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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1189

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 19 (legislative day, APRIL 19), 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,

and Transportation

JUNE 30, 1993

Committee discharged

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.

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—

8 (1) the distribution of goods and services to

9 consumers in the United States requires the free
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1 flow of currency, bullion, securities, food stamps,

2 and other items of unusual value in interstate com3 merce;

4 (2) the armored car industry transports and

5 protects such items in interstate commerce, includ6 ing daily transportation of currency and food stamps

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

8 (3) armored car crew members are often sub9 ject to armed attack by individuals attempting to

10 steal such items;

11 (4) to protect themselves and the items they

12 transport, such crew members are armed with weap13 ons;

14 (5) various States require both weapons’ train15 ing and a criminal record background check before

16 licensing a crew member to carry a weapon; and

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

18 accept weapons’ licenses of other States for armored

19 car crew members to assure the free and safe trans20 port of valuable items in interstate commerce.

21 SEC. 3. STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAPONS’ LICENSES IS22 SUED TO ARMORED CAR COMPANY CREW

23 MEMBERS.

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

25 employed by an armored car company has in effect a li-
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1 cense issued by the appropriate State agency (in the State

2 in which such member is primarily employed by such com3 pany) to carry a weapon while acting in the service of such

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

5 minimum State requirements under subsection (b), then

6 such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry any

7 weapon to which such license relates in any State while

8 such crew member is acting in the service of such

9 company.

10 (b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—A State

11 agency meets the minimum State requirements of this

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

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

14 requires the crew member to provide information on an

15 annual basis to the satisfaction of the agency that—

16 (1) the crew member has received classroom

17 and range training in weapon’s safety and marks18 manship during the current year by a qualified in19 structor for each weapon that the crew member is

20 licensed to carry; and

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

22 crew member would not violate Federal law, deter23 mined on the basis of a criminal record background

24 check conducted during the current year.
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1 SEC. 4. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.

2 This Act shall supersede any provision of State law

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

4 Act.

5 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

6 As used in this Act:

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

8 means an individual who provides protection for

9 goods transported by an armored car company.

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

11 company—

12 (A) subject to regulation under subchapter

13 II of chapter 105 of title 49, United States

14 Code; and

15 (B) holding the appropriate certificate,

16 permit, or license issued under subchapter II of

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

18 the business of transporting and protecting cur19 rency, bullion, securities, precious metals, food

20 stamps, and other articles of unusual value in

21 interstate commerce.

22 (3) The term ‘‘State’’ includes the several

23 States and the District of Columbia.

Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.