control crime and formulating a national firearms policy without denying Second Amendment rights.

  11. Text of HR 444
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the manufacture, importation, and sale of any projectile that may be used in a handgun and is capable of penetrating police body armor.

  12. Text of HR 464
    To repeal the prohibitions relating to semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

  13. Text of HR 492
    To impose a tax and import controls on bullets expressly designed to penetrate law enforcement personnel bulletproof vests.

  14. Text of HR 638
    To abolish the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and to eliminate the promotion of civilian marksmanship by the Department of Defense.

  15. Text of HR 659
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to permit Federal firearms licensees to conduct firearms business with other such licensees at out-of-State gun shows.

  16. Text of HR 666
    To control crime by exclusionary rule reform.

    Evidence which is obtained as a result of a search or seizure shall not be excluded in a proceeding in a court of the United States on the ground that the search or seizure was in violation of the fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, if the search or seizure was carried out in circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the fourth amendment. The fact that evidence was obtained pursuant to and within the scope of a warrant constitutes prima facie evidence of the existence of such circumstances.

  17. Text of HR 698
    To repeal the prohibitions relating to semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

  18. Text of HR 793
    To eliminate the administrative authority to prohibit the possession or transfer of particular assault weapons.

  19. Text of HR 896
    To improve the ability of the United States to respond to the international terrorist threat. (Look closely at the expansion of authority.)

  20. Text of HR 915
    To expand the powers of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and sale of firearms and ammunition, and to expand the jurisdiction of the Bureau to include firearm products and non-powder firearms.

  21. Text of HR 916
    To prohibit the manufacture, importation, exportation, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, possession, or transportation of handguns and handgun ammunition, with certain exceptions.

  22. Text of HR 920
    To repeal the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and to combat crime.

    Contains mandatory sentencing guidlines for using firearms in crime.

  23. Text of HR 964
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the transfer of 2 or more handguns to an individual in any 30-day period.

  24. Text of HR 1321
    To prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce in firearms.

  25. Text of HR 1488
    To control crime by increasing penalties for armed violent criminals.

  26. Text of HR 1544
    To prohibit the formation of private paramilitary organizations.

  27. Text of HR 1635
    To combat domestic terrorism.

  28. Text of HR 1710
    To combat terrorism.

  29. Text of S 3 To control crime, and for other purposes.

  30. Text of S 20
    To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the licensing of ammunition manufacturers, and for other purposes.

  31. Text of S 38 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, and for other purposes.
  32. Text of S 118
    To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the manufacture, transfer, or importation of .25 caliber and .32 caliber and 9 millimeter ammunition.

  33. Text of S 119
    To tax 9 millimeter, .25 caliber, and .32 caliber bullets.

  34. Text of S 120
    A bill to provide for the collection and dissemination of information on injuries, death, and family dissolution due to bullet-related violence, to require the keeping of records with respect to dispositions of ammunition, and to increase taxes on certain bullets.

  35. Text of S 122
    To prohibit the use of certain ammunition, and for other purposes.

  36. Text of S 124
    To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the tax on handgun ammunition, to impose the special occupational tax and registration requirements on importers and manufacturers of handgun ammunition, and for other purposes.

  37. Text of S 200
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the manufacture, importation, and sale of any projectile that may be used in a handgun and is capable of penetrating police body armor.

  38. Text of S 390
    To improve the ability of the United States to respond to the international terrorist threat.

  39. Text of S 433
    To regulate handgun ammunition, and for other purposes.

  40. Text of S 438
    To reform criminal laws, and for other purposes.

  41. Text of S 631
    To prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce in firearms.

  42. Text of S 735
    To prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.

  43. Text of S 761
    To improve the ability of the United States to respond to the international terrorist threat.

  44. Text of S 816
    To provide equal protection for victims of crime, to facilitate the exchange of information between Federal and State law enforcement and investigation entities, to reform criminal procedure, and for other purposes.

  45. Text of S 890
    To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to gun free schools, and for other purposes.

Congressional Resolutions and Miscellaneaous of the 104th Congress

Bills of the 103rd Congress

NOTE: Some of these bills may be reintroduced in the 104th Congress.

  1. Text of HR 1421
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation and the manufacture of firearms designed to accept a silencer, bayonet, grenade launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock, of certain ammunition feeding devices, and of related devices, and to provide for the imposition of enhanced penalties for the possession or the use of any such item in a crime of violence or in a drug trafficking crime.

  2. Text of HR 1472
    To make unlawful the transfer or possession of assault weapons.

    Text of HR 1472 (Revised)
    Minor changes in sponsors of the original HR 1472.

  3. Text of HR 1501
    To prohibit the importation, manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, or transportation of handguns, in any manner affecting interstate or foreign commerce, except for or by members of the Armed Forces, law enforcement officials, and, as authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, licensed importers, manufacturers, dealers, and pistol clubs.

  4. Text of HR 1568
    To prohibit the importation of semiautomatic assault weapons, large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and certain accessories, to provide for the public safety of the citizens of the United States, and for other purposes.

  5. Text of HR 1571
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession, transfer, and certain exports of restricted weapons, the manufacture of firearms capable of accepting a silencer or bayonet without alteration, and the possession and transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes.

  6. Text of HR 1706
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or transfer of assault weapons.

  7. Text of HR 1734
    To prohibit the possession or transfer of non-sporting handguns.

  8. Text of HR 3132
    To prohibit the manufacture, importation, exportation, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, possession, or transportation of handguns and handgun ammunition, with certain exceptions.

  9. Text of HR 3184
    To prohibit the transfer or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons, and for other purposes.

  10. Text of HR 4296
    To make unlawful the transfer or possession of assault weapons.

  11. Text of HR 4300
    To establish national handgun control, gun dealer liability, ammunition licenses and mandatory penalties for gun related crimes and serious drug offenders.

  12. Text of S 108
    To prohibit the importation of semiautomatic assault weapons, large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and certain accessories.

  13. Text of S 1878
    Expands definition of firearms to include all component parts, requires a federal arsenal license for a person to possess more than 20 firearms or 1,000 rounds of ammunition, requires license to buy a handgun and handgun ammunition, handgun registration, increased tax on handgun ammo, requires "proper storage" of firearms and ammunition to prevent accessibility by juveniles, increases FFL dealer fee to $1000 annually, prohibits the purchase or transfer of more than one handgun in any 30-day period, bans semi-automatic "assault weapons", bans "nonsporting ammunition," bans "large-capacity ammunition feeding devices," defined as being capable of accepting more than 6 rounds, and more.

    An Analysis of S 1878
    A detailed breakdown of S 1878.

  14. Text of S 639
    To make unlawful the possession of certain assault weapons, to establish a Federal penalty for drive-by shootings, and for other purposes.

  15. Text of S 653
    To prohibit the transfer or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons, and for other purposes.

  16. Text of S 892
    To prohibit the manufacture, importation, exportation, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, possession, or transportation of handguns and handgun ammunition, with certain exceptions.

  17. Text of S 893
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or transfer of assault weapons.

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