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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1571
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession, transfer,
and certain exports of restricted weapons, the manufacture of firearms
capable of accepting a silencer or bayonet without alteration, and the
possession and transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 31, 1993
Mr. HUGHES (for himself and Mr. KLEIN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
MAY 2, 1994
Additional sponsor: Ms. MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the pos-
session, transfer, and certain exports of restricted weap-
ons, the manufacture of firearms capable of accepting
a silencer or bayonet without alteration, and the posses-
sion and transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding
devices, 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 ‘‘Restricted Weapons
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION AND TRANS-
FER OF RESTRICTED WEAPONS.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 922 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(s)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3),
it shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transfer
a restricted weapon.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any otherwise
lawful possession or transfer of a restricted weapon if the
weapon was lawfully possessed before the date the weapon
was most recently added to the list published pursuant to
section 925A.
‘‘(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer
a restricted weapon that meets the requirement of para-
graph (2), except in accordance with regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary.’’.
(b) 
RESTRICTED
WEAPON
DEFINED.—Section
921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(29) The term ‘restricted weapon’ means any fire-
arm which is on the list most recently published by the
Secretary under section 925A.’’.
(c) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREAS-
URY TO DESIGNATE RESTRICTED WEAPONS; PUBLICA-
TION OF LIST.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, Unit-
ed States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 925 the following:
‘‘§ 925A. Designation of restricted weapons
‘‘(a) Within 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this section, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) designate as a restricted weapon—
‘‘(A) any semiautomatic rifle which is—
‘‘(i) manufactured in the United
States; and
‘‘(ii) not generally recognized as par-
ticularly suitable for, or readily adaptable
to, sporting purposes; and
‘‘(B) any firearm manufactured outside the
United States the importation of which is pro-
hibited under section 925(d); and
‘‘(2) compile and publish a list of the firearms
so designated.
‘‘(b) After the end of the 60-day period described in
subsection (a), the Secretary shall, from time to time—
‘‘(1) revise the list published pursuant to sub-
section (a)—
‘‘(A) to include in such list any weapon
which meets the requirements of subparagraph
(A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1); and
‘‘(B) to exclude from such list any weapon
which is not described in subsection (a)(1)(A)
and which is not described in subsection
(a)(1)(B); and
‘‘(2) publish the revised list.’’.
(2) SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE DEFINED.—Section
921(a) of such title is amended by adding after the
paragraph added by subsection (b) of this section
the following:
‘‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic rifle’, means—
‘‘(A) a rifle which uses a portion of the force
of a fired cartridge to expel the case of the fired car-
tridge and load another cartridge into the firing
chamber, and which requires a separate function of
the trigger to fire each cartridge; and
‘‘(B) any part or combination of parts, designed
or intended to convert a rifle into a rifle described
in subparagraph (A).’’.
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 44 of such title is
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 925 the following:
‘‘925A. Designation of restricted weapons.’’.
(d) PENALTIES.—
(1) UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF
RESTRICTED
WEAPON.—Section 924(a)(1)(B) of
such title, as amended by section 6(b)(2) of this Act,
is amended by striking ‘‘or (r)’’ and inserting ‘‘(r),
or (s)’’.
(2) ENHANCED PENALTY FOR POSSESSION OR
USE OF RESTRICTED WEAPON DURING CRIME OF VI-
OLENCE
OR
DRUG
TRAFFICKING
CRIME.—Section
924(c)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘and
if the firearm is a short-barreled rifle, short-barreled
shotgun’’ and inserting ‘‘if the firearm is a restricted
weapon, a short-barreled rifle, or a short-barreled
shotgun,’’.
(e) REGULATIONS GOVERNING TRANSFER OF RE-
STRICTED WEAPONS.—
(1) REGULATIONS.—Section 926 of such title is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d)(1) Within 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe regu-
lations governing the transfer of restricted weapons, which
shall allow such a transfer to proceed within 30 days after
the Secretary receives such documentation as the Sec-
retary may require to be submitted with respect to the
transfer, and shall include provisions for determining
whether the transferee is a person described in section
922(g).
‘‘(2) The Secretary may assess a fee of not more than
$50 in connection with the transfer of a restricted weap-
on.’’.
(2) PENALTY
FOR
VIOLATION
OF
REGULA-
TIONS.—Section 924(a) of such title is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (2) or (3) of’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) Whoever transfers a restricted weapon in viola-
tion of a regulation issued under section 926(d)(1) but
in an otherwise lawful manner shall be fined under this
title, imprisoned not more than one year, or both.’’.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST CERTAIN EXPORTS OF RE-
STRICTED WEAPONS.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 922 of title 18, United
States Code is amended by adding after the subsection
added by section 2(a) of this Act the following:
‘‘(t)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall
be unlawful to export or attempt to export a restricted
weapon.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the exportation
of a restricted weapon—
‘‘(u) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufac-
ture a firearm to which a firearm silencer or bayonet may
be directly attached without alteration of the firearm.’’.
(b) PENALTY.—Section 924(a)(1)(B) of such title, as
amended by sections 6(a) and 2(d)(1) of this Act, is
amended by striking ‘‘or (s)’’ and inserting ‘‘(s), or (u)’’.
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION OR TRANSFER
OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING
DEVICES.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 922 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding after the subsections
added by sections 2(a), 3(a), and 4(a) of this Act the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess
or transfer any large capacity ammunition feeding device.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any otherwise
lawful possession or otherwise lawful transfer of a large
capacity ammunition feeding device that was lawfully pos-
sessed before the date of the enactment of this sub-
section.’’.
(b) LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DE-
VICE DEFINED.—Section 921(a) of such title is amended
by adding after the paragraphs added by subsections (b)
and (c)(2) of section 2 of this Act the following: