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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 142 

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 

JANUARY 3, 2013 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York 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 2013’’. 

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 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 such title is amended— 

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

19 by inserting ‘‘, or to ship or transport any ammuni20 tion,’’ after ‘‘any firearm’’; and 

21 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or am22 munition’’ after ‘‘a firearm’’. 

23 (d) RECORDKEEPING REGARDING AMMUNITION.— 

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

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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

2 (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 

3 ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘other disposition 

4 of firearms’’; and 

5 (ii) in the third sentence, by striking 

6 ‘‘, or any licensed importer or manufac7 turer of ammunition,’’ and inserting ‘‘, or 

8 any licensed importer, manufacturer, or 

9 dealer of ammunition,’’; and 

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

11 the following: 

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

13 sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or 

14 otherwise disposes of, at one time or during any 5 consecu15 tive business days, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition 

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

17 a form specified by the Attorney General and forwarded 

18 to the office specified thereon and to the department of 

19 State police or State law enforcement agency of the State 

20 or local law enforcement agency of the local jurisdiction 

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

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

23 sale or other disposition occurs.’’. 

24 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

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1 lating to exemptions relating to firearms) is amend2 ed by inserting ‘‘and except as provided in para3 graph (1)(A) and (3)(C) of section 923(g) of title 

4 18, United States Code,’’ before ‘‘no person holding 

5 a Federal license’’. 

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