I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 645 
To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2011 
Mr. ROSS of Arkansas (for himself and Mr. JORDAN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
A BILL 
To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of 
Columbia. 
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 title may be cited as the ‘‘Second Amendment 
Enforcement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The law-abiding citizens of the District of 
Columbia are deprived by local laws of handguns, ri-
fles, and shotguns that are commonly kept by law- 
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abiding persons throughout the United States for 
sporting use and for lawful defense of their persons, 
homes, businesses, and families. 
(2) The District of Columbia has among the 
highest per capita murder rates in the Nation, which 
may be attributed in part to local laws prohibiting 
possession of firearms by law-abiding persons who 
would otherwise be able to defend themselves and 
their loved ones in their own homes and businesses. 
(3) Officials of the District of Columbia have 
indicated their intention to continue to unduly re-
strict lawful firearm possession and use by citizens 
of the District. 
(4) Legislation is required to correct the Dis-
trict of Columbia’s law in order to restore the funda-
mental rights of its citizens under the Second 
Amendment to the United States Constitution and 
thereby enhance public safety. 
SEC. 3. REFORM D.C. COUNCIL’S AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT 
FIREARMS. 
Section 4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prohibit the 
killing of wild birds and wild animals in the District of 
Columbia’’, approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 809; sec. 
1–303.43, D.C. Official Code), is amended by adding at 
the end the following: ‘‘Nothing in this section or any 
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other provision of law shall authorize, or shall be con-
strued to permit, the Council, the Mayor, or any govern-
mental or regulatory authority of the District of Columbia 
to prohibit, constructively prohibit, or unduly burden the 
ability of persons not prohibited from possessing firearms 
under Federal law from acquiring, possessing in their 
homes or businesses, transporting for legitimate purposes, 
or using for sporting, self-protection or other lawful pur-
poses, any firearm neither prohibited by Federal law nor 
subject to the National Firearms Act. The District of Co-
lumbia shall not have authority to enact laws or regula-
tions that discourage or eliminate the private ownership 
or use of firearms. Nothing in the previous two sentences 
shall be construed to prohibit the District of Columbia 
from regulating the carrying of firearms by a person, ei-
ther concealed or openly, other than at the person’s dwell-
ing place, place of business, or on other land possessed 
by the person.’’. 
SEC. 4. REPEAL D.C. SEMIAUTOMATIC BAN. 
Section 101(10) of the Firearms Control Regulations 
Act of 1975 (sec. 7–2501.01(10), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(10) ‘Machine gun’ means any firearm which 
shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily re-
stored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, 
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without manual reloading, by a single function of 
the trigger. The term ‘machine gun’ shall also in-
clude the frame or receiver of any such firearm, any 
part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or 
combination of parts designed and intended, for use 
in converting a firearm into a machine gun, and any 
combination of parts from which a machine gun can 
be assembled if such parts are in the possession or 
under the control of a person.’’. 
SEC. 5. REPEAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT AND AU-
THORIZE AMMUNITION SALES. 
(a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 201(a) of the Fire-
arms Control Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7– 
2502.01(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘any firearm, unless’’ and all that follows 
through paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘any firearm described in subsection (c).’’. 
(2) DESCRIPTION OF FIREARMS REMAINING IL-
LEGAL.—Section 201 of such Act (sec. 7–2502.01, 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) A firearm described in this subsection is any of 
the following: 
‘‘(1) A sawed-off shotgun. 
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‘‘(2) A machine gun. 
‘‘(3) A short-barreled rifle.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading 
of section 201 of such Act (sec. 7–2502.01, D.C. Of-
ficial Code) is amended by striking ‘‘Registration re-
quirements’’ and inserting ‘‘Firearm Possession’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO FIREARMS CON-
TROL REGULATIONS ACT.—The Firearms Control Regu-
lations Act of 1975 is amended as follows: 
(1) Sections 202 through 211 (secs. 7–2502.02 
through 7–2502.11, D.C. Official Code) are re-
pealed. 
