II 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 35 

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 

JANUARY 22 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2013 

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. 

SCHUMER, Mr. REED, Mrs. BOXER, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) 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 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON PURCHASES OF AMMUNITION. 

7 (a) LICENSING OF AMMUNITION DEALERS.— 


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

2 United States Code, is amended in the matter pre3 ceding paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by strik4 ing ‘‘, or importing or manufacturing’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘or’’. 

6 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

7 921(a)(11)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is 

8 amended by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘fire9 arms’’. 

10 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR FACE TO FACE SALES OF

11 AND LICENSING TO SELL AMMUNITION.—Section 922 of 

12 title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘for any person—’’ and all 

15 that follows through ‘‘(A) except’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘(A) for any person except’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘(B) for— 

20 ‘‘(i) any person except a licensed importer, 

21 licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to— 

22 ‘‘(I) sell ammunition, except that this 

23 subclause shall not apply to a sale of am24 munition by a person to a licensed imVerDate Mar 15 2010 22:50 Jan 25, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S35.IS S35

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1 porter, licensed manufacturer, or licensed 

2 dealer; or 

3 ‘‘(II) engage in the business of im4 porting or manufacturing ammunition, or 

5 in the course of such business, to ship, 

6 transport, or receive any ammunition; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) a licensed importer, licensed manufac8 turer, or licensed dealer to transfer ammunition 

9 to a person unless the licensed importer, li10 censed manufacturer, or licensed dealer has 

11 verified the identity of the transferee by exam12 ining a valid identification document (as defined 

13 in section 1028(d) of this title) of the trans14 feree containing a photograph of the trans15 feree;’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘or armor17 piercing’’. 

18 (c) LIMIT ON SHIPPING AND TRANSPORTING OF AM19 MUNITION.—Section 922(a)(2) of title 18, United States 

20 Code, is amended— 

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

22 by inserting ‘‘, or to ship or transport any ammuni23 tion,’’ after ‘‘any firearm’’; and 

24 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or am25 munition’’ after ‘‘a firearm’’. 


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1 (d) RECORDKEEPING REGARDING AMMUNITION.— 

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

3 United States Code, is amended— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

5 (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 

6 ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘other disposition 

7 of firearms’’; and 

8 (ii) in the third sentence, by striking 

9 ‘‘, or any licensed importer or manufac10 turer of ammunition,’’ and inserting ‘‘, or 

11 any licensed importer, manufacturer, or 

12 dealer of ammunition,’’; and 

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

14 the following: 

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

16 sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or 

17 otherwise disposes of, at one time or during any 5 consecu18 tive business days, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition 

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

20 a form specified by the Attorney General and forwarded 

21 to the office specified thereon and to the department of 

22 State police or State law enforcement agency of the State 

23 or local law enforcement agency of the local jurisdiction 

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


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

2 sale or other disposition occurs.’’. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

4 4182(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re5 lating to exemptions relating to firearms) is amend6 ed by inserting ‘‘and except as provided in para7 graph (1)(A) and (3)(C) of section 923(g) of title 

8 18, United States Code,’’ before ‘‘no person holding 

9 a Federal license’’. 

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