A bill to modify the definition of an antique firearm.

Bill: 116-s-443
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-02-12
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

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Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill modifies the date of manufacture used to determine whether a firearm is an &quot;antique firearm&quot; for purposes of federal firearms laws.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 443 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 12, 2019 Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To modify the definition of an antique firearm.

1. Amendment to title 18, United States Code Section 921(a)(16)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 1898 and inserting the calendar year that is 100 years before the calendar year in which the determination as to whether the firearm meets the requirement of this subparagraph is being made . 2. Amendment to Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Subsection (g) of section 5845 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (g) Antique firearm (1) In general The term antique firearm means— (A) any firearm manufactured in or before the applicable year (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system or replica thereof, whether actually manufactured before or after the applicable year), and (B) any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before the applicable year, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade. (2) Applicable year For purposes of paragraph (1), the term applicable year means the calendar year that is 100 years before the calendar year in which the determination as to whether the firearm meets the requirements of such paragraph is being made. .