Ammunition Safety Act of 1995

Summary: Ammunition Safety Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal criminal code to include persons selling ammunition within the definition of "dealer" for purposes of Federal firearms laws.  Subjects dealers in ammunition to licensing requirements applicable to firearms dealers. 
Sets a $10 per year license fee for dealers in ammunition other than ammunition for destructive devices. 
Applies to ammunition specified prohibitions currently applicable to importing, manufacturing, dealing in, transporting, or receiving firearms without a license. 
Increases penalties for specified violations of Federal firearms provisions. 
Subjects any person at least 18 years of age who violates provisions regarding shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition by specified categories of persons (such as fugitives and illegal aliens) to twice the maximum punishment authorized and at least twice any term of supervised release, except to the extent a greater minimum sentence is otherwise provided. 
Makes specified provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act applicable to the transfer of ammunition. 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury:  (1) to establish uniform standards for testing and rating the destructive capacity of projectiles capable of being used in handguns; (2) utilizing such standards, to establish performance-based standards to define the rating of "armor piercing ammunition" based on the rating at which the projectiles pierce armor; and (3) at the expense of the ammunition manufacturer seeking to sell a particular type of ammunition, to test and rate the destructive capacity of the ammunition utilizing such standards. 
Defines "armor piercing ammunition" to include any projectile determined to have a destructive capacity rating higher than the threshold established, in addition to the composition-based determination.  Authorizes the Congress to exempt specific ammunition designed for sporting purposes from such definition.  Prohibits the possession or use of armor piercing ammunition, with exceptions. Permits the manufacture, importation, or use of any projectile that has been proven, by testing performed at the expense of the manufacturer, to have a lower rating threshold than armor piercing ammunition.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ammunition Safety Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. DEALERS OF AMMUNITION.

    (a) Definition.--Section 921(a)(11)(A) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``or ammunition'' after ``firearms''.
    (b) Licensing.--Section 923(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ``or 
        importing or manufacturing ammunition'' and inserting ``or 
        importing, manufacturing, or dealing in ammunition''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' the 
                last place it appears;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by inserting the following new subparagraph:
            ``(C) in ammunition other than ammunition for destructive 
        devices, $10 per year.''.
    (c) Unlawful Acts.--Section 922(a)(1)(A) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or ammunition'' after 
                        ``firearms''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or ammunition'' after 
                        ``firearm''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or licensed 
                manufacturer'' and inserting ``licensed manufacturer, 
                or licensed dealer'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by inserting ``or ammunition'' after ``firearm'';
            (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``or ammunition'' after 
        ``firearm'' the first place it appears;
            (4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``or ammunition'' after 
        ``firearm'' the first place it appears; and
            (5) in paragraph (9), by inserting ``or ammunition'' after 
        ``firearms''.
    (d) Penalties.--Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``1 year'' 
                and inserting ``2 years''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``1 year'' 
                        and inserting ``2 years''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``10 
                        years'' and inserting ``20 years''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(o) Except to the extent a greater minimum sentence is otherwise 
provided, any person at least 18 years of age who violates section 
922(g) shall be subject to--
            ``(1) twice the maximum punishment authorized by this 
        subsection; and
            ``(2) at least twice any term of supervised release.''.
    (e) Application of Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act To 
Transfer of Ammunition.--Section 922(t) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``or ammunition'' after ``firearm'' each 
place it appears.

SEC. 3. REGULATION OF ARMOR PIERCING AND NEW TYPES OF DESTRUCTIVE 
              AMMUNITION.

    (a) Testing of Ammunition.--Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (D), as added by section 
        2(e)(2), as subparagraph (E); and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
        subparagraph:
    ``(D)(i) Notwithstanding subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, 
United States Code, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall--
            ``(I) establish uniform standards for testing and rating 
        the destructive capacity of projectiles capable of being used 
        in handguns;
            ``(II) utilizing the standards established pursuant to 
        subclause (I), establish performance-based standards to define 
        the rating of `armor piercing ammunition' based on the rating 
        at which the projectiles pierce armor; and
            ``(III) at the expense of the ammunition manufacturer 
        seeking to sell a particular type of ammunition, test and rate 
        the destructive capacity of the ammunition utilizing the 
        testing, rating, and performance-based standards established 
        under subclauses (I) and (II).
    ``(ii) The term `armor piercing ammunition' shall include any 
projectile determined to have a destructive capacity rating higher than 
the rating threshold established under subclause (II), in addition to 
the composition-based determination of subparagraph (B).
    ``(iii) The Congress may exempt specific ammunition designed for 
sporting purposes from the definition of `armor piercing 
ammunition'.''.
    (b) Prohibition.--Section 922(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7)--
                    (A) by striking ``or import'' and inserting ``, 
                import, possess, or use'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(D) the manufacture, importation, or use of any 
                projectile that has been proven, by testing performed 
                at the expense of the manufacturer of the projectile, 
                to have a lower rating threshold than armor piercing 
                ammunition.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (8)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(D) the manufacture, importation, or use of any 
                projectile that has been proven, by testing performed 
                at the expense of the manufacturer of the projectile, 
                to have a lower rating threshold than armor piercing 
                ammunition.''.