H. R. 624
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
An Act
To amend the Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993 to clarify certain
requirements and to improve the flow of interstate commerce.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Armored Car Reciprocity Amend-
ments of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAPONS
LICENSES ISSUED TO ARMORED CAR COMPANY CREW
MEMBERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the Armored Car Industry
Reciprocity Act of 1993 (15 U.S.C. 5902(a)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If an armored car crew member employed
by an armored car company—
‘‘(1) has in effect a license issued by the appropriate State
agency (in the State in which such member is primarily
employed by such company) to carry a weapon while acting
in the services of such company in that State, and such State
agency meets the minimum requirements under subsection (b);
and
‘‘(2) has met all other applicable requirements to act as
an armored car crew member in the State in which such mem-
ber is primarily employed by such company,
then such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry any
weapon to which such license relates and function as an armored
car crew member in any State while such member is acting in
the service of such company.’’.
(b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 3(b) of such Act
(15 U.S.C. 5902(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—A State agency meets
the minimum State requirements of this subsection if—
‘‘(1) in issuing an initial weapons license to an armored
car crew member described in subsection (a), the agency deter-
mines to its satisfaction that—
‘‘(A) the crew member has received classroom and
range training in weapons safety and marksmanship dur-
ing the current year from a qualified instructor for each
weapon that the crew member will be licensed to carry;
and
‘‘(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the crew
member would not violate Federal law, determined on the
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basis of a criminal record background check conducted
during the current year;
‘‘(2) in issuing a renewal of a weapons license to an armored
car crew member described in subsection (a), the agency deter-
mines to its satisfaction that—
‘‘(A) the crew member has received continuing training
in weapons safety and marksmanship from a qualified
instructor for each weapon that the crew member is
licensed to carry; and
‘‘(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the crew
member would not violate Federal law, as determined by
the agency; and
‘‘(3) in issuing a weapons license under paragraph (1) or
paragraph (2), as the case may be—
‘‘(A) the agency issues such license for a period not
to exceed 2 years; or
‘‘(B) the agency issues such license for a period not
to exceed 5 years in the case of a State that enacted
a State law before October 1, 1996, that provides for the
issuance of an initial weapons license or a renewal of
a weapons license, as the case may be, for a period not
to exceed 5 years.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.