103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1189

AMENDMENT
In the Senate of the United States,

June 30, 1993.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1189) entitled ‘‘An Act 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’’, do

pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Armored Car Industry

3 Reciprocity Act of 1993’’.

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

5 Congress finds that—

6 (1) the distribution of goods and services to con7 sumers in the United States requires the free flow of

8 currency, bullion, securities, food stamps, and other

9 items of unusual value in interstate commerce;
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1 (2) the armored car industry transports and

2 protects such items in interstate commerce, including

3 daily transportation of currency and food stamps val4 ued at more than $1,000,000,000;

5 (3) armored car crew members are often subject

6 to armed attack by individuals attempting to steal

7 such items;

8 (4) to protect themselves and the items they

9 transport, such crew members are armed with weap10 ons;

11 (5) various States require both weapons training

12 and a criminal record background check before licens13 ing a crew member to carry a weapon; and

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

15 accept weapons licenses of other States for armored

16 car crew members to assure the free and safe trans17 port of valuable items in interstate commerce.

18 SEC. 3. STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAPONS LICENSES IS19 SUED TO ARMORED CAR COMPANY CREW

20 MEMBERS.

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

22 employed by an armored car company has in effect a license

23 issued by the appropriate State agency (in the State in

24 which such member is primarily employed by such com25 pany) to carry a weapon while acting in the services of
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1 such company in that State, and such State agency meets

2 the minimum State requirements under subsection (b), then

3 such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry any

4 weapon to which such license relates in any State while

5 such crew member is acting in the service of such company.

6 (b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—A State agen7 cy meets the minimum State requirements of this subsection

8 if in issuing a weapons license to an armored car crew

9 member described in subsection (a), the agency requires the

10 crew member to provide information on an annual basis

11 to the satisfaction of the agency that—

12 (1) the crew member has received classroom and

13 range training in weapons safety and marksmanship

14 during the current year by a qualified instructor for

15 each weapon that the crew member is licensed to

16 carry; and

17 (2) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the

18 crew member would not violate Federal law, deter19 mined on the basis of a criminal record background

20 check conducted during the current year.

21 SEC. 4. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.

22 This Act shall supersede any provision of State law

23 (or the law of any political subdivision of a State) that

24 is inconsistent with this Act.
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1 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

2 As used in this Act:

3 (1) The term ‘‘armored car crew member’’ means

4 an individual who provides protection for goods

5 transported by an armored car company.

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

7 company—

8 (A) subject to regulation under subchapter

9 II of chapter 105 of title 49, United States Code;

10 and

11 (B) holding the appropriated certificate,

12 permit, or license issued under subchapter II of

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

14 the business of transporting and protecting cur15 rency, bullion, securities, precious metals, food

16 stamps, and other articles of unusual value in

17 interstate commerce.

18 (3) The term ‘‘State’’ means any State of the

19 United States or the District of Columbia.

Attest:

Secretary.