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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 624
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 27, 1997
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
AN ACT
To amend the Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of
1993 to clarify certain requirements and to improve the
flow of interstate commerce.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Armored Car Reciproc-
ity Amendments of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAP-
ONS LICENSES ISSUED TO ARMORED CAR
COMPANY CREW MEMBERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the Armored Car
Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993 (15 U.S.C. 5902(a)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If an armored car crew member
employed by an armored car company—
‘‘(1) has in effect a license issued by the appro-
priate State agency (in the State in which such
member is primarily employed by such company) to
carry a weapon while acting in the services of such
company in that State, and such State agency meets
the minimum requirements under subsection (b);
and
‘‘(2) has met all other applicable requirements
to act as an armored car crew member in the State
in which such member is primarily employed by such
company;
then such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry
any weapon to which such license relates and function as
an armored car crew member in any State while such
member is acting in the service of such company.’’.
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(b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 3(b)
of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5902(b)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(b) MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.—A State
agency meets the minimum State requirements of this
subsection if—
‘‘(1) in issuing an initial weapons license to an
armored car crew member described in subsection
(a), the agency determines to its satisfaction that—
‘‘(A) the crew member has received class-
room and range training in weapons safety and
marksmanship during the current year from a
qualified instructor for each weapon that the
crew member will be licensed to carry; and
‘‘(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon
by the crew member would not violate Federal
law, determined on the basis of a criminal
record background check conducted during the
current year;
‘‘(2) in issuing a renewal of a weapons license
to an armored car crew member described in sub-
section (a), the agency determines to its satisfaction
that—
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‘‘(A) the crew member has received con-
tinuing training in weapons safety and marks-
manship from a qualified instructor for each
weapon that the crew member is licensed to
carry; and
‘‘(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon
by the crew member would not violate Federal
law, as determined by the agency; and
‘‘(3) in issuing a weapons license under para-
graph (1) or paragraph (2), as the case may be—
‘‘(A) the agency issues such license for a
period not to exceed two years; or
‘‘(B) the agency issues such license for a
period not to exceed five years in the case of a
State that enacted a State law before October
1, 1996, that provides for the issuance of an
initial weapons license or a renewal of a weap-
ons license, as the case may be, for a period not
to exceed five years.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives February 26,
1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.