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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1189

To entitle certain armored car crew members to lawfully carry a weapon

in any State while protecting the security of valuable goods in interstate

commerce in the service of an armored car company.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 3, 1993

Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois (for herself, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. MCMILLAN, and Mr.

OXLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To entitle certain armored car crew members to lawfully

carry a weapon in any State while protecting the security

of valuable goods in interstate commerce in the service

of an armored car company.

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 Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the distribution of goods and services to

2 consumers in the United States requires the free

3 flow of currency, bullion, securities, food stamps,

4 and other items of unusual value in interstate com5 merce;

6 (2) the armored car industry transports and

7 protects such items in interstate commerce, includ8 ing daily transportation of currency and food stamps

9 valued at more than $1,000,000,000;

10 (3) armored car crew members are often sub11 ject to armed attack by individuals attempting to

12 steal such items;

13 (4) to protect themselves and the items they

14 transport, such crew members are armed with weap15 ons;

16 (5) various States require both weapons’ train17 ing and a criminal record background check before

18 licensing a crew member to carry a weapon; and

19 (6) there is a need for each State to reciprocally

20 accept weapons’ licenses of other States for armored

21 car crew members to assure the free and safe trans22 port of valuable items in interstate commerce.
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1 SEC. 3. STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAPONS’ LICENSES IS2 SUED TO ARMORED CAR COMPANY CREW

3 MEMBERS.

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

5 employed by an armored car company has in effect a li6 cense issued by the appropriate State agency (in the State

7 in which such member is primarily employed by such com8 pany) to carry a weapon while acting in the service of such

9 company in that State, and such State agency meets the

10 minimum State requirements under subsection (b), then

11 such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry any

12 weapon to which such license relates in any State while

13 such crew member is acting in the service of such

14 company.

15 (b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—A State

16 agency meets the minimum State requirements of this

17 subsection if in issuing a weapon’s license to an armored

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

19 requires the crew member to provide information on an

20 annual basis to the satisfaction of the agency that—

21 (1) the crew member has received classroom

22 and range training in weapon’s safety and marks23 manship during the current year by a qualified in24 structor for each weapon that the crew member is

25 licensed to carry; and
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1 (2) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the

2 crew member would not violate Federal law, deter3 mined on the basis of a criminal record background

4 check conducted during the current year.

5 SEC. 4. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.

6 This Act shall supersede any provision of State law

7 (or any subdivision thereof) that is inconsistent with this

8 Act.

9 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

10 As used in this Act:

11 (1) The term ‘‘armored car crew member’’

12 means an individual who provides protection for

13 goods transported by an armored car company.

14 (2) The term ‘‘armored car company’’ means a

15 company—

16 (A) subject to regulation under subchapter

17 II of chapter 105 of title 49, United States

18 Code; and

19 (B) holding the appropriate certificate,

20 permit, or license issued under subchapter II of

21 chapter 109 of such title, in order to engage in

22 the business of transporting and protecting cur23 rency, bullion, securities, precious metals, food

24 stamps, and other articles of unusual value in

25 interstate commerce.
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1 (3) The term ‘‘State’’ includes the several

2 States and the District of Columbia.

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