Protect America from Homemade Explosives Act

Bill: 114-s-2735
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2016-03-17
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protect America from Homemade Explosives Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise federal explosives laws.</p> <p>It includes, within the meaning of &quot;explosives,&quot; black powder substitutes and smokeless powder.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill revises certain exceptions to federal explosives laws to specify that: (1) activities related to small arms ammunition do not include activities involving smokeless powder in excess of 50 pounds; and (2) the 50-pound maximum quantity, with respect to a lawful purchase of commercially manufactured black powder, includes aggregate quantities of black powder and black powder substitutes.</p> <p>Finally, it amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose penalties on an individual who attempts to make an illegal firearm.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2735 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 17, 2016 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To strengthen the enforcement of explosive materials prohibitions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect America from Homemade Explosives Act . 2. Explosive materials prohibitions (a) Amendments to title 18 Chapter 40 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 841(d), by inserting black powder substitutes, smokeless powder, after black powder, ; and (2) in section 845(a)— (A) in paragraph (4), by striking and components thereof and inserting and components for use in small arms ammunition, excluding smokeless powder in quantities exceeding 50 pounds; ; and (B) in paragraph (5), by striking black powder in quantities and inserting black powder and black powder substitutes in aggregate quantities . (b) Amendment to title 26 Section 5861 of title 26, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following: (f) to make, or attempt to make, a firearm in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or .