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hour of debate on the bill equally divided and controlled 
by the majority leader and the minority leader, or their 
designees; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. 
SEC. 2. The amendment referred to in section 1 is 
as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This Act may be cited as the ‘Second Amendment 
Enforcement Act’. 
‘‘SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
‘‘Congress finds the following: 
‘‘(1) The Second Amendment to the United 
States Constitution provides that the right of the 
people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. 
‘‘(2) As the Congress and the Supreme Court 
of the United States have recognized, the Second 
Amendment to the United States Constitution pro-
tects the rights of individuals, including those who 
are not members of a militia or engaged in military 
service or training, to keep and bear arms. 
‘‘(3) The law-abiding citizens of the District of 
Columbia are deprived by local laws and by public 
housing leases of handguns, rifles, and shotguns that 
are commonly kept by law-abiding persons through-
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out the United States for sporting use and for lawful 
defense of their persons, homes, businesses, and 
families. 
‘‘(4) The District of Columbia has one of 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. 
‘‘(5) The Federal Gun Control Act of 1968, as 
amended by the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 
1986, and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention 
Act of 1993, provide comprehensive Federal regula-
tions applicable in the District of Columbia as else-
where. In addition, existing District of Columbia 
criminal laws punish possession and illegal use of 
firearms by violent criminals and felons. Con-
sequently, there is no need for local laws which only 
affect and disarm law-abiding citizens. 
‘‘(6) 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. 
‘‘(7) Legislation is required to correct the Dis-
trict of Columbia’s law in order to restore the funda-
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mental rights of its citizens under the Second 
Amendment to the United States Constitution and 
thereby enhance public safety. 
‘‘SEC. 3. REFORM DC 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; section 
1–303.43, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: ‘Nothing in this section or any other 
provision of law shall authorize, or shall be construed to 
permit, the Council, the Mayor, any governmental or regu-
latory authority of the District of Columbia, or any inde-
pendent authority of the District government, 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, or using for sporting, self-protection or other 
lawful purposes, any firearm neither prohibited by Federal 
law nor subject to the National Firearms Act. The District 
of Columbia and its independent authorities shall not have 
authority to enact or impose laws, regulations or lease pro-
visions that discourage or eliminate the private ownership 
or use of firearms.’. 
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‘‘SEC. 4. REPEAL DC SEMIAUTOMATIC BAN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(10) of the Firearms 
Control Regulations Act of 1975 (section 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 
restored to shoot automatically, more than 1 shot, 
without manual reloading, by a single function of 
the trigger, and includes the frame or receiver of 
any such weapon, any part designed and intended 
solely and exclusively, or combination of parts de-
signed and intended, for use in converting a weapon 
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.’. 
‘‘(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
TO
PROVISIONS 
SETTING FORTH CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Section 1(c) of 
the Act of July 8, 1932 (47 Stat. 651; section 22–4501(c), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘ ‘(c) ‘‘Machine gun’’, as used in this Act, has the 
meaning given such term in section 101(10) of the Fire-
arms Control Regulations Act of 1975.’. 
‘‘SEC. 5. REPEAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT. 
‘‘(a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 201(a) of the Fire-
arms Control Regulations Act of 1975 (section 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 fire-
arm described in subsection (c).’. 
‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION
OF
FIREARMS
REMAINING 
ILLEGAL.—Section 201 of such Act (section 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. 
‘‘ ‘(2) A machine gun. 
‘‘ ‘(3) A short-barreled rifle.’. 
‘‘(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading 
of section 201 of such Act (section 7–2502.01, D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking ‘Registration 
requirements’ and inserting ‘Firearm Possession’. 
‘‘(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
TO
FIREARMS 
CONTROL REGULATIONS ACT.—The Firearms Control 
Regulations Act of 1975 is amended as follows: 
‘‘(1) Sections 202 through 211 (section 7– 
2502.02 through 7–2502.11, D.C. Official Code) are 
repealed. 
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