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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2627 

To appropriately restrict sales of ammunition. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2018 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. MURPHY, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To appropriately restrict sales of ammunition. 

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 ‘‘Ammunition Back5 ground Check Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Under current Federal law, it is illegal to 

9 sell firearms or ammunition to certain individuals, 

10 including felons, fugitives, drug addicts, and those 


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1 deemed ‘‘mentally defective’’ or committed to a men2 tal institution. 

3 (2) There is no requirement under Federal law 

4 that sellers of ammunition conduct a background 

5 check to determine whether potential purchasers are 

6 in fact prohibited by law from buying ammunition. 

7 (3) By contrast, under current Federal law, li8 censed sellers of firearms are required by law to con9 duct an instant background check using the Na10 tional Instant Criminal Background Check System 

11 of the Justice Department. 

12 (4) Over the last decade, there have been over 

13 100,000,000 background checks conducted under 

14 the National Instant Criminal Background Check 

15 System with respect to firearms sales, resulting in 

16 the blocking of more than 1,500,000 sales of fire17 arms to felons, fugitives, drug addicts, and the men18 tally ill, among others. 

19 (5) The vast majority of instant background 

20 checks on firearms purchases occur in an average of 

21 30 seconds, at minimal inconvenience to firearms 

22 sellers and law-abiding purchasers. 

23 (6) The requirement of background checks for 

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1 venience to ammunition sellers and law-abiding pur2 chasers, and would help reduce gun-related violence. 

3 (7) Current Federal law includes a variety of 

4 other provisions regulating the sale of firearms, in5 cluding limits on interstate gun sales and record6 keeping requirements designed to assist in criminal 

7 investigations, that do not apply to sales of ammuni8 tion. 

9 (8) Sales of ammunition should be held to simi10 lar requirements as sales of firearms. 

11 SEC. 3. BACKGROUND CHECKS. 

12 (a) REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR PUR13 CHASES OF AMMUNITION.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, 

15 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

16 subsection (u) the following: 

17 ‘‘(v)(1) Beginning on the date that is 180 days after 

18 the date of enactment of the Ammunition Background 

19 Check Act of 2018, no person who is licensed under this 

20 chapter shall transfer ammunition to any other person 

21 who is not licensed under this chapter, unless— 

22 ‘‘(A) before the completion of the transfer, the 

23 licensee contacts the national instant criminal back24 ground check system established under section 103 


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1 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 

2 U.S.C. 40901); 

3 ‘‘(B) the system provides the licensee with a 

4 unique identification number; and 

5 ‘‘(C) the transferor has verified the identity of 

6 the transferee by examining a valid identification 

7 document, as defined in section 1028(d) of this title, 

8 of the transferee containing a photograph of the 

9 transferee. 

10 ‘‘(2) If receipt of ammunition would not violate sub11 section (g) or (n) or State law, the system shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) assign a unique identification number to 

13 the transfer; 

14 ‘‘(B) provide the licensee with the number; and 

15 ‘‘(C) destroy all records of the system with re16 spect to the call (other than the identifying number 

17 and the date the number was assigned) and all 

18 records of the system relating to the person or the 

19 transfer. 

20 ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an ammunition 

21 transfer between a licensee and another person if— 

22 ‘‘(A)(i) such other person has presented to the 

23 licensee a permit that— 

24 ‘‘(I) allows such other person to possess or 

25 acquire ammunition; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) was issued not more than 5 years 

2 earlier by the State in which the transfer is to 

3 occur; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the law of the State in which the transfer 

5 is to take place provides that such a permit is to be 

6 issued only after an authorized government official 

7 has verified that the information available to such 

8 official does not indicate that possession of a firearm 

9 or ammunition by such other person would be in vio10 lation of law; 

11 ‘‘(B) the Attorney General has approved the 

12 transfer in the same manner as provided in section 

13 5812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or 

14 ‘‘(C) on application of the transferor, the Attor15 ney General has certified that compliance with para16 graph (1) is impracticable because— 

17 ‘‘(i) the ratio of the number of law enforce18 ment officers of the State in which the transfer 

19 is to occur to the number of square miles of 

20 land area of the State does not exceed 0.0025; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the business premises of the licensee 

22 at which the transfer is to occur are extremely 

23 remote in relation to the chief law enforcement 

24 officer, as defined in subsection (s)(8); and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) there is an absence of telecommuni2 cations facilities in the geographical area in 

3 which the business premises are located. 

