Title: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2017
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2017
This bill amends the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 to revise what are prohibited firearms to include any firearm: (1) that, after removal of all parts other than major components is not as detectable by walk-through metal detectors as the Security Exemplar (an object fabricated for the testing and calibration of metal detectors); or (2) any major component of which, if subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices commonly used at airports for security screening, would not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component.
The bill modifies the definition of: (1) "major component" to include the barrel of a firearm only in the case of a rifle or shotgun, and (2) "Security Exemplar" to repeal the requirement that it be fabricated within 12 months after enactment of such Act.
The bill exempts from undetectable firearms provisions: (1) a prototype firearm for detectability testing; (2) any firearm received by, in the possession of, or under the control of the United States; or (3) the manufacture, importation, possession, transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of a firearm by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer pursuant to a contract with the United States. (This replaces the exemption of any firearm that has been certified by the Department of Defense or the Central Intelligence Agency as necessary for military or intelligence applications or that is manufactured and sold exclusively to U.S. military or intelligence agencies.)

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 533 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 533

          To modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 6, 2017

 Mr. Nelson (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Feinstein, 
 Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Reed, and 
Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
          To modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Undetectable Firearms Modernization 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. MODERNIZATION OF THE PROHIBITION ON UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS.

    Section 922(p) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``grips, 
                stocks, and magazines'' and inserting ``all parts other 
                than a major component''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``when 
                subjected to inspection by the types of x-ray machines 
                commonly used at airports, does not generate'' and 
                inserting the following: ``if subjected to inspection 
                by the types of detection devices commonly used at 
                airports for security screening, would not generate'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(B) the term `major component', with respect to a 
        firearm--
                    ``(i) means the slide or cylinder or the frame or 
                receiver of the firearm; and
                    ``(ii) in the case of a rifle or shotgun, includes 
                the barrel of the firearm; and''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and all that 
                follows through the end of the undesignated matter 
                following subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:
            ``(C) the term `Security Exemplar' means an object, to be 
        fabricated at the direction of the Attorney General, that is--
                    ``(i) constructed of 3.7 ounces of material type 
                17-4 PH stainless steel in a shape resembling a 
                handgun; and
                    ``(ii) suitable for testing and calibrating metal 
                detectors.'';
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                            (A) in the first sentence, by inserting ``, 
                        including a prototype,'' after ``of a 
                        firearm''; and
                            (B) by striking the second sentence; and
            (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ``shall not apply to any 
        firearm which'' and all that follows and inserting the 
        following: ``shall not apply to--
            ``(A) any firearm received by, in the possession of, or 
        under the control of the United States; or
            ``(B) the manufacture, importation, possession, transfer, 
        receipt, shipment, or delivery of a firearm by a licensed 
        manufacturer or licensed importer pursuant to a contract with 
        the United States.''.
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