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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1477
To modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 2, 2021
Ms. DEAN (for herself, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. COHEN, Ms.
NORTON, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. TRONE, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SWALWELL, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. SOTO, Mr.
CA´RDENAS, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. WILSON of
Florida, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CARSON, Ms. GARCIA of
Texas, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr.
MALINOWSKI, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. KHANNA, and Mr. SCHNEIDER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Undetectable Firearms
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Modernization Act’’.
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SEC.
2.
MODERNIZATION
OF
THE
PROHIBITION
ON
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UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS.
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Section 922(p) of title 18, United States Code, is
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amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1)—
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
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‘‘grips, stocks, and magazines, is not as detect-
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able as the Security Exemplar, by walk-through
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metal detectors calibrated and operated to de-
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tect the Security Exemplar’’ and inserting ‘‘all
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parts other than major components, does not
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contain detectable material’’; and
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking
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‘‘when subjected to inspection by the types of x-
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ray machines commonly used at airports, does
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not generate’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘if
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subjected to inspection by the types of detection
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devices commonly used at airports for security
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screening, would not generate’’;
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(2) in paragraph (2)—
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(A) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
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serting the following:
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‘‘(B) the term ‘major component’, with respect
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to a firearm—
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‘‘(i) means the slide or cylinder, or the
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frame or receiver of the firearm; and
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‘‘(ii) in the case of a rifle or shotgun, in-
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cludes the barrel of the firearm; and’’; and
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(B) by striking subparagraph (C) and the
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proviso that follows and inserting the following:
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‘‘(C) the term ‘detectable material’ means mate-
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rial that produces a magnetic field that is equivalent
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in strength to the magnetic field produced by 3.7
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ounces of 17–4 PH stainless steel.’’;
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(3) in paragraph (3)—
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(A) in the first sentence, by inserting
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after ‘‘of a firearm’’ the following: ‘‘, in-
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cluding a prototype,’’; and
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(B) by striking the second sentence;
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and
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(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘shall not
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apply to any firearm which’’ and all that follows and
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inserting the following: ‘‘shall not apply to—
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‘‘(A) any firearm received by, in the possession
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of, or under the control of the United States; or
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‘‘(B) the manufacture, importation, possession,
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transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of a firearm
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by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer pur-
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suant to an existing contract with the United
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States.’’.
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