4 ‘‘(4) If the national instant criminal background 

5 check system notifies any person licensed under this chap6 ter that the information available to the system does not 

7 demonstrate that the receipt of ammunition by such other 

8 person would violate subsection (g) or (n) or State law, 

9 and the licensee transfers ammunition to such other per10 son, the seller shall include in the record of the transfer 

11 the unique identification number provided by the system 

12 with respect to the transfer. 

13 ‘‘(5) If any person licensed under this chapter know14 ingly transfers ammunition to another person and know15 ingly fails to comply with paragraph (1) with respect to 

16 the transfer and, at the time such other person most re17 cently proposed the transfer, the national instant criminal 

18 background check system was operating and information 

19 was available to the system demonstrating that receipt of 

20 ammunition by such other person would violate subsection 

21 (g) or (n) or State law, the Attorney General may, after 

22 notice and opportunity for a hearing— 

23 ‘‘(A) suspend for not more than 6 months or 

24 revoke any license issued to the licensee under sec25 tion 923; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) impose on the licensee a civil fine of not 

2 more than— 

3 ‘‘(i) in the case of a first violation, $5,000; 

4 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a second violation, 

5 $25,000; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) in the case of any subsequent viola7 tion, $100,000. 

8 ‘‘(6) Neither a local government nor an employee of 

9 the Federal Government or of any State or local govern10 ment responsible for providing information to the national 

11 instant criminal background check system shall be liable 

12 in an action at law for damages— 

13 ‘‘(A) for failure to prevent the sale or transfer 

14 of ammunition to a person whose receipt or posses15 sion of the ammunition is unlawful under this sec16 tion; or 

17 ‘‘(B) for preventing such a sale or transfer to 

18 a person who may lawfully receive or possess ammu19 nition.’’. 

20 (2) REGULATIONS RELATING TO RETENTION

21 AND DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS IN SYSTEM.—In 

22 promulgating regulations to carry out section 

23 922(v)(2)(C) of title 18, United States Code, as 

24 added by this Act, the Attorney General shall ensure 

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1 stroyed not later than 3 business days after the date 

2 on which a licensee is notified that a transfer of am3 munition may proceed under that subsection. 

4 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

5 (A) TITLE 18.—Section 922 of title 18, 

6 United States Code, is amended— 

7 (i) in subsection (c)— 

8 (I) in the matter preceding para9 graph (1), by inserting ‘‘or ammuni10 tion’’ after ‘‘sell a firearm’’; 

11 (II) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (aa) by inserting ‘‘or ammu13 nition’’ after ‘‘a firearm’’; 

14 (bb) by inserting ‘‘or ammu15 nition’’ after ‘‘this firearm’’; and 

16 (cc) by inserting ‘‘or ammu17 nition’’ after ‘‘the firearm’’; and 

18 (III) in paragraph (2), by insert19 ing ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ 

20 each place it appears; and 

21 (ii) in subsection (d), in the matter 

22 following paragraph (9), by adding at the 

23 end, the following: ‘‘Any person who is li24 censed under this chapter and who sells 

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1 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (9) after 

2 failing to comply with the requirements of 

3 subsection (v) shall be deemed to have 

4 acted knowingly with respect to this sub5 section.’’. 

6 (B) PENALTY.—Section 924(a)(5) of title 

7 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘or (t)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (t), or (v)’’. 

9 (C) BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PREVEN10 TION ACT.—Section 103 of the Brady Handgun 

11 Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) is 

12 amended— 

13 (i) by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ after 

14 ‘‘firearm’’ each place it appears, except 

15 where ‘‘firearm’’ appears in subsection (j); 

16 (ii) in subsection (i)— 

17 (I) in the subsection heading, by 

18 inserting ‘‘OR AMMUNITION’’ after 

19 ‘‘FIREARMS’’; and 

20 (II) in paragraph (2), by insert21 ing ‘‘ ammunition,’’ after ‘‘firearms,’’; 

22 and 

23 (iii) in subsection (j)(2), inserting 

24 ‘‘ ‘ammunition’,’’ after ‘‘The terms’’. 

