I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5005 
To make technical changes to Federal firearms laws and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2006 
Mr. SMITH of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To make technical changes to Federal firearms laws and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Firearms Corrections 
and Improvements Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CORRECTION OF NONSUBSTANTIVE ERROR IN AGE 
LIMIT PROVISION. 
Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) any firearm or ammunition to any indi-
vidual who the licensee knows or has reasonable 
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cause to believe has not attained 18 years of age, 
and, if the firearm is other than a shotgun or rifle, 
or the ammunition is for a firearm other than a 
shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee 
knows or has reasonable cause to believe has not at-
tained 21 years of age;’’. 
SEC. 3. POSSESSION AND TRANSFER OF MACHINEGUNS 
FOR INDUSTRY TESTING AND SECURITY CON-
TRACTING. 
(a) MACHINEGUNS FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS.— 
Section 922(a)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘except’’ and all that follows and in-
serting ‘‘except— 
‘‘(A) as specifically authorized by the At-
torney General consistent with public safety and 
necessity; or 
‘‘(B) to comply with a contract between 
any person and the United States which re-
quires that person to provide national security 
services for the United States or any training 
related to such services;’’. 
(b) SALE OR DELIVERY OF MACHINEGUNS TO FED-
ERAL CONTRACTORS.—Section 922(b) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Paragraphs 
(2) and (4) of this subsection shall not apply to a sale 
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or delivery to comply with a contract between any person 
and the United States which requires that person to pro-
vide national security services for the United States or any 
training related to the services.’’. 
(c) POST-86 MACHINEGUNS
FOR
TESTING, RE-
SEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SECU-
RITY.—Section 922(o) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (E) and inserting after subpara-
graph (A) the following: 
‘‘(B) a transfer to, or possession by, a person 
to comply with a contract between that person and 
the United States which requires the person to pro-
vide national security services for the United States 
or any training related to the services; 
‘‘(C) a transfer to, or possession by, a licensed 
manufacturer or licensed importer solely for testing, 
research, design, or development of ammunition or a 
firearm; 
‘‘(D) a possession by a licensed manufacturer 
or licensed importer for the purposes of training per-
sons to whom a machinegun, manufactured or im-
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ported by the licensee, may be transferred as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B); or’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) A person shall not transfer a machinegun to an-
other person in the circumstances described in paragraph 
(2)(B) of this subsection, unless the Attorney General has 
notified the person that the Attorney General has deter-
mined, based on the fingerprints of such other person and 
on information in the national instant criminal back-
ground check system established under section 103 of the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, that such other 
person is not prohibited from possessing or receiving a 
firearm under Federal or State law.’’. 
(d) 
IMPORTATION
OF
MACHINEGUNS.—Section 
925(d) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) is imported or brought in for a purpose de-
scribed in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of section 
922(o)(2).’’. 
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(e) IMPORTATION UNDER THE NATIONAL FIREARMS 
ACT.—Section 5844 of the National Firearms Act (26 
U.S.C. 5844) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) a machinegun being imported or brought 
in to comply with a contract between any person and 
the United States which requires the person to pro-
vide national security services for the United States 
or any training related to the services; or 
‘‘(5) a machinegun being imported or brought 
in by a registered importer or registered manufac-
turer for the purposes of training persons who ac-
quire machineguns pursuant to paragraph (1) that 
were manufactured or imported by the registrant.’’. 
(f) NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES DEFINED.—Sec-
tion 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(36) The term ‘national security services’ means any 
protective, defensive, or security service provided pursuant 
to a contract or subcontract with a department or agency 
of the United States.’’. 
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(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect after the 180-day period that 
begins with the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE LANGUAGE ADDED BY 
THE BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PREVEN-
TION ACT. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (s); and 
(2) in subsection (t), by striking ‘‘Beginning’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘a licensed’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘A licensed’’. 
SEC. 5. BAN ON TAX OR FEE FOR BACKGROUND CHECK BY 
THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACK-
GROUND CHECK SYSTEM. 
Section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) The Attorney General shall not charge any tax 
or fee for any background check conducted pursuant to 
this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 6. ELIMINATION OF WRITTEN PERMISSION REQUIRE-
MENT FOR SUPERVISED HANDGUN USE. 
Section 922(x)(3)(A) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
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(1) in clause (ii), by striking subclause (II) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(II) with respect to ranching or 
farming activities, target practice, hunting, 
or a course of instruction in the safe and 
lawful use of a handgun, as described in 
clause (i), a juvenile may possess and use 
a handgun or ammunition without the 
prior written consent, if the parent or legal 
guardian is present at all times and the ju-
venile acts at the direction of a parent, 
legal guardian, or other adult who is not 
prohibited by Federal, State, or local law 
from possessing a firearm;’’; and 
(2) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘except as pro-
vided in clause (ii)(II),’’ after ‘‘(iii)’’. 
SEC. 7. ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE MULTIPLE SALES 
REPORT REQUIREMENT. 
Subsection 923(g)(3) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; and 
(B) in the 2nd sentence, by striking ‘‘and 
to the department of State police’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘took place’’; and 
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(2) by striking subparagraph (B). 
SEC. 8. BAN ON ELECTRONIC RETRIEVAL OF FIREARMS 
PURCHASER INFORMATION. 
Subsection 923(g)(4) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The At-
torney General shall not electronically retrieve information 
gathered pursuant to this paragraph by name or by any 
personal identification code.’’. 
SEC. 9. TRACE DISCLOSURE. 
Section 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8)(A) Information required to be kept by licensees 
pursuant to this subsection, or required to be reported 
pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (7) of this subsection, and 
information in the firearms trace system database main-
tained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Al-
cohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, shall not be— 
‘‘(i) disclosed to any entity, except to a Federal, 
State, local, or foreign law enforcement agency or a 
Federal, State, or local prosecutor solely in connec-
tion with and for use in a bona fide criminal inves-
tigation or prosecution, and only to the extent that 
the information pertains to the geographic jurisdic-
tion of the law enforcement agency or prosecutor re-
questing the disclosure; or 
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‘‘(ii) made available for use in any civil action 
or proceeding other than— 
‘‘(I) an action or proceeding commenced by 
the Attorney General to enforce this chapter; or 
‘‘(II) a review of such an action or pro-
ceeding. 
‘‘(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) 
shall be immune from legal process, shall not be subject 
to subpoena or other discovery, and shall not be admissible 
as evidence, and testimony or other evidence relying on 
the information shall not be admissible, in any civil action 
in a State or Federal court, or in any administrative pro-
ceeding other than a proceeding commenced by the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to en-
force this chapter, or a review of such an action or pro-
ceeding. 
‘‘(C) This subsection shall not be construed to pre-
vent the disclosure of statistical information concerning 
total production, importation, and exportation by each li-
censed importer and licensed manufacturer.’’. 
SEC. 10. BARREL AND RECEIVER IMPORTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 925(e) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and 
inserting a period; 
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) All frames or receivers of rifles, or barrels 
for firearms other than handguns, if the importation 
is for repair or replacement purposes.’’. 
(b) GOVERNMENTAL IMPORTS.—Section 925(a)(1) of 
such title is amended by inserting ‘‘, barrel,’’ after ‘‘or 
importation of any firearm’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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