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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4208
To amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the manufacture, importa-
tion, and sale of any projectile that may be used in a handgun and
is capable of penetrating police body armor, and to prohibit persons
convicted of a crime involving domestic violence from owning or possess-
ing firearms, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
Ms. LOFGREN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the
manufacture, importation, and sale of any projectile that
may be used in a handgun and is capable of penetrating
police body armor, and to prohibit persons convicted
of a crime involving domestic violence from owning or
possessing firearms, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Gun Violence Control
Act’’.
TITLE I—COP-KILLER BULLETS
SEC. 101. REGULATION OF THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTA-
TION, AND SALE OF PROJECTILES THAT MAY
BE USED IN A HANDGUN AND ARE CAPABLE
OF PENETRATING POLICE BODY ARMOR.
(a) EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF ARMOR PIERCING
AMMUNITION.—Section 921(a)(17)(B) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i);
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause
(ii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) a projectile that may be used in a hand-
gun and that the Secretary determines, pursuant to
section 926(d), to be capable of penetrating body
armor.’’.
(b) DETERMINATION OF THE CAPABILITY OF PRO-
JECTILES TO PENETRATE BODY ARMOR.—Section 926 of
such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary shall determine whether a pro-
jectile is capable of penetrating body armor, in accordance
with regulations prescribed by the Secretary not later than
1 year after the date of the enactment of this subsection.
Such regulations shall provide for uniform testing of pro-
jectiles against the Body Armor Exemplar, based on
standards developed in cooperation with the Attorney Gen-
eral of the United States. Such standards shall take into
account, among other factors, variations in performance
that are related to the length of the barrel of the handgun
from which the projectile is fired and the amount and kind
of powder used to propel the projectile.
‘‘(2) As used in paragraph (1), the term ‘Body Armor
Exemplar’ means body armor that the Secretary, in co-
operation with the Attorney General of the United States,
determines meets minimum standards for protection of
law enforcement officers.’’.
TITLE II—DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(33) The term ‘crime involving domestic violence’
means a crime of violence (as defined in section 16) com-
mitted by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian
of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares
a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with
or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, parent,
or guardian, or by a person similarly situated to a spouse,
parent, or guardian of the victim under the domestic or
family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which such crime
of violence was committed.’’.
SEC. 202. UNLAWFUL ACTS.
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (7);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (8) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the
following:
‘‘(9) is under indictment for, or has been con-
victed in any court of, a crime involving domestic vi-
olence.’’; and
(2) in subsection (g)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (7);
(B) by striking the comma at the end of
paragraph (8) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the
following:
‘‘(9) who is under indictment for, or has been
convicted in any court, of a crime involving domestic
violence,’’.
(2) applications for administrative relief filed,
and actions for judicial review brought, after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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