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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 624

To amend the Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993 to clarify

certain requirements and to improve the flow of interstate commerce.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 6, 1997

Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself, Mr. OXLEY, and Mr. MANTON) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

A BILL

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Armored Car Reciproc5 ity Amendments of 1997’’.
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1 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAP2 ONS LICENSES ISSUED TO ARMORED CAR

3 COMPANY CREW MEMBERS.

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

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

6 amended to read as follows:

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

8 employed by an armored car company—

9 ‘‘(1) has in effect a license issued by the appro10 priate State agency (in the State in which such

11 member is primarily employed by such company) to

12 carry a weapon while acting in the services of such

13 company in that State, and such State agency meets

14 the minimum requirements under subsection (b);

15 and

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

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

18 in which such member is primarily employed by such

19 company;

20 then such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry

21 any weapon to which such license relates and function as

22 an armored car crew member in any State while such

23 member is acting in the service of such company.’’.

24 (b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 3(b)

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

26 follows:
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1 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—A State

2 agency meets the minimum State requirements of this

3 subsection if—

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

5 armored car crew member described in subsection

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

7 ‘‘(A) the crew member has received class8 room and range training in weapons safety and

9 marksmanship during the current year from a

10 qualified instructor for each weapon that the

11 crew member will be licensed to carry; and

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

13 by the crew member would not violate Federal

14 law, determined on the basis of a criminal

15 record background check conducted during the

16 current year;

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

18 to an armored car crew member described in sub19 section (a), the agency determines to its satisfaction

20 that—

21 ‘‘(A) the crew member has received con22 tinuing training in weapons safety and marks23 manship from a qualified instructor for each

24 weapon that the crew member is licensed to

25 carry; and
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1 ‘‘(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon

2 by the crew member would not violate Federal

3 law, as determined by the agency; and

4 ‘‘(3) in issuing a weapons license under para5 graph (1) or paragraph (2), as the case may be—

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

7 period not to exceed two years; or

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

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

10 State that enacted a State law before October

11 1, 1996, that provides for the issuance of an

12 initial weapons license or a renewal of a weap13 ons license, as the case may be, for a period not

14 to exceed five years.’’.

15 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

16 The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect

17 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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