H. R. 624

One Hundred Fifth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight

An Act

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

requirements and to improve the flow of interstate commerce.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Armored Car Reciprocity Amendments of 1998’’.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAPONS

LICENSES ISSUED TO ARMORED CAR COMPANY CREW

MEMBERS.

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

Reciprocity Act of 1993 (15 U.S.C. 5902(a)) is amended to read

as follows:

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

by an armored car company—

‘‘(1) has in effect a license issued by the appropriate State

agency (in the State in which such member is primarily

employed by such company) to carry a weapon while acting

in the services of such company in that State, and such State

agency meets the minimum requirements under subsection (b);

and

‘‘(2) has met all other applicable requirements to act as

an armored car crew member in the State in which such member is primarily employed by such company,

then such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry any

weapon to which such license relates and function as an armored

car crew member in any State while such member is acting in

the service of such company.’’.

(b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 3(b) of such Act

(15 U.S.C. 5902(b)) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—A State agency meets

the minimum State requirements of this subsection if—

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

car crew member described in subsection (a), the agency determines to its satisfaction that—

‘‘(A) the crew member has received classroom and

range training in weapons safety and marksmanship during the current year from a qualified instructor for each

weapon that the crew member will be licensed to carry;

and

‘‘(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the crew

member would not violate Federal law, determined on the
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basis of a criminal record background check conducted

during the current year;

‘‘(2) in issuing a renewal of a weapons license to an armored

car crew member described in subsection (a), the agency determines to its satisfaction that—

‘‘(A) the crew member has received continuing training

in weapons safety and marksmanship from a qualified

instructor for each weapon that the crew member is

licensed to carry; and

‘‘(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the crew

member would not violate Federal law, as determined by

the agency; and

‘‘(3) in issuing a weapons license under paragraph (1) or

paragraph (2), as the case may be—

‘‘(A) the agency issues such license for a period not

to exceed 2 years; or

‘‘(B) the agency issues such license for a period not

to exceed 5 years in the case of a State that enacted

a State law before October 1, 1996, that provides for the

issuance of an initial weapons license or a renewal of

a weapons license, as the case may be, for a period not

to exceed 5 years.’’.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect 30 days

after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.