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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2003

To amend the Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993 to clarify

certain requirements and to improve the flow of interstate commerce.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 30, 1996

Mr. EXON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To amend the Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of

1993 to clarify certain requirements and to improve the

flow of interstate commerce.

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 ‘‘Armored Car Industry

5 Reciprocity Improvement Act of 1996’’.
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1 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAP2 ONS LICENSES ISSUED TO ARMORED CAR

3 COMPANY CREW MEMBERS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the Armored Car

5 Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993 (15 U.S.C. 5902(a)) is

6 amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If an armored car crew member

8 employed by an armored car company—

9 ‘‘(1) has in effect a license issued by the appro10 priate State agency (in the State in which such

11 member is primarily employed by such company) to

12 carry a weapon while acting in the services of such

13 company in that State, and such State agency meets

14 the minimum requirements under subsection (b);

15 and

16 ‘‘(2) has met all other applicable requirements

17 to act as an armored car crew member in the State

18 in which such member is primarily employed by such

19 company;

20 then such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry

21 any weapon to which such license relates and function as

22 an armored car crew member in any State while such

23 member is acting in the service of such company.’’.

24 (b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 3(b)

25 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5902(b)) is amended to read as

26 follows:
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1 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—A State

2 agency meets the minimum State requirements of this

3 subsection if—

4 ‘‘(1) in issuing an initial weapons license for a

5 period not to exceed two years to an armored car

6 crew member described in subsection (a), the agency

7 determines to its satisfaction that—

8 ‘‘(A) the crew member has received class9 room and range training in weapons safety and

10 marksmanship during the current year; and

11 ‘‘(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon

12 by the crew member would not violate Federal

13 law, determined on the basis of a criminal

14 record background check conducted during the

15 current year; and

16 ‘‘(2) in issuing a renewal of a weapons license

17 for a period not to exceed two years to an armored

18 car crew member described in subsection (a), the

19 agency determines to its satisfaction that—

20 ‘‘(A) the crew member has received con21 tinuing training in weapons safety and marks22 manship from a qualified instructor for each

23 weapon that the crew member is licensed to

24 carry; and
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1 ‘‘(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon

2 by the crew member would not violate Federal

3 law, as determined by the agency.’’.

4 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

5 The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect

6 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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