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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1706

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or transfer

of assault weapons.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 7, 1993

Mr. MFUME (for himself, Mr. WYNN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr.

BERMAN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. PELOSI,

Mr. TUCKER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. MAZZOLI, Mr. RUSH, Mr.

KENNEDY, Mr. SCOTT, and Mr. WATT) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the

possession or transfer of assault weapons.

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 ‘‘Assault Weapons Pro5 hibition Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION OR TRANSFER

7 OF ASSAULT WEAPONS.

8 Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is

9 amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(s)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall

2 be unlawful for any person—

3 ‘‘(A) to transfer an assault weapon; or

4 ‘‘(B) to possess an assault weapon after the 90-

5 day period that begins with the effective date of this

6 subsection.

7 ‘‘(2)(A)(i) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a transfer

8 to or by, or a possession by or under the authority of,

9 the United States or any department or agency thereof,

10 or any State or a department, agency, or political subdivi11 sion thereof.

12 ‘‘(B) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the otherwise

13 lawful possession of an assault weapon by a person who—

14 ‘‘(i) has lawfully possessed the weapon since be15 fore the effective date of this subsection; and

16 ‘‘(ii) has submitted to the Secretary, in such

17 form and in such manner as the Secretary shall pre18 scribe by regulation—

19 ‘‘(I) the name (and any former name), ad20 dress, date of birth, and any driver’s license

21 number of the person; and

22 ‘‘(II) the serial number of the weapon.

23 ‘‘(3) Within 90 days after the date of the enactment

24 of this subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe such regu25 lations as are necessary to carry out this subsection.’’.
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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF ASSAULT WEAPON.

2 Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is

3 amended by adding at the end the following:

4 ‘‘(29) The term ‘assault weapon’ means—

5 ‘‘(A)(i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Tech6 nologies Avtomat Kalashnikovs (all models);

7 ‘‘(ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries

8 UZI and Galil;

9 ‘‘(iii) Beretta AR–70 (SC–70);

10 ‘‘(iv) Colt AR–15 and CAR–15;

11 ‘‘(v) Fabrique Nationale FN/FAL, FN/LAR,

12 and FNC;

13 ‘‘(vi) MAC 10 and 11;

14 ‘‘(vii) Steyr AUG;

15 ‘‘(viii) INTRATEC TEC–9;

16 ‘‘(ix) Street Sweeper and Striker 12;

17 ‘‘(x) Auto Ordnance 27A1 Thompson, 27A5

18 Thompson, M1 Thompson;

19 ‘‘(xi) Springfield BM59, SAR48, and G3SA;

20 ‘‘(xii) All Ruger Mini-14 models with folding

21 stocks; and

22 ‘‘(xiii) Armscorp FAL;

23 ‘‘(B) any firearm which is functionally equiva24 lent to any firearm specified in subparagraph (A);

25 ‘‘(C) a firearm having threads, lugs, or other

26 characteristics which are designed to facilitate the
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1 direct attachment of a silencer, bayonet, grenade

2 launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock to the

3 firearm;

4 ‘‘(D) any part or combination of parts designed

5 to facilitate the attachment of a silencer, bayonet,

6 grenade launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock

7 to a firearm;

8 ‘‘(E) a detachable magazine, drum, belt, feed

9 strip, or similar device which has a capacity of, or

10 can be readily restored or converted to accept, 10 or

11 more rounds of ammunition; and

12 ‘‘(F) any combination of parts—

13 ‘‘(i) designed and intended solely and ex14 clusively for assembling—

15 ‘‘(I) a firearm specified in subpara16 graph (A), or described in subparagraph

17 (B) or (C); or

18 ‘‘(II) a device described in subpara19 graph (E); and

20 ‘‘(ii) from which a firearm or device re21 ferred to in clause (i) could be assembled if

22 such parts were possessed or controlled by 1

23 person.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO RECOMMEND MODIFICATIONS TO

2 THE DEFINITION OF ASSAULT WEAPON.

3 The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with

4 the Attorney General, may recommend to the Congress

5 that the definition of an assault weapon in section

6 921(a)(29) of title 18, United States Code, be modified—

7 (1) to include firearms not covered by the defi8 nition which should be so covered; and

9 (2) to exclude firearms covered by the definition

10 which should not be so covered.

11 SEC. 5. ENHANCED PENALTIES.

12 Section 924(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is

13 amended—

14 (1) by inserting ‘‘and if the firearm is an as15 sault weapon, to imprisonment for 15 years,’’ after

16 ‘‘ten years,’’; and

17 (2) by inserting ‘‘and if the firearm is an as18 sault weapon, to imprisonment for 30 years,’’ after

19 ‘‘twenty years,’’.

20 SEC. 6. STUDY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General of the Unit22 ed States shall—

23 (1) investigate and study the effect of this Act

24 and the amendments made by this Act on violent

25 and drug-related crime; and
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1 (2) evaluate the recreational and other

2 noncriminal uses of assault weapons (as defined in

3 section 921(a)(29) of title 18, United States Code).

4 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 months after the

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General

6 shall prepare and submit to the Committee on the Judici7 ary of the House of Representatives and the Committee

8 on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on the matters

9 described in subsection (a).

10 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

11 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

12 become effective 90 days after the date of the enactment

13 of this Act.

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