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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1421
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation and
the manufacture of firearms designed to accept a silencer, bayonet,
grenade launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock, of certain ammuni-
tion feeding devices, and of related devices, and to provide for the
imposition of enhanced penalties for the possession or the use of any
such item in a crime of violence or in a drug trafficking crime.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1993
Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BACCHUS of Flor-
ida, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BORSKI, Mrs. BYRNE, Mr. CLAY,
Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. DERRICK,
Mr. EDWARDS of California, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr.
FRANK
of Massachusetts, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr.
HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida, Mrs.
LOWEY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MAZZOLI, Mr. MILLER of California, Mrs.
MORELLA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OWENS, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. RANGEL, Mr.
REYNOLDS, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SABO,
Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. STUDDS, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. TOWNS, Mr.
TRAFICANT, Mr. YATES, Ms. WATERS, and Mr. WHEAT) 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 im-
portation and the manufacture of firearms designed to
accept a silencer, bayonet, grenade launcher, flash sup-
pressor, or folding stock, of certain ammunition feeding
devices, and of related devices, and to provide for the
imposition of enhanced penalties for the possession or
the use of any such item in a crime of violence or
in a drug trafficking crime.
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 ‘‘Assault Weapon Act
of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST THE IMPORTATION AND
THE MANUFACTURE OF ASSAULT WEAPONS
AND RELATED DEVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(s) It shall be unlawful for any person to import or
manufacture—
‘‘(1) a firearm having threading, lugs, or other
characteristics which are designed to facilitate the
direct attachment of a silencer, bayonet, grenade
launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock to the
firearm;
‘‘(2) any part or combination of parts designed
to facilitate the attachment of a bayonet, silencer,
grenade launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock
to a firearm;
‘‘(3) a shotgun with a fixed magazine which is
capable of holding 7 or more rounds of ammunition;
‘‘(4) a detachable magazine, drum, belt, feed
strip, or similar device which has a capacity of, or
can be readily restored or converted to accept, 10 or
more rounds of ammunition;
‘‘(5) any combination of parts—
‘‘(A) designed and intended solely and ex-
clusively for assembling a device described in
paragraph (4); and
‘‘(B) from which a device described in
paragraph (4) could be assembled if such parts
were possessed or controlled by 1 person; or
‘‘(6) any part specifically designed for use in
assembling a device described in paragraph (4).’’.
(b) PENALTY.—Section 924(a) of such title is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(s) shall
be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned not more
than 10 years, or both.’’.
SEC. 3. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR THE POSSESSION OR
THE USE OF AN ASSAULT WEAPON OR A RE-
LATED DEVICE IN A CRIME OF VIOLENCE OR
IN A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.
Section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this sub-
section shall apply in like manner to whomever, in the cir-
cumstances described in such paragraph (1), uses or car-
ries an item described in section 922(s), except that—
‘‘(A) in the case of the first conviction of a per-
son under this paragraph, such person shall be sen-
tenced to imprisonment for ten years; and
‘‘(B) in the case of the second or subsequent
conviction of such person under this paragraph, such
person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for thirty
years.’’.
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