SEC. 2. CONVERSION OF CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP PRO-
GRAM TO NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRU-
MENTALITY AND ACTIVITIES UNDER PRO-
GRAM.
(a) CONVERSION.—Section 4307 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 4307. Promotion of rifle practice and firearms safe-
ty: administration
‘‘(a) NONAPPROPRIATED
FUND
INSTRUMENTAL-
ITY.—On and after October 1, 1995, the Civilian Marks-
manship Program shall be operated as a nonappropriated
fund instrumentality of the United States within the De-
partment of Defense for the benefit of members of the
armed forces and for the promotion of rifle practice and
firearms safety among civilians.
‘‘(b) NATIONAL BOARD.—(1) The Civilian Marks-
manship Program shall be under the general supervision
of a National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice
and Firearms Safety, which shall replace the National
Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. The National
Board shall consist of nine members who are appointed
by the Secretary of the Army.
‘‘(2) The term of office of a member of the National
Board shall be two years. However, in the case of the ini-
tial National Board, the Secretary shall appoint four mem-
bers who will have a one-year term.
‘‘(3) Members of the National Board shall serve with-
out compensation, except that members shall be allowed
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence,
at rates authorized for employees of agencies under sub-
chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, while away from their
homes or regular places of business in the performance
of services for the National Board.
‘‘(c) DIRECTOR AND STAFF.—The National Board
shall appoint a person to serve as director of the Civilian
Marksmanship Program. The compensation and benefits
of the director and all other civilian employees of the De-
partment of Defense utilized by the Civilian Marksman-
ship Program shall be paid from nonappropriated funds
available to the Civilian Marksmanship Program.
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—(1) Except as provided in section
4310 of this title, funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Defense in appropriation
Acts may not be obligated or expended to benefit the Civil-
ian Marksmanship Program or activities conducted by the
Civilian Marksmanship Program.
‘‘(2) The National Board and the director may solicit,
accept, hold, use, and dispose of, in furtherance of the ac-
tivities of the Civilian Marksmanship Program, donations
of money, property, and services received by gift, devise,
bequest, or otherwise. Donations may be accepted from
munitions and firearms manufacturers notwithstanding
any legal restrictions otherwise arising from their procure-
ment relationships with the Federal Government.
‘‘(3) Amounts collected under the Civilian Marksman-
ship Program, including the proceeds from the sale of
arms, ammunition, targets, and other supplies and appli-
ances under section 4308 of this title, shall be credited
to the Civilian Marksmanship Program and shall be avail-
able to carry out the Civilian Marksmanship Program.
Amounts collected by, and available to, the National
Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice before the date
of the enactment of this section from rifle sales programs
and from fees in connection with competitions sponsored
by that Board shall be transferred to the National Board
to be available to carry out the Civilian Marksmanship
Program.
‘‘(4) Funds held on behalf of the Civilian Marksman-
ship Program shall not be construed to be Government
or public funds or appropriated funds and shall not be
available to support other nonappropriated fund instru-
mentalities of the Department of Defense. Funds held on
behalf of other nonappropriated fund instrumentalities of
the Department of Defense shall not be available to sup-
port the Civilian Marksmanship Program. Expenditures
on behalf of the Civilian Marksmanship Program, includ-
ing compensation and benefits for civilian employees, may
not exceed $5,000,000 during any fiscal year. The ap-
proval of the National Board shall be required for any ex-
penditure in excess of $50,000. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, funds held on behalf of the Civilian
Marksmanship Program shall remain available until ex-
pended.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and sections
4308 through 4313 of this title:
‘‘(1) The term ‘Civilian Marksmanship Pro-
gram’ means the rifle practice and firearms safety
program carried out by the National Board under
section 4308 and includes the National Matches and
small-arms firing schools referred to in section 4312
of this title.
‘‘(2) The term ‘National Board’ means the Na-
tional Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and
Firearms Safety.’’.
(b) ACTIVITIES.—Section 4308 of such title is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 4308. Promotion of rifle practice and firearms safe-
ty: activities
‘‘(a) INSTRUCTION, SAFETY, AND
COMPETITION
PROGRAMS.—(1) The Civilian Marksmanship Program
shall provide for—
‘‘(A) the operation and maintenance of indoor
and outdoor rifle ranges and their accessories and
appliances;
‘‘(B) the instruction of citizens of the United
States in marksmanship, and the employment of
necessary instructors for that purpose;
‘‘(C) the promotion of practice in the use of ri-
fled arms and the maintenance and management of
matches or competitions in the use of those arms;
and
‘‘(D) the award to competitors of trophies,
prizes, badges, and other insignia.
‘‘(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Civilian
Marksmanship Program shall give priority to activities
that benefit firearms safety training and competition for
youth and reach as many youth participants as possible.
‘‘(3) Before a person may participate in any activity
sponsored or supported by the Civilian Marksmanship
Program under this subsection, the person shall be re-
quired to certify that the person has not violated any Fed-
eral or State firearms laws.
‘‘(b) SALE AND ISSUANCE OF ARMS AND AMMUNI-
TION.—(1) The Civilian Marksmanship Program may
issue, without cost, the arms, ammunition (including cali-
ber .22 and caliber .30 ammunition), targets, and other
supplies and appliances necessary for activities conducted
under subsection (a). Issuance shall be made only to gun
clubs under the direction of the National Board that pro-
vide training in the use of rifled arms to youth, the Boy
Scouts of America, 4–H Clubs, Future Farmers of Amer-
ica, and other youth-oriented organizations for training
and competition.
