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 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2872 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2872

   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

                             July 24, 2003

 Mr. Hoeffel 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 Attorney General 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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