I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1706
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or transfer
of assault weapons.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 7, 1993
Mr. MFUME (for himself, Mr. WYNN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr.
BERMAN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. PELOSI,
Mr. TUCKER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. MAZZOLI, Mr. RUSH, Mr.
KENNEDY, Mr. SCOTT, and Mr. WATT) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the
possession or transfer of assault weapons.
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 ‘‘Assault Weapons Pro-
hibition Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION OR TRANSFER
OF ASSAULT WEAPONS.
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(s)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall
be unlawful for any person—
‘‘(A) to transfer an assault weapon; or
‘‘(B) to possess an assault weapon after the 90-
day period that begins with the effective date of this
subsection.
‘‘(2)(A)(i) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a transfer
to or by, or a possession by or under the authority of,
the United States or any department or agency thereof,
or any State or a department, agency, or political subdivi-
sion thereof.
‘‘(B) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the otherwise
lawful possession of an assault weapon by a person who—
‘‘(i) has lawfully possessed the weapon since be-
fore the effective date of this subsection; and
‘‘(ii) has submitted to the Secretary, in such
form and in such manner as the Secretary shall pre-
scribe by regulation—
‘‘(I) the name (and any former name), ad-
dress, date of birth, and any driver’s license
number of the person; and
‘‘(II) the serial number of the weapon.
‘‘(3) Within 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe such regu-
lations as are necessary to carry out this subsection.’’.
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF ASSAULT WEAPON.
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(29) The term ‘assault weapon’ means—
‘‘(A)(i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Tech-
nologies Avtomat Kalashnikovs (all models);
‘‘(ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries
UZI and Galil;
‘‘(iii) Beretta AR–70 (SC–70);
‘‘(iv) Colt AR–15 and CAR–15;
‘‘(v) Fabrique Nationale FN/FAL, FN/LAR,
and FNC;
‘‘(vi) MAC 10 and 11;
‘‘(vii) Steyr AUG;
‘‘(viii) INTRATEC TEC–9;
‘‘(ix) Street Sweeper and Striker 12;
‘‘(x) Auto Ordnance 27A1 Thompson, 27A5
Thompson, M1 Thompson;
‘‘(xi) Springfield BM59, SAR48, and G3SA;
‘‘(xii) All Ruger Mini-14 models with folding
stocks; and
‘‘(xiii) Armscorp FAL;
‘‘(B) any firearm which is functionally equiva-
lent to any firearm specified in subparagraph (A);
‘‘(C) a firearm having threads, lugs, or other
characteristics which are designed to facilitate the
direct attachment of a silencer, bayonet, grenade
launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock to the
firearm;
‘‘(D) any part or combination of parts designed
to facilitate the attachment of a silencer, bayonet,
grenade launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock
to a firearm;
‘‘(E) a detachable magazine, drum, belt, feed
strip, or similar device which has a capacity of, or
can be readily restored or converted to accept, 10 or
more rounds of ammunition; and
‘‘(F) any combination of parts—
‘‘(i) designed and intended solely and ex-
clusively for assembling—
‘‘(I) a firearm specified in subpara-
graph (A), or described in subparagraph
(B) or (C); or
‘‘(II) a device described in subpara-
graph (E); and
‘‘(ii) from which a firearm or device re-
ferred to in clause (i) could be assembled if
such parts were possessed or controlled by 1
person.’’.