I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1137 
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms 
listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by 
a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department 
of State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for himself, Ms. CHENEY, and Mr. BABIN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that 
certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be im-
ported into the United States by a licensed importer 
without obtaining authorization from the Department of 
State or the Department of Defense, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Collectible Firearms 
Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 38(b)(1) of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparagraph (A)(i)’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Secretary of 
the Treasury’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney Gen-
eral’’; and 
(C) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) the person seeking to export such firearms 
to the United States certifies to the Attorney Gen-
eral that the firearms are lawfully possessed under 
the laws of the exporting country.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
regulation, or Executive order, any such firearms de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) may be imported into the 
United States by an importer licensed under the provisions 
of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, without the 
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importer or the person described in subparagraph 
(B)(ii)— 
‘‘(i) obtaining authorization from the Depart-
ment of State or the Department of Defense for the 
transfer of such firearms by the person to the im-
porter; or 
‘‘(ii) providing payment to the Department of 
State or the Department of Defense of any of the 
proceeds of the transfer of such firearms by the per-
son to the importer.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) apply to the importation of firearms de-
scribed in section 38(b)(1)(B) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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