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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1207 

To require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases 

of ammunition. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 22, 2021 

Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require 

licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting 

regarding bulk purchases 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 ‘‘Stop Online Ammuni5 tion Sales Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON PURCHASES OF AMMUNITION. 

7 (a) LICENSING OF AMMUNITION DEALERS.— 

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

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1 ceding paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by strik2 ing ‘‘, or importing or manufacturing’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘or’’. 

4 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

5 921(a)(11)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is 

6 amended by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘fire7 arms’’. 

8 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR FACE-TO-FACE SALES OF

9 AND LICENSING TO SELL AMMUNITION.—Section 922 of 

10 such title is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘for any person—’’ and all 

13 that follows through ‘‘(A) except’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘(A) for any person except’’; and 

15 (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in16 serting the following: 

17 ‘‘(B) for— 

18 ‘‘(i) any person except a licensed importer, 

19 licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to— 

20 ‘‘(I) sell ammunition, except that this 

21 subclause shall not apply to a sale of am22 munition by a person to a licensed im23 porter, licensed manufacturer, or licensed 

24 dealer; or 


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1 ‘‘(II) engage in the business of im2 porting or manufacturing ammunition, or 

3 in the course of such business, to ship, 

4 transport, or receive any ammunition; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) a licensed importer, licensed manufac6 turer, or licensed dealer to transfer ammunition 

7 to a person unless the licensee, in the physical 

8 presence of the person, has verified the identity 

9 of the person by examining a valid identification 

10 document (as defined in section 1028(d) of this 

11 title) of the person containing a photograph of 

12 the person;’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘or armor14 piercing’’. 

15 (c) LIMIT ON SHIPPING AND TRANSPORTING OF AM16 MUNITION.—Section 922(a)(2) of such title is amended— 

17 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

18 by inserting ‘‘, or to ship or transport any ammuni19 tion,’’ after ‘‘any firearm’’; and 

20 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or am21 munition’’ after ‘‘a firearm’’. 

22 (d) RECORDKEEPING REGARDING AMMUNITION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 923(g) of such title 

24 is amended— 

25 (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,’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(C) Each licensee shall prepare a report of multiple 

12 sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or 

13 otherwise disposes of, at one time or during any 5 consecu14 tive business days, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition 

15 to an unlicensed person. The report shall be prepared on 

16 a form specified by the Attorney General and forwarded 

17 to the office specified thereon and to the department of 

18 State police or State law enforcement agency of the State 

19 or local law enforcement agency of the local jurisdiction 

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

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

22 sale or other disposition occurs.’’. 

23 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

24 4182(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

25 amended by inserting ‘‘and except as provided in 


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1 paragraph (1)(A) and (3)(C) of section 923(g) of 

2 such title,’’ before ‘‘no person holding a Federal li3 cense’’. 

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