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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2710 

To revise various laws that interfere with the right of the people to obtain 

and use firearms for all lawful purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2015 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. LATTA, Mr. BABIN, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. 

KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. LAMALFA, 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. SMITH

of Texas, Mr. COOK, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. STEWART, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. JONES, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. 

NEWHOUSE, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 

SESSIONS, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 

GOSAR, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. HARPER, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. 

CRENSHAW, Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. 

BUCK, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. SALMON, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. 

CHAFFETZ, and Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To revise various laws that interfere with the right of the 

people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lawful Purpose and 

3 Self Defense Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO RECLASSIFY POP5 ULAR RIFLE AMMUNITION AS ‘‘ARMOR PIERC6 ING AMMUNITION’’. 

7 Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code, 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘may be 

10 used’’ and inserting ‘‘is designed and intended by 

11 the manufacturer or importer for use’’; 

12 (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘by 

13 the manufacturer or importer’’ before ‘‘for use’’; and 

14 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘the At15 torney General finds is primarily intended to be used 

16 for sporting purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘is primarily 

17 intended by the manufacturer or importer to be used 

18 in a rifle or shotgun, a handgun projectile that is de19 signed and intended by the manufacturer or im20 porter to be used for hunting, recreational, or com21 petitive shooting’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTATION 

2 OF NON-NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT FIREARM 

3 OR AMMUNITION THAT MAY OTHERWISE BE 

4 LAWFULLY POSSESSED AND SOLD IN THE 

5 UNITED STATES. 

6 (a) ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITIONS.—Section 922 of 

7 title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (7) 

9 and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(7) for any person to manufacture or import 

11 armor piercing ammunition, unless the manufacture 

12 or importation of the ammunition— 

13 ‘‘(A) is for the use of the United States, 

14 any department or agency of the United States, 

15 any State, or any department, agency, or polit16 ical subdivision of a State; 

17 ‘‘(B) is for the purpose of exportation; or 

18 ‘‘(C) is for the purpose of testing or ex19 perimentation, and has been authorized by the 

20 Attorney General;’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘925(d) of this 

22 chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘925’’; and 

23 (3) by striking subsection (r). 

24 (b) BROADENING OF EXCEPTIONS.—Section 925 of 

25 such title is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘deter2 mined’’ and all that follows through the end and in3 serting ‘‘intended for the lawful personal use of such 

4 member or club.’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and 

6 all that follows through ‘‘for the’’ and inserting ‘‘in7 tended for the lawful’’; and 

8 (3) by striking subsections (d) through (f) and 

9 inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(d)(1) Within 30 days after the Attorney General 

11 receives an application therefor, the Attorney General 

12 shall authorize a firearm or ammunition to be imported 

13 or brought into the United States or any possession there14 of if— 

15 ‘‘(A) the firearm or ammunition is being im16 ported or brought in for scientific, research, testing, 

17 or experimentation purposes; 

18 ‘‘(B) the firearm is an unserviceable firearm 

19 (other than a machine gun as defined in section 

20 5845(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that 

21 is readily restorable to firing condition) imported or 

22 brought in as a curio or museum piece; 

23 ‘‘(C) the firearm is not a firearm as defined in 

24 section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

25 1986; 


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1 ‘‘(D) the ammunition is not armor piercing am2 munition (as defined in section 921(a)(17)(B) of 

3 this title), unless subparagraph (A), (E), (F), or (G) 

4 applies; 

5 ‘‘(E) the firearm or ammunition is being im6 ported or brought in for the use of the United 

7 States, any department or agency of the United 

8 States, any State, or any department, agency, or po9 litical subdivision of a State; 

10 ‘‘(F) the firearm or ammunition is being im11 ported or brought in for the purpose of exportation; 

12 ‘‘(G) the firearm or ammunition was previously 

13 taken out of the United States or a possession there14 of by the person who is bringing in the firearm or 

15 ammunition; or 

16 ‘‘(H) the firearm is a firearm defined as curio 

17 or relic by the Attorney General under section 

18 921(a)(13) of this title. 

19 ‘‘(2) Within 30 days after the Attorney General re20 ceives an application therefor, the Attorney General shall 

21 permit the conditional importation or bringing in of a fire22 arm or ammunition for examination and testing in connec23 tion with the making of a determination as to whether 

24 the importation or bringing in of the firearm or ammuni25 tion will be allowed under this subsection. 


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1 ‘‘(3) The Attorney General shall not authorize, under 

2 this subsection, the importation of any firearm the impor3 tation of which is prohibited by section 922(p).’’. 

4 SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF SHOTGUNS, SHOTGUN SHELLS, 

5 AND LARGE CALIBER RIFLES FROM ARBI6 TRARY CLASSIFICATION AS ‘‘DESTRUCTIVE 

7 DEVICES’’. 

8 (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL FIREARMS

9 ACT.—Section 5845(f) of the National Firearms Act is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘recognized as 

12 particularly suitable for sporting purposes’’ and in13 serting ‘‘recognized as suitable for lawful purposes’’; 

14 and 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘use solely for sporting pur16 poses’’ and inserting ‘‘use for sporting purposes’’. 

17 (b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES

18 CODE.—Section 921(a)(4) of title 18, United States Code, 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (B) of the 1st sentence, by 

21 striking ‘‘particularly suitable for sporting’’ and in22 serting ‘‘suitable for lawful’’; and 

23 (2) in the 2nd sentence, by striking ‘‘solely’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. BROADENING OF THE TEMPORARY INTERSTATE 

2 TRANSFER PROVISION TO ALLOW TEM3 PORARY TRANSFERS FOR ALL LAWFUL PUR4 POSES RATHER THAN JUST FOR ‘‘SPORTING 

5 PURPOSES’’. 

6 Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 

7 amended in each of subsections (a)(5)(B), (a)(9), and 

8 (b)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘sporting’’. 

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