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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6240 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 

Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, 

Mr. BLUNT, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 

BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. KIND, Mr. BISHOP of 

Utah, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. WAMP, Mr. 

REHBERG, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 

MARCHANT, and Mr. PETERSON) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Collectible Firearms 

3 Protection Act’’. 

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

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 38(b)(1) of the Arms Ex6 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating the second subparagraph 

8 (B) (as added by section 8142(a) of the Department 

9 of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988) as subpara10 graph (C); 

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

12 paragraph (1) of this subsection)— 

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

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

15 ‘‘subparagraph (A)(i)’’; 

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

17 the Treasury’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney Gen18 eral’’; and 

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

20 following: 

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

22 to the United States certifies to the Attorney Gen23 eral that the firearms are lawfully possessed under 

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

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


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

2 regulation, or executive order, any such firearms described 

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

4 States by an importer licensed under the provisions of 

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

6 importer or the person described in subparagraph 

7 (C)(ii)— 

8 ‘‘(i) obtaining authorization from the Depart9 ment of State or the Department of Defense for the 

10 transfer of such firearms by the person to the im11 porter; or 

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

13 State or the Department of Defense of any of the 

14 proceeds of the transfer of such firearms by the per15 son to the importer.’’. 

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

17 subsection (a) apply to the importation of firearms de18 scribed in section 38(b)(1)(C) of the Arms Export Control 

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

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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