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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 869
To modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2019
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 of California, Mrs. MCBATH,
Mr. SOTO, Mr. CA´RDENAS, and Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania)
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’’ and inserting
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‘‘all parts other than major components’’; 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 ‘Security Exemplar’ means an
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object, to be fabricated at the direction of the Attor-
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ney General, that is—
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‘‘(i) constructed of 3.7 ounces of material
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type 17–4 PH stainless steel in a shape resem-
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bling a handgun; and
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‘‘(ii) suitable for testing and calibrating
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metal detectors.’’;
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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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