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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2247 

To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms 

listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by 

a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department 

of State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2013 

Mrs. LUMMIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 

Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that 

certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by a licensed importer 

without obtaining authorization from the Department of 

State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Collectible Firearms 

5 Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 38(b)(1) of the Arms Ex3 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)) is amended— 

4 (1) in the first subparagraph (B) (as added by 

5 section 8142 of the Department of Defense Appro6 priations Act, 1988 (Public Law 100–202; 101 Stat. 

7 1329–88))— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

9 striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘subparagraph (A)(i)’’; 

11 (B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Secretary of 

12 the Treasury’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney Gen13 eral’’; and 

14 (C) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(ii) the person seeking to export such firearms 

17 to the United States certifies to the Attorney Gen18 eral that the firearms are lawfully possessed under 

19 the laws of the exporting country.’’; 

20 (2) by redesignating the second subparagraph 

21 (B) (as added by section 1255(b) of the Foreign Re22 lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 

23 1989 (Public Law 100–204; 101 Stat. 1431)) as 

24 subparagraph (C); and 

25 (3) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 regulation, or Executive order, any such firearms de3 scribed in subparagraph (B) may be imported into the 

4 United States by an importer licensed under the provisions 

5 of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, without the 

6 importer or the person described in subparagraph 

7 (B)(ii)— 

8 ‘‘(i) obtaining authorization from the Depart9 ment of State or the Department of Defense for the 

10 transfer of such firearms by the person to the im11 porter; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) providing payment to the Department of 

13 State or the Department of Defense of any of the 

14 proceeds of the transfer of such firearms by the per15 son to the importer.’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 subsection (a) apply to the importation of firearms de18 scribed in section 38(b)(1)(B) of the Arms Export Control 

19 Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) on or 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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