I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6241 
To require face to face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of 
ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases 
of ammunition. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2012 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 
HOLT, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. HAHN, Mr. 
NADLER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. MORAN, Ms. ESHOO, Mrs. 
LOWEY, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. SERRANO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require face to face purchases of ammunition, to require 
licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting 
regarding bulk purchases of ammunition. 
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 ‘‘Stop Online Ammuni-
tion Sales Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON PURCHASES OF AMMUNITION. 
(a) LICENSING OF AMMUNITION DEALERS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 923(a) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘, or importing or manufacturing’’ and inserting 
‘‘or’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
921(a)(11)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘fire-
arms’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR FACE TO FACE SALES OF 
AND LICENSING TO SELL AMMUNITION.—Section 922 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘for any person—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘(A) except’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) for any person except’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) for— 
‘‘(i) any person except a licensed importer, 
licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to— 
‘‘(I) sell ammunition, except that this 
subclause shall not apply to a sale of am-
munition by a person to a licensed im-
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porter, licensed manufacturer, or licensed 
dealer; or 
‘‘(II) engage in the business of im-
porting or manufacturing ammunition, or 
in the course of such business, to ship, 
transport, or receive any ammunition; or 
‘‘(ii) a licensed importer, licensed manufac-
turer, or licensed dealer to transfer ammunition 
to a person unless the licensed importer, li-
censed manufacturer, or licensed dealer has 
verified the identity of the transferee by exam-
ining a valid identification document (as defined 
in section 1028(d) of this title) of the trans-
feree containing a photograph of the trans-
feree;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘or armor- 
piercing’’. 
(c) LIMIT ON SHIPPING AND TRANSPORTING OF AM-
MUNITION.—Section 922(a)(2) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘, or to ship or transport any ammuni-
tion,’’ after ‘‘any firearm’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or am-
munition’’ after ‘‘a firearm’’. 
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(d) RECORDKEEPING REGARDING AMMUNITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 923(g) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by inserting 
‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘other disposition 
of firearms’’; and 
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘, or any licensed importer or manufac-
turer of ammunition,’’ and inserting ‘‘, or 
any licensed importer, manufacturer, or 
dealer of ammunition,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(C) Each licensee shall prepare a report of multiple 
sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or 
otherwise disposes of, at one time or during any 5 consecu-
tive business days, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition 
to an unlicensed person. The report shall be prepared on 
a form specified by the Attorney General and forwarded 
to the office specified thereon and to the department of 
State police or State law enforcement agency of the State 
or local law enforcement agency of the local jurisdiction 
in which the sale or other disposition took place, not later 
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