ATF Wrongful Reclassification Act

Bill: 115-hr-2097
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2017-04-14
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong></strong><b>ATF Wrongful Reclassification Act</b> </p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the definition of &quot;armor piercing ammunition.&quot; Currently, armor piercing ammunition includes certain projectiles or projectile cores that may be used in a handgun. The bill limits that definition of armor piercing ammunition to certain projectiles or projectile cores that are designed and intended by the manufacturer solely for use in a handgun. <p>The bill also revises the standard for determining when armor piercing ammunition is exempt from federal prohibitions on import, manufacture, and distribution. Current law exempts armor piercing ammunition that is primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes, as determined by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. This bill replaces the &quot;sporting purposes&quot; standard with a new standard that exempts armor piercing ammunition that is primarily intended by the manufacturer to be used for lawful purposes.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2097 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 14, 2017 Mr. Perry (for himself and Mr. LaMalfa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prevent the reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing ammunition.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the ATF Wrongful Reclassification Act . 2. Prevention of reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing ammunition Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking may be used and inserting is designed and intended by the manufacturer solely for use ; and (2) in subparagraph (C)— (A) by striking the Attorney General finds is primarily intended and inserting is primarily intended by the manufacturer ; and (B) by striking sporting and inserting lawful .