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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3458 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 30, 2012 

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and 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 2012’’. 

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 title 18, United States Code, 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 licensed importer, li8 censed manufacturer, or licensed dealer has 

9 verified the identity of the transferee by exam10 ining a valid identification document (as defined 

11 in section 1028(d) of this title) of the trans12 feree containing a photograph of the trans13 feree;’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘or armor15 piercing’’. 

16 (c) LIMIT ON SHIPPING AND TRANSPORTING OF AM17 MUNITION.—Section 922(a)(2) of title 18, United States 

18 Code, is amended— 

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

20 by inserting ‘‘, or to ship or transport any ammuni21 tion,’’ after ‘‘any firearm’’; and 

22 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or am23 munition’’ after ‘‘a firearm’’. 

24 (d) RECORDKEEPING REGARDING AMMUNITION.— 


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

2 United States Code, is amended— 

3 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

4 (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 

5 ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘other disposition 

6 of firearms’’; and 

7 (ii) in the third sentence, by striking 

8 ‘‘, or any licensed importer or manufac9 turer of ammunition,’’ and inserting ‘‘, or 

10 any licensed importer, manufacturer, or 

11 dealer of ammunition,’’; and 

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

13 the following: 

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

15 sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or 

16 otherwise disposes of, at one time or during any 5 consecu17 tive business days, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition 

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

19 a form specified by the Attorney General and forwarded 

20 to the office specified thereon and to the department of 

21 State police or State law enforcement agency of the State 

22 or local law enforcement agency of the local jurisdiction 

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

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

25 sale or other disposition occurs.’’. 


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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

2 4182(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re3 lating to exemptions relating to firearms) is amend4 ed by inserting ‘‘and except as provided in para5 graph (1)(A) and (3)(C) of section 923(g) of title 

6 18, United States Code,’’ before ‘‘no person holding 

7 a Federal license’’. 

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