‘‘(2) The Civilian Marksmanship Program may sell
at fair market value caliber .30 rifles, caliber .22 rifles,
and air rifles, and ammunition for such rifles, to gun clubs
that are under the direction of the National Board and
provide training in the use of rifled arms. In lieu of sales,
the Civilian Marksmanship Program may loan such rifles
to such gun clubs.
‘‘(3) The Civilian Marksmanship Program may sell
at fair market value small arms, ammunition, targets, and
other supplies and appliances necessary for target practice
to citizens of the United States over 18 years of age who
are members of a gun club under the direction of the Na-
tional Board.
‘‘(4) Before conveying any weapon or ammunition to
a person, whether by sale or lease, the National Board
shall provide for a criminal records check of the person
with appropriate Federal and State law enforcement agen-
cies.
‘‘(c) OTHER AUTHORITIES.—The National Board
shall provide for—
‘‘(1) the procurement of necessary supplies, ap-
pliances, trophies, prizes, badges, and other insignia,
clerical and other services, and labor to carry out the
Civilian Marksmanship Program; and
‘‘(2) the transportation of employees, instruc-
tors, and civilians to give or to receive instruction or
to assist or engage in practice in the use of rifled
arms, and the transportation and subsistence, or an
allowance instead of subsistence, of members of
teams authorized by the National Board to partici-
pate in matches or competitions in the use of rifled
arms.
‘‘(d) FEES.—The National Board may impose rea-
sonable fees for persons and gun clubs participating in any
program or competition conducted under the Civilian
Marksmanship Program for the promotion of rifle practice
and firearms safety among civilians.
‘‘(e) RECEIPT
OF EXCESS ARMS
AND AMMUNI-
TION.—(1) The Secretary of the Army shall reserve for
the Civilian Marksmanship Program all remaining M–1
Garand rifles, and ammunition for such rifles, still held
by the Army. After the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, the Secretary of the Army shall cease demilitariza-
tion of remaining M–1 Garand rifles in the Army inven-
tory unless such rifles are determined to be irreparable
by the Defense Logistics Agency.
‘‘(2) Subject to section 1208 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public
Law 101–189; 10 U.S.C. 372 note) relating to the trans-
fer of excess small arms and ammunition to support Gov-
ernment counter-drug activities, the Secretary of Defense
shall give the National Board the right of first refusal to
accept excess small arms and ammunition held by the
Army or the Marine Corps and legally allowable for civil-
ian use.
‘‘(3) Transfers under this subsection shall be made
without cost to the Civilian Marksmanship Program, ex-
cept that the National Board shall assume the costs of
transportation for the transferred small arms and ammu-
nition.
‘‘(f) PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS.—All participants
in the Civilian Marksmanship Program and activities
sponsored or supported by the National Board shall be
required, as a condition of participation, to sign affidavits
stating that—
‘‘(A) they have never been convicted of a fire-
arms violation under State or Federal law; and
‘‘(B) they are not members of any organization
which advocates the violent overthrow of the United
States Government.
‘‘(2) Any person found to have violated this sub-
section shall be ineligible to participate in the Civilian
Marksmanship Program and future activities sponsored or
supported by the National Board.’’.
(c) PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES IN INSTRUCTION AND COMPETITION.—Section
4310 of such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 4310. Rifle instruction and competitions: participa-
tion of members
‘‘(a) 
PARTICIPATION
AUTHORIZED.—The 
com-
mander of a major command of the armed forces may de-
tail regular or reserve officers and noncommissioned offi-
cers under the authority of the commander to duty as in-
structors at rifle ranges for training civilians in the safe
use of military arms. The commander of a major com-
mand may detail enlisted members under the authority of
the commander as temporary instructors in the safe use
of the rifle to organized rifle clubs requesting that instruc-
tion. The commander of a major command may detail
members under the authority of the commander to provide
other logistical and administrative support for competi-
tions and other activities conducted by the Civilian Marks-
manship Program. Members of a reserve component may
be detailed only if the service to be provided meets a legiti-
mate training need of the members involved.
‘‘(b) COSTS OF PARTICIPATION.—The commander of
a major command of the armed forces may pay the person-
nel costs and travel and per diem expenses of members
of an active or reserve component of the armed forces who
participate in a competition sponsored by the Civilian
Marksmanship Program or who provide instruction or
other services in support of the Civilian Marksmanship
Program.’’.
(d) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section
4312(a) of such title is amended by striking out ‘‘ as pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Army’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘as part of the Civilian Marksmanship Pro-
gram’’.
(2) Section 4313 of such title is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘Sec-
retary of the Army’’ both places it appears and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘National Board’’; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘Appro-
priated funds available for the Civilian Marksman-
ship Program (as defined in section 4308(e) of this
title) 
may’’ 
and 
inserting 
in 
lieu 
thereof
‘‘Nonappropriated funds available to the Civilian
Marksmanship Program shall’’.
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 401 of such title is amended
by striking out the items relating to sections 4307, 4308,
and 4310 and inserting in lieu thereof the following new
items:
‘‘4307. Promotion of rifle practice and firearms safety: administration.
‘‘4308. Promotion of rifle practice and firearms safety: activities.
‘‘4310. Rifle instruction and competitions: participation of members.’’.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 1995.
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