(2) Section 101 (sec. 7–2501.01, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by striking paragraph (13). 
(3) Section 401 (sec. 7–2504.01, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Dis-
trict;’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘the District, except that a person may 
engage in hand loading, reloading, or custom 
loading of ammunition for firearms lawfully 
possessed under this Act.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘which 
are unregisterable under section 202’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘which are prohibited under section 
201’’. 
(4) Section 402 (sec. 7–2504.02, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Any 
person eligible to register a firearm’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘such business,’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘Any person not other-
wise prohibited from possessing or receiving a 
firearm under Federal or District law, or from 
being licensed under section 923 of title 18, 
United States Code,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by amending para-
graph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) The applicant’s name;’’. 
(5) Section 403(b) (sec. 7–2504.03(b), D.C. Of-
ficial Code) is amended by striking ‘‘registration cer-
tificate’’ and inserting ‘‘dealer’s license’’. 
(6) Section 404(a)(3) (sec. 7–2504.04(a)(3)), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 
‘‘registration certificate number (if any) of the 
firearm,’’; 
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(B) in subparagraph (B)(iv), by striking 
‘‘holding the registration certificate’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘from whom it was received for repair’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 
‘‘and registration certificate number (if any) of 
the firearm’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
‘‘registration certificate number or’’; and 
(E) by striking subparagraphs (D) and 
(E). 
(7) Section 406(c) (sec. 7–2504.06(c), D.C. Of-
ficial Code) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) Within 45 days of a decision becoming effective 
which is unfavorable to a licensee or to an applicant for 
a dealer’s license, the licensee or application shall— 
‘‘(1) lawfully remove from the District all de-
structive devices in his inventory, or peaceably sur-
render to the Chief all destructive devices in his in-
ventory in the manner provided in section 705; and 
‘‘(2) lawfully dispose, to himself or to another, 
any firearms and ammunition in his inventory.’’. 
(8) Section 407(b) (sec. 7–2504.07(b), D.C. Of-
ficial Code) is amended by striking ‘‘would not be el-
igible’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘is prohib-
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ited from possessing or receiving a firearm under 
Federal or District law.’’. 
(9) Section 502 (sec. 7–2505.02, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(A) by amending subsection (a) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(a) Any person or organization not prohibited from 
possessing or receiving a firearm under Federal or District 
law may sell or otherwise transfer ammunition or any fire-
arm, except those which are prohibited under section 201, 
to a licensed dealer.’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Ammunition, excluding restricted pistol 
bullets, to any person not otherwise prohibited from 
possessing or receiving ammunition.’’; 
(C) by amending subsection (c) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(c) Any dealer licensed under the provisions of this 
Act may sell or otherwise transfer a firearm to any person 
or organization not otherwise prohibited from possessing 
or receiving such firearm under Federal or District law. 
In the case of a sale or transfer of a handgun to a resident 
of the District of Columbia, a federally licensed importer, 
manufacturer, or dealer of firearms in Maryland or Vir-
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ginia shall be treated as a dealer licensed under the provi-
sions of this Act for purposes of the previous sentence, 
notwithstanding section 922(b)(3) of title 18, United 
States Code, if the transferee meets in person with the 
transferor to accomplish the transfer, and the sale, deliv-
ery, and receipt fully comply with the legal conditions of 
sale in both the District of Columbia and the jurisdiction 
in which the transfer occurs.’’; 
(D) by striking subsection (d); and 
(E) by striking subsection (e). 
(10) Section 704 (sec. 7–2507.04, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘any reg-
istration certificate or’’ and inserting ‘‘a’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘reg-
istration certificate,’’. 
(c) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 
2(4) of the Illegal Firearm Sale and Distribution Strict 
Liability Act of 1992 (sec. 7–2531.01(4), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or ignor-
ing proof of the purchaser’s residence in the District 
of Columbia’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘registra-
tion and’’. 
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