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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 381 

To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms 

listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by 

a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department 

of State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 17, 2011 

Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. WICKER, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ENZI, 

Mr. BEGICH, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mr. BAUCUS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that 

certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by a licensed importer 

without obtaining authorization from the Department of 

State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Collectible Firearms 

5 Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 38(b)(1) of the Arms Ex3 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating the first subparagraph (B) 

5 (as added by section 8142(a) of the Department of 

6 Defense Appropriations Act, 1988 (as enacted into 

7 law by Public Law 100–202; 101 Stat. 1329–88)) as 

8 subparagraph (C); 

9 (2) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by 

10 paragraph (1) of this subsection)— 

11 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

12 striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘subparagraph (A)(i)’’; 

14 (B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Secretary of 

15 the Treasury’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney Gen16 eral’’; and 

17 (C) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(ii) the person seeking to export such firearms 

20 to the United States certifies to the Attorney Gen21 eral that the firearms are lawfully possessed under 

22 the laws of the exporting country.’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 regulation, or executive order, any such firearms described 

26 in subparagraph (C) may be imported into the United 


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1 States by an importer licensed under the provisions of 

2 chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, without the 

3 importer or the person described in subparagraph 

4 (C)(ii)— 

5 ‘‘(i) obtaining authorization from the Depart6 ment of State or the Department of Defense for the 

7 transfer of such firearms by the person to the im8 porter; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) providing payment to the Department of 

10 State or the Department of Defense of any of the 

11 proceeds of the transfer of such firearms by the per12 son to the importer.’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 subsection (a) apply to the importation of firearms de15 scribed in section 38(b)(1)(C) of the Arms Export Control 

16 Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) on or 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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