25 (b) AMMUNITION TRANSFERS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, 

2 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

3 end the following: 

4 ‘‘§ 932. Background checks for ammunition transfers 

5 by unlicensed persons 

6 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

7 ‘‘(1) the term ‘unlicensed transferee’ means a 

8 person who— 

9 ‘‘(A) is not licensed under this chapter; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(B) desires to receive ammunition from 

12 an unlicensed transferor; and 

13 ‘‘(2) the term ‘unlicensed transferor’ means a 

14 person who— 

15 ‘‘(A) is not licensed under this chapter; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(B) desires to transfer ammunition to an 

18 unlicensed transferee. 

19 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for an 

21 unlicensed transferor to knowingly transfer ammuni22 tion to an unlicensed transferee and knowingly fail 

23 to obtain a background check conducted by a li24 censed dealer in accordance with subsection (d) with 

25 respect to the transfer. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—An unlicensed 

2 transferor who violates paragraph (1) shall be fined 

3 under this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 

4 year, or both. 

5 ‘‘(c) CIVIL PENALTY.—If any unlicensed transferor 

6 knowingly transfers ammunition to an unlicensed trans7 feree and knowingly fails to obtain a background check 

8 conducted by a licensed dealer in accordance with sub9 section (d) with respect to the transfer and, at the time 

10 such unlicensed transferee most recently proposed the 

11 transfer, the national instant criminal background check 

12 system was operating and information was available to the 

13 system demonstrating that receipt of ammunition by such 

14 unlicensed transferee would violate subsection (g) or (n) 

15 of section 922 or State law, the Attorney General may, 

16 after notice and opportunity for a hearing, impose on the 

17 unlicensed transferee a civil fine of not more than— 

18 ‘‘(1) in the case of a first violation, $5,000; 

19 ‘‘(2) in the case of a second violation, $25,000; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(3) in the case of any subsequent violation, 

22 $100,000. 

23 ‘‘(d) BACKGROUND CHECKS THROUGH LICENSED

24 DEALERS.—A licensed dealer who agrees to assist in the 


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1 transfer of ammunition between an unlicensed transferor 

2 and an unlicensed transferee shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) enter such information about the ammuni4 tion as the Attorney General may require by regula5 tion into a separate bound record; 

6 ‘‘(2) record the transfer on a form specified by 

7 the Attorney General; 

8 ‘‘(3) comply with section 922(v) as if transfer9 ring the ammunition from the inventory of the li10 censed dealer to the unlicensed transferee (except 

11 that a licensed dealer assisting in the transfer of 

12 ammunition under this subsection shall not be re13 quired to comply again with the requirements of sec14 tion 922(v) in delivering the ammunition to the unli15 censed transferee) and notify the unlicensed trans16 feror and unlicensed transferee— 

17 ‘‘(A) of such compliance; and 

18 ‘‘(B) if the transfer is subject to the re19 quirements of section 922(v)(1), of any receipt 

20 by the licensed dealer of a notification from the 

21 national instant criminal background check sys22 tem that the transfer would violate section 922 

23 or State law; 


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1 ‘‘(4) not later than 31 days after the date on 

2 which the transfer occurs, submit to the Attorney 

3 General a report of the transfer, which— 

4 ‘‘(A) shall be on a form specified by the 

5 Attorney General by regulation; and 

6 ‘‘(B) shall not include the name of or other 

7 identifying information relating to the unli8 censed transferor or unlicensed transferee; 

9 ‘‘(5) if the licensed dealer assists an unlicensed 

10 transferor in transferring, at the same time or dur11 ing any 5 consecutive business days, not less than 

12 1,000 rounds of ammunition, to the same unlicensed 

13 transferee, in addition to the reports required under 

14 paragraph (4), prepare a report of the multiple 

15 transfers that shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) be prepared on a form specified by 

17 the Attorney General; and 

18 ‘‘(B) not later than the close of business 

19 on the date on which the transfer requiring the 

20 report under this paragraph occurs, be sub21 mitted to— 

22 ‘‘(i) the office specified on the form 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the appropriate State law en2 forcement agency of the jurisdiction in 

3 which the transfer occurs; and 

4 ‘‘(6) retain a record of the transfer as part of 

5 the permanent business records of the licensed deal6 er.’’. 

