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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 624

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 27, 1997

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,

and Transportation

AN ACT

To amend the Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of

1993 to clarify certain requirements and to improve the

flow of interstate commerce.

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 ‘‘Armored Car Reciproc3 ity Amendments of 1997’’.

4 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAP5 ONS LICENSES ISSUED TO ARMORED CAR

6 COMPANY CREW MEMBERS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the Armored Car

8 Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993 (15 U.S.C. 5902(a)) is

9 amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If an armored car crew member

11 employed by an armored car company—

12 ‘‘(1) has in effect a license issued by the appro13 priate State agency (in the State in which such

14 member is primarily employed by such company) to

15 carry a weapon while acting in the services of such

16 company in that State, and such State agency meets

17 the minimum requirements under subsection (b);

18 and

19 ‘‘(2) has met all other applicable requirements

20 to act as an armored car crew member in the State

21 in which such member is primarily employed by such

22 company;

23 then such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry

24 any weapon to which such license relates and function as

25 an armored car crew member in any State while such

26 member is acting in the service of such company.’’.
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1 (b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 3(b)

2 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5902(b)) is amended to read as

3 follows:

4 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—A State

5 agency meets the minimum State requirements of this

6 subsection if—

7 ‘‘(1) in issuing an initial weapons license to an

8 armored car crew member described in subsection

9 (a), the agency determines to its satisfaction that—

10 ‘‘(A) the crew member has received class11 room and range training in weapons safety and

12 marksmanship during the current year from a

13 qualified instructor for each weapon that the

14 crew member will be licensed to carry; and

15 ‘‘(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon

16 by the crew member would not violate Federal

17 law, determined on the basis of a criminal

18 record background check conducted during the

19 current year;

20 ‘‘(2) in issuing a renewal of a weapons license

21 to an armored car crew member described in sub22 section (a), the agency determines to its satisfaction

23 that—
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1 ‘‘(A) the crew member has received con2 tinuing training in weapons safety and marks3 manship from a qualified instructor for each

4 weapon that the crew member is licensed to

5 carry; and

6 ‘‘(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon

7 by the crew member would not violate Federal

8 law, as determined by the agency; and

9 ‘‘(3) in issuing a weapons license under para10 graph (1) or paragraph (2), as the case may be—

11 ‘‘(A) the agency issues such license for a

12 period not to exceed two years; or

13 ‘‘(B) the agency issues such license for a

14 period not to exceed five years in the case of a

15 State that enacted a State law before October

16 1, 1996, that provides for the issuance of an

17 initial weapons license or a renewal of a weap18 ons license, as the case may be, for a period not

19 to exceed five years.’’.

20 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

21 The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect

22 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Passed the House of Representatives February 26,

1997.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.