I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2221
To ban the import of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, to promote
the safe storage and use of handguns by consumers, and to extend
Brady background checks to gun shows.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19, 2001
Ms. DEGETTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To ban the import of large capacity ammunition feeding
devices, to promote the safe storage and use of handguns
by consumers, and to extend Brady background checks
to gun shows.
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 ‘‘Child Gun Safety Act
of 2001’’.
TITLE I—ASSAULT WEAPONS
SEC. 101. BAN ON IMPORTING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNI-
TION FEEDING DEVICES.
Section 922(w) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1) Except as
provided in paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)(A)
Except as provided in subparagraph (B)’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) Para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A)’’;
(3) by inserting before paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to import
a large capacity ammunition feeding device.’’; and
(4) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘(1)(A)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting
‘‘(1)(B)’’.
SEC. 102. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER TO AND POSSESSION
BY JUVENILES OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT
WEAPONS AND LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNI-
TION FEEDING DEVICES.
Section 922(x) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’
at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) a semiautomatic assault weapon; or
‘‘(D) a large capacity ammunition feeding de-
vice.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’
at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) a semiautomatic assault weapon; or
‘‘(D) a large capacity ammunition feeding de-
vice.’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘,
semiautomatic assault weapon, or large capacity
ammunition feeding device’’ after ‘‘handgun’’;
and
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or
ammunition’’ and inserting ‘‘, ammunition,
semiautomatic assault weapon, or large capacity
ammunition feeding device’’.
SEC. 103. ENHANCED CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR TRANS-
FERS OF HANDGUNS, AMMUNITION, SEMI-
AUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS, AND LARGE
CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES
TO JUVENILES.
Section 924(a)(6)(B) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘5 years’’; and
(2) in clause (ii)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, semiautomatic assault
weapon, large capacity ammunition feeding de-
vice, or’’ after ‘‘handgun’’ each place it appears;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘10 years’’ and inserting
‘‘20 years’’.
SEC. 104. DEFINITION OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION
FEEDING DEVICE.
Section 921(a)(31) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘manufactured after the date of
enactment of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 105. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title and the amendments made by this title
shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
TITLE II—CHILD HANDGUN
SAFETY
SEC. 201. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this title are as follows:
(1) To promote the safe storage and use of
handguns by consumers.
(2) To prevent unauthorized persons from gain-
ing access to or use of a handgun, including children
who may not be in possession of a handgun, unless
it is under one of the circumstances provided for in
the Youth Handgun Safety Act.
(3) To avoid hindering industry from supplying
law-abiding citizens firearms for all lawful purposes,
including hunting, self-defense, collecting, and com-
petitive or recreational shooting.
SEC. 202. FIREARMS SAFETY.
(a) UNLAWFUL ACTS.—
(1) MANDATORY
TRANSFER
OF
SECURE
GUN
STORAGE OR SAFETY DEVICE.—Section 922 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after subsection (y) the following:
‘‘(z)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this
subsection, it shall be unlawful for any licensed manufac-
turer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver,
or transfer any handgun to any person other than any
person licensed under the provisions of this chapter, unless
the transferee is provided with a secure gun storage or
safety device, as described in section 921(a)(34), for the
handgun.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the—
‘‘(A)(i) manufacture for, transfer to, or posses-
sion by, the United States or a State or a depart-
ment or agency of the United States, or a State or
a department, agency, or political subdivision of a
State, of a handgun; or
‘‘(ii) transfer to, or possession by, a law en-
forcement officer employed by an entity referred to
in clause (i) of a handgun for law enforcement pur-
poses (whether on or off duty); or
‘‘(B) transfer to, or possession by, a rail police
officer employed by a rail carrier and certified or
commissioned as a police officer under the laws of
a State of a handgun for purposes of law enforce-
ment (whether on or off duty);