7 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 

8 sections for chapter 44 of title 18, United States 

9 Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

‘‘932. Background checks for ammunition transfers by unlicensed persons.’’. 

11 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 

13 such sums as are necessary— 

14 (1) to ensure that the national instant criminal 

15 background check system operates as quickly and ef16 fectively as it did before the enactment of this Act; 

17 and 

18 (2) for the cost of implementing and enforcing 

19 the amendments made by this Act, including audits 

20 and other regulatory or enforcement efforts. 

21 SEC. 4. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. 

22 (a) REQUIRING RECORDKEEPING FOR AMMUNITION

23 SALES.—Section 922(b)(5) of title 18, United States 

24 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or armor-piercing ammuni25 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’. 


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1 (b) NO AMMUNITION SALES CONTRARY TO STATE

2 LAW.—Section 922(b)(2) of title 18, United States Code, 

3 is amended by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ 

4 each place it appears. 

5 (c) NO INTERSTATE AMMUNITION SALES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(b)(3) of title 

7 18, United States Code, is amended— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ after 

9 ‘‘any firearm’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘rifle or shotgun’’ and in11 serting ‘‘ammunition, rifle, or shotgun’’. 

12 (2) OTHER PROVISIONS.—Section 922(a) is 

13 amended— 

14 (A) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘or am15 munition’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ each place it ap16 pears; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘or am18 munition’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ each place it appears 

19 except the last place it appears. 

20 (d) REPORTING.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 923(g) of title 18, 

22 United States Code, is amended— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 


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1 (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 

2 ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘other disposition 

3 of firearms’’; and 

4 (ii) in the third sentence, by striking 

5 ‘‘, or any licensed importer or manufac6 turer of ammunition,’’ and inserting ‘‘, or 

7 any licensed importer, manufacturer, or 

8 dealer of ammunition,’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (i) by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ after 

11 ‘‘disposition of firearms’’; and 

12 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ 

13 after ‘‘a firearm’’; 

14 (C) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(C)(i) Each licensee shall prepare a report of mul17 tiple sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells 

18 or otherwise disposes of, at one time or during any 5 con19 secutive business days, a large quantity of ammunition (as 

20 determined in accordance with clause (ii)) to an unlicensed 

21 person. The report shall be prepared on a form specified 

22 by the Attorney General and forwarded to the office speci23 fied thereon and to the department of State police or State 

24 law enforcement agency of the State and, where feasible, 

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1 in which the sale or other disposition took place, not later 

2 than the close of business on the day that the multiple 

3 sales or other disposition occurs. 

4 ‘‘(ii) The Attorney General shall determine the quan5 tity of ammunition that constitutes a large quantity for 

6 the purpose of this subparagraph, the quantity of which— 

7 ‘‘(I) shall be based on the determination by the 

8 Attorney General of the quantity that indicates an 

9 intent to engage in any type of criminal activity; 

10 ‘‘(II) may be modified by the Attorney General 

11 from time to time; and 

12 ‘‘(III) may vary by geographic area if the At13 torney General determines that it is appropriate to 

14 assist law enforcement efforts.’’; 

15 (D) in paragraph (6)— 

16 (i) by inserting ‘‘or a significant quan17 tity of ammunition,’’ after ‘‘theft or loss of 

18 a firearm’’; and 

19 (ii) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: ‘‘Not later than 60 days after the 

21 date of enactment of the Ammunition 

22 Background Check Act of 2018, the Attor23 ney General shall promulgate rules defin24 ing ‘significant quantity’ for the purpose of 

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1 (E) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘or any 

2 quantity of ammunition’’ after ‘‘1 or more fire3 arms’’. 

4 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

5 4182(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re6 lating to exemptions relating to firearms) is amend7 ed by inserting ‘‘and except as provided in para8 graphs (1)(A) and (3)(C) of section 923(g) of title 

9 18, United States Code,’’ before ‘‘no person holding 

10 a Federal license’’. 

