I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2277 
To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2013 
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. STOCKMAN, and Mr. GOSAR) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun 
laws. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF SPORTING PURPOSES DIS-
TINCTION. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE INTERNAL REVENUE 
CODE.—Section 5845(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘which the Secretary finds is 
generally recognized as particularly suitable for 
sporting purposes’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘which the owner intends to use 
solely for sporting purposes’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES 
CODE.— 
(1) Section 921(a)(4)(B) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘which the At-
torney General finds is generally recognized as par-
ticularly suitable for sporting purposes’’. 
(2) Section 921(a)(4) of such title is amended 
in the 2nd sentence by striking ‘‘which the owner in-
tends to use solely for sporting, recreational or cul-
tural purposes’’. 
(3) Section 921(a)(17)(C) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘a projectile which the Attor-
ney General finds is primarily intended to be used 
for sporting purposes,’’. 
(4) Section 922 of such title is amended in each 
of subsections (a)(5), (a)(9), and (b)(3) by striking 
‘‘sporting’’. 
(5) Section 922(r) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘of this chapter as not being particularly 
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suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting pur-
poses’’. 
(6) Section 923(j) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘devoted to the collection, competitive use, 
or other sporting use of firearms in the community’’. 
(7) Section 925(a)(3) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury to be generally recognized as particularly 
suitable for sporting purposes and’’. 
(8) Section 925(a)(4) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘(A) determined by the Attorney General 
to be generally recognized as particularly suitable for 
sporting purposes, or determined by the Department 
of Defense to be a type of firearm normally classi-
fied as a war souvenir, and (B)’’. 
(9) Section 925(d)(3) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘and is generally recognized as particu-
larly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting 
purposes’’. 
(10) Section 925(e)(2) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘, provided that such handguns are gen-
erally recognized as particularly suitable for or read-
ily adaptable to sporting purposes’’. 
Æ 
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