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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1189
To entitle certain armored car crew members to lawfully carry a weapon
in any State while protecting the security of valuable goods in interstate
commerce in the service of an armored car company.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 3, 1993
Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois (for herself, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. MCMILLAN, and Mr.
OXLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To entitle certain armored car crew members to lawfully
carry a weapon in any State while protecting the security
of valuable goods in interstate commerce in the service
of an armored car company.
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 ‘‘Armored Car Industry
Reciprocity Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the distribution of goods and services to
consumers in the United States requires the free
flow of currency, bullion, securities, food stamps,
and other items of unusual value in interstate com-
merce;
(2) the armored car industry transports and
protects such items in interstate commerce, includ-
ing daily transportation of currency and food stamps
valued at more than $1,000,000,000;
(3) armored car crew members are often sub-
ject to armed attack by individuals attempting to
steal such items;
(4) to protect themselves and the items they
transport, such crew members are armed with weap-
ons;
(5) various States require both weapons’ train-
ing and a criminal record background check before
licensing a crew member to carry a weapon; and
(6) there is a need for each State to reciprocally
accept weapons’ licenses of other States for armored
car crew members to assure the free and safe trans-
port of valuable items in interstate commerce.
SEC. 3. STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAPONS’ LICENSES IS-
SUED TO ARMORED CAR COMPANY CREW
MEMBERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—If an armored car crew member
employed by an armored car company has in effect a li-
cense issued by the appropriate State agency (in the State
in which such member is primarily employed by such com-
pany) to carry a weapon while acting in the service of such
company in that State, and such State agency meets the
minimum State requirements under subsection (b), then
such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry any
weapon to which such license relates in any State while
such crew member is acting in the service of such
company.
(b) MINIMUM
STATE
REQUIREMENTS.—A State
agency meets the minimum State requirements of this
subsection if in issuing a weapon’s license to an armored
car crew member described in subsection (a), the agency
requires the crew member to provide information on an
annual basis to the satisfaction of the agency that—
(1) the crew member has received classroom
and range training in weapon’s safety and marks-
manship during the current year by a qualified in-
structor for each weapon that the crew member is
licensed to carry; and
(2) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the
crew member would not violate Federal law, deter-
mined on the basis of a criminal record background
check conducted during the current year.
SEC. 4. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.
This Act shall supersede any provision of State law
(or any subdivision thereof) that is inconsistent with this
Act.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘armored car crew member’’
means an individual who provides protection for
goods transported by an armored car company.
(2) The term ‘‘armored car company’’ means a
company—
(A) subject to regulation under subchapter
II of chapter 105 of title 49, United States
Code; and
(B) holding the appropriate certificate,
permit, or license issued under subchapter II of
chapter 109 of such title, in order to engage in
the business of transporting and protecting cur-
rency, bullion, securities, precious metals, food
stamps, and other articles of unusual value in
interstate commerce.
(3) The term ‘‘State’’ includes the several
States and the District of Columbia.
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