11 (e) MAKING IT A CRIME TO STEAL AMMUNITION.— 

12 Section 922(u) of title 18, United States Code, is amend13 ed— 

14 (1) by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘in fire15 arms’’; and 

16 (2) by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘any 

17 firearm’’. 

18 (f) KEEPING AMMUNITION OUT OF THE HANDS OF

19 JUVENILES.—Section 922(x) of title 18, United States 

20 Code, is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘only’’; 

22 and 

23 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘only’’. 

24 (g) LICENSING OF AMMUNITION DEALERS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 923(a) of title 18, 

2 United States Code, is amended in the matter pre3 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, or importing or 

4 manufacturing’’ and inserting ‘‘or’’. 

5 (2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of title 18, 

6 United States Code is amended— 

7 (A) in paragraph (11)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 

8 ammunition’’ after ‘‘firearms’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘or 

10 ammunition’’ after ‘‘any firearm’’; and 

11 (C) in paragraph (13), by inserting ‘‘or 

12 ammunition’’ after ‘‘firearms’’. 

13 SEC. 5. ARMOR-PIERCING AND INCENDIARY AMMUNITION. 

14 (a) EXPANDING DEFINITION OF ARMOR-PIERCING

15 BULLETS.—Section 921(a)(17)(B) of title 18, United 

16 States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

18 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 

19 end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(iii) a bullet or projectile which is coated with 

22 Teflon or any chemical compound with properties 

23 similar to Teflon.’’. 

24 (b) BANNING INCENDIARY AMMUNITION.— 


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1 (1) DEFINITION.—Section 921(a) of title 18, 

2 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

3 end the following: 

4 ‘‘(36) The term ‘incendiary ammunition’— 

5 ‘‘(A) means a bullet that is designed for 

6 the purpose of, held out by the manufacturer or 

7 distributor as, or generally recognized as having 

8 a specialized capability to ignite upon impact; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(B) includes such bullets commonly des11 ignated as ‘M1 Incendiary’, ‘M23 Incendiary’, 

12 ‘M8 Armor-Piercing Incendiary’, ‘API’, ‘M20 

13 Armor-Piercing Incendiary Tracer’, or 

14 ‘APIT’.’’. 

15 (2) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 44 of title 18, 

16 United States Code, is amended— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘or incendiary ammuni18 tion’’ after ‘‘armor piercing ammunition’’ each 

19 place it appears, except— 

20 (i) in section 921; and 

21 (ii) in section 923(k); 

22 (B) in section 922(b)(5), by inserting ‘‘or 

23 incendiary ammunition’’ after ‘‘armor-piercing 

24 ammunition’’; and 

25 (C) in section 923(k)— 


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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘, incendiary projec2 tiles, and’’ after ‘‘armor piercing projec3 tiles’’; and 

4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or incendiary ammu5 nition as defined in section 921(a)(36)’’ 

6 before the period at the end. 

7 (c) PROHIBITION ON POSSESSION AND TRANSFER.— 

8 Section 922(a)(7) of title 18, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in the matter proceeding subparagraph (A), 

11 by striking ‘‘or import’’ and inserting ‘‘import, 

12 transfer, or possess’’; 

13 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘, transfer, or possession’’ 

15 after ‘‘manufacture’’; and 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘or the transfer or posses17 sion of such ammunition relates to use on be18 half of’’ after ‘‘for the use of’’; 

19 (3) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, trans20 fer, or possession’’ after ‘‘manufacture’’; and 

21 (4) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, trans22 fer, or possession’’ after ‘‘manufacture’’. 

23 (d) GRANDFATHERING OF CONTINUED POSSESSION

24 OF AMMUNITION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall not apply to the possession of any 

3 armor piercing ammunition (as defined in section 

4 921(a)(17)(B) of title 18, United States Code, as 

5 amended by subsection (a)), or incendiary ammuni6 tion (as defined in section 921(a)(36) of title 18, 

7 United States Code, as added by subsection (b)) oth8 erwise lawfully possessed under Federal law on the 

9 date of enactment of this Act. 

10 (2) NO TRANSFER, SALE, OR DELIVERY.—Noth11 ing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to authorize 

12 the transfer, sale, or delivery of any armor piercing 

13 ammunition or incendiary ammunition described in 

14 paragraph (1). 

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