Armor-Piercing Bullets Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1358
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2015-03-13
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Armor-Piercing Bullets Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>Amends the federal criminal code to provide that: (1) a .22 caliber projectile that would otherwise constitute &quot;armor piercing ammunition&quot; shall be considered to be primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes (and thus excluded from the definition of &quot;armor piercing ammunition&quot; for purposes of federal firearms provisions) if the projectile weighs 40 grains or less and is loaded into a rimfire cartridge, and (2) a projectile that would otherwise constitute &quot;armor piercing ammunition&quot; shall be considered to be primarily intended to be used for a sporting purpose if the projectile is loaded into a cartridge for which the only handgun that is readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade is a single shot handgun. </p> <p>Defines a &quot;single shot handgun&quot; as a break-open or bolt action handgun that can accept only a single cartridge manually and that does not accept or use a magazine or other ammunition feeding device, excluding a pocket pistol or derringer-type firearm.</p> <p>Authorizes the Attorney General to treat a projectile as not primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes if substantial evidence exists that the projectile is not primarily intended to be used for such purposes.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1358 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2015 Mr. Engel (for himself, Ms. Clarke of New York , Mrs. Watson Coleman , and Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To enact into law a framework for deciding whether certain projectiles are primarily intended for sporting purposes for purposes of determining whether the projectiles are armor piercing ammunition.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Armor-Piercing Bullets Act of 2015 . 2. Framework for deciding whether certain projectiles are primarily intended for sporting purposes for purposes of determining whether the projectiles are armor piercing ammunition Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (D) (i) For purposes of subparagraph (C), a .22 caliber projectile that otherwise would be armor piercing ammunition shall be considered to be primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes if the projectile weighs 40 grains or less and is loaded into a rimfire cartridge. (ii) (I) (aa) Except as provided in clause (i), a projectile that otherwise would be armor piercing ammunition shall, for purposes of subparagraph (C), be considered to be primarily intended to be used for sporting purpose if the projectile is loaded into a cartridge for which the only handgun that is readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade is a single shot handgun, subject to subclause (II). (bb) In subclause (aa), the term single shot handgun means a break-open or bolt action handgun that can accept only a single cartridge manually, and does not accept or use a magazine or other ammunition feeding device, but does not include a pocket pistol or derringer-type firearm. (II) For purposes of subparagraph (C), the Attorney General may treat a projectile as not primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes if substantial evidence exists that the projectile is not primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes. .