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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4101
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require firearms, ammunition,
and explosives purchases to be made in person and to require records
to be kept of the means by which the purchases are made.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 2002
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California,
Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MCGOVERN,
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. CLAY, and Ms.
WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require firearms,
ammunition, and explosives purchases to be made in
person and to require records to be kept of the means
by which the purchases are made.
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 ‘‘Electronic Commerce
Crime Prevention and Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, AND
EXPLOSIVES PURCHASES BE MADE IN PER-
SON; 
RECORDATION 
OF 
THE 
MEANS 
BY
WHICH THE PURCHASES ARE MADE.
(a) FIREARMS.—Section 922(t) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B)(ii);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (C); and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) any thing of value accepted by the licensee
in exchange for the firearm is presented in person
by the transferee at the time of the transfer.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and a de-
tailed description of any thing of value accepted by
the licensee in exchange for the firearm’’ before the
period.
(b) AMMUNITION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of such title is
amended by inserting after subsection (y) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(z)(1) It shall be unlawful for a licensed importer,
licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell ammuni-
tion to a person not licensed under this chapter unless
any thing of value accepted by the licensee in exchange
for the ammunition is presented in person by the trans-
feree at the time of the transfer.
‘‘(2) A licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or
licensed dealer who sells ammunition to a person not li-
censed under this chapter shall include in the record of
the transfer a detailed description of any thing of value
accepted by the licensee in exchange for the ammunition.’’.
(2) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a)(5) of such
title is amended by striking ‘‘or (t)’’ and inserting
‘‘, (t), or (z)’’.
(c) EXPLOSIVES.—Section 842 of such title is
amended—
(1) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘, and a de-
tailed description of any thing of value accepted by
the licensee or permittee in exchange for any explo-
sive materials so distributed’’ before the period at
the end of the 1st sentence; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(q) It shall be unlawful for a licensee or permittee
knowingly to sell any explosive materials to any transferee
who is not a licensee or permittee, unless any thing of
value accepted by the licensee or permittee in exchange
for the explosive materials is presented in person by the
transferee at the time of the transfer.’’.
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