Antique Firearm Safety Act

Antique Firearm Safety Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to eliminate the exclusion of antique firearms from the definition of a "firearm" subject to Federal firearms provisions.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1112 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1112

   To make Federal law apply to antique firearms in the same way it 
                       applies to other firearms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2001

 Mr. Hoeffel (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
Fattah, Mr. Markey, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Frank, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Borski, 
 Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Berman, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
 Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Engel, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mrs. Mink of 
   Hawaii, and Mr. Wexler) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To make Federal law apply to antique firearms in the same way it 
                       applies to other firearms.

    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 ``Antique Firearm Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF EXEMPTIONS FOR ANTIQUE FIREARMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 921(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the last sentence.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 922(v)(3)(B) of such title is 
amended--
            (1) by adding ``or'' at the end of clause (i);
            (2) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (ii); and
            (3) by striking clause (iii).
    (c) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary to administer chapter 44 of title 
18, United States Code, as in effect pursuant to the amendments made by 
this Act.
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