I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2620 
To revise various laws that interfere with the right of the people to obtain 
and use firearms for all lawful purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2017 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. 
LAMBORN, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. 
GOSAR, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. 
THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. WEB-
STER of Florida, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. COLLINS 
of New York, Mr. MESSER, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. KELLY of 
Pennsylvania, 
Mr. 
COLLINS
of 
Georgia, 
Mr. 
DAVIDSON, 
Mr. 
WESTERMAN, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. 
STEWART, Mr. EMMER, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ROUZER, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. 
RATCLIFFE, and Mr. BANKS of Indiana) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To revise various laws that interfere with the right of the 
people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes. 
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 ‘‘Lawful Purpose and 
Self Defense Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO RECLASSIFY POP-
ULAR RIFLE AMMUNITION AS ‘‘ARMOR PIERC-
ING AMMUNITION’’. 
Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘may be 
used’’ and inserting ‘‘is designed and intended by 
the manufacturer or importer for use’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘by 
the manufacturer or importer’’ before ‘‘for use’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘the At-
torney General finds is primarily intended to be used 
for sporting purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘is primarily 
intended by the manufacturer or importer to be used 
in a rifle or shotgun, a handgun projectile that is de-
signed and intended by the manufacturer or im-
porter to be used for hunting, recreational, or com-
petitive shooting’’. 
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SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTATION 
OF NON-NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT FIREARM 
OR AMMUNITION THAT MAY OTHERWISE BE 
LAWFULLY POSSESSED AND SOLD IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITIONS.—Section 922 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (7) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) for any person to manufacture or import 
armor piercing ammunition, unless the manufacture 
or importation of the ammunition— 
‘‘(A) is for the use of the United States, 
any department or agency of the United States, 
any State, or any department, agency, or polit-
ical subdivision of a State; 
‘‘(B) is for the purpose of exportation; or 
‘‘(C) is for the purpose of testing or ex-
perimentation, and has been authorized by the 
Attorney General;’’; 
(2) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘925(d) of this 
chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘925’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (r). 
(b) BROADENING OF EXCEPTIONS.—Section 925 of 
such title is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘deter-
mined’’ and all that follows through the end and in-
serting ‘‘intended for the lawful personal use of such 
member or club.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘for the’’ and inserting ‘‘in-
tended for the lawful’’; and 
(3) by striking subsections (d) through (f) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(d)(1) Within 30 days after the Attorney General 
receives an application therefor, the Attorney General 
shall authorize a firearm or ammunition to be imported 
or brought into the United States or any possession there-
of if— 
‘‘(A) the firearm or ammunition is being im-
ported or brought in for scientific, research, testing, 
or experimentation purposes; 
‘‘(B) the firearm is an unserviceable firearm 
(other than a machine gun as defined in section 
5845(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that 
is readily restorable to firing condition) imported or 
brought in as a curio or museum piece; 
‘‘(C) the firearm is not a firearm as defined in 
section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; 
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‘‘(D) the ammunition is not armor piercing am-
munition (as defined in section 921(a)(17)(B) of 
this title), unless subparagraph (A), (E), (F), or (G) 
applies; 
‘‘(E) the firearm or ammunition is being im-
ported or brought in for the use of the United 
States, any department or agency of the United 
States, any State, or any department, agency, or po-
litical subdivision of a State; 
‘‘(F) the firearm or ammunition is being im-
ported or brought in for the purpose of exportation; 
‘‘(G) the firearm or ammunition was previously 
taken out of the United States or a possession there-
of by the person who is bringing in the firearm or 
ammunition; or 
‘‘(H) the firearm is a firearm defined as curio 
or relic by the Attorney General under section 
921(a)(13) of this title. 
‘‘(2) Within 30 days after the Attorney General re-
ceives an application therefor, the Attorney General shall 
permit the conditional importation or bringing in of a fire-
arm or ammunition for examination and testing in connec-
tion with the making of a determination as to whether 
the importation or bringing in of the firearm or ammuni-
tion will be allowed under this subsection. 
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‘‘(3) The Attorney General shall not authorize, under 
this subsection, the importation of any firearm the impor-
tation of which is prohibited by section 922(p).’’. 
SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF SHOTGUNS, SHOTGUN SHELLS, 
AND LARGE CALIBER RIFLES FROM ARBI-
TRARY CLASSIFICATION AS ‘‘DESTRUCTIVE 
DEVICES’’. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE NATIONAL FIREARMS 
ACT.—Section 5845(f) of the National Firearms Act is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘recognized as 
particularly suitable for sporting purposes’’ and in-
serting ‘‘recognized as suitable for lawful purposes’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘use solely for sporting pur-
poses’’ and inserting ‘‘use for sporting purposes’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Section 921(a)(4) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B) of the 1st sentence, by 
striking ‘‘particularly suitable for sporting’’ and in-
serting ‘‘suitable for lawful’’; and 
(2) in the 2nd sentence, by striking ‘‘solely’’. 
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SEC. 5. BROADENING OF THE TEMPORARY INTERSTATE 
TRANSFER 
PROVISION 
TO 
ALLOW 
TEM-
PORARY TRANSFERS FOR ALL LAWFUL PUR-
POSES RATHER THAN JUST FOR ‘‘SPORTING 
PURPOSES’’. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in each of subsections (a)(5)(B), (a)(9), and 
(b)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘sporting’’. 
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