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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3643 

To reauthorize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years and 

to close a loophole in the Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2013 

Mr. ISRAEL (for himself and Mr. KING of New York) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 

10 years and to close a loophole in the Act. 

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 ‘‘Undetectable Firearms 

5 Modernization Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PROHIBITION ON UNDETECT7 ABLE FIREARMS. 

8 (a) EXTENSION OF SUNSET PROVISION.—Section 

9 2(f)(2) of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (Public 

10 Law 100–649; 18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended in the 


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1 matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘25’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘35’’. 

3 (b) OTHER AMENDMENTS.—Section 922(p) of title 

4 18, United States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

7 ‘‘grips, stocks, and magazines’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘all parts other than major components’’; and 

9 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

10 ‘‘when subjected to inspection by the types of x11 ray machines commonly used at airports, does 

12 not generate’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘if 

13 subjected to inspection by the types of detection 

14 devices commonly used at airports for security 

15 screening, would not generate’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (A) by striking subparagraph (B) and in18 serting the following: 

19 ‘‘(B) the term ‘major component’, with respect 

20 to a firearm— 

21 ‘‘(i) means the slide or cylinder, or the 

22 frame or receiver of the firearm; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a rifle or shotgun, in24 cludes the barrel of the firearm; and’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and the 

2 proviso that follows and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(C) the term ‘Security Exemplar’ means an 

4 object, to be fabricated at the direction of the Attor5 ney General, that is— 

6 ‘‘(i) constructed of 3.7 ounces of material 

7 type 17–4 PH stainless steel in a shape resem8 bling a handgun; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) suitable for testing and calibrating 

10 metal detectors.’’; 

11 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

12 (A) in the first sentence, by inserting 

13 after ‘‘of a firearm’’ the following: ‘‘, in14 cluding a prototype,’’; and 

15 (B) by striking the second sentence; 

16 and 

17 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘shall not 

18 apply to any firearm which’’ and all that follows and 

19 inserting the following: ‘‘shall not apply to— 

20 ‘‘(A) any firearm received by, in the possession 

21 of, or under the control of the United States; or 

22 ‘‘(B) the manufacture, importation, possession, 

23 transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of a firearm 

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1 suant to an existing contract with the United 

2 States.’’. 

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