H. R. 1189

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

Act of 1993’’.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that—

(1) the distribution of goods and services to consumers

in the United States requires the free flow of currency, bullion,

securities, food stamps, and other items of unusual value in

interstate commerce;

(2) the armored car industry transports and protects such

items in interstate commerce, including daily transportation

of currency and food stamps valued at more than

$1,000,000,000;

(3) armored car crew members are often subject to armed

attack by individuals attempting to steal such items;

(4) to protect themselves and the items they transport,

such crew members are armed with weapons;

(5) various States require both weapons training and a

criminal record background check before licensing a crew member to carry a weapon; and

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

weapons licenses of other States for armored car crew members

to assure the free and safe transport of valuable items in

interstate commerce.

SEC. 3. STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAPONS LICENSES ISSUED TO

ARMORED CAR COMPANY CREW MEMBERS.

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

by an armored car company has in effect a license issued by the

appropriate State agency (in the State in which such member

is primarily employed by such company) to carry a weapon while

acting in the services of such company in that State, and such

State agency meets the minimum State requirements under subsection (b), then such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully

carry any weapon to which such license relates in any State while

such crew member is acting in the service of such company.
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(b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—A State agency meets

the minimum State requirements of this subsection if in issuing

a weapons license to an armored car crew member described in

subsection (a), the agency requires the crew member to provide

information on an annual basis to the satisfaction of the agency

that—

(1) the crew member has received classroom and range

training in weapons safety and marksmanship during the current year by a qualified instructor for each weapon that the

crew member is licensed to carry; and

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

member would not violate Federal law, determined on the

basis of a criminal record background check conducted during

the current year.

SEC. 4. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.

This Act shall supersede any provision of State law (or the

law of any political subdivision of a State) that is inconsistent

with this Act.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act:

(1) The term ‘‘armored car crew member’’ means an individual who provides protection for goods transported by an

armored car company.

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

(A) subject to regulation under subchapter II of chapter

105 of title 49, United States Code; and

(B) holding the appropriate certificate, permit, or

license issued under subchapter II of chapter 109 of such

title, in order to engage in the business of transporting

and protecting currency, bullion, securities, precious metals, food stamps, and other articles of unusual value in

interstate commerce.

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

or the District of Columbia.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.