Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1297 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include armor-piercing, concealable weapons within the definition of ‘‘firearm’’ under the Na- tional Firearms Act, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 15, 2019 Mrs. DEMINGS (for herself, Mr. DEUTCH, and Ms. KELLY of Illinois) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include armor-piercing, concealable weapons within the definition of ‘‘firearm’’ under the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement Pro- 4 tection Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. ARMOR-PIERCING, CONCEALABLE WEAPONS. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5845(a) of the Internal 7 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘and (8)’’ 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Mar 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1297.IH H1297 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1297 IH and inserting ‘‘; (8) an armor-piercing, concealable weap- 1 on; and (9)’’. 2 (b) ARMOR-PIERCING, CONCEALABLE WEAPON.— 3 Section 5845 of such Code is amended by adding at the 4 end the following new subsection: 5 ‘‘(n) ARMOR-PIERCING, CONCEALABLE WEAPON.— 6 The term ‘armor-piercing, concealable weapon’ means any 7 weapon or device capable of being concealed on the person 8 and from which can be discharged through the energy of 9 an explosive any of the following rounds: 10 ‘‘(1) .450 Bushmaster. 11 ‘‘(2) 5.56mm (including the 5.56x45mm NATO 12 and .223 Remington). 13 ‘‘(3) 7.62mm (including the 7.62x39mm, .308 14 Winchester, 7.62 NATO, 7.62x51mm NATO, .30 15 carbine, 7.62x33mm, or 300 AAC Blackout). 16 ‘‘(4) .50 BMG. 17 ‘‘(5) 5.7x28mm. 18 ‘‘(6) Any other round determined by the Bu- 19 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives 20 to be capable of, when fired by such weapon or de- 21 vice, penetrating the standard body armor worn by 22 law enforcement officers.’’. 23 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Mar 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1297.IH H1297 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 1297 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 1 this section shall take effect on the date of the en- 2 actment of this Act. 3 (2) APPLICATION TO POSSESSION ON DATE OF 4 ENACTMENT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any 5 person on the date of the enactment of this Act pos- 6 sessing a device described in section 5845(a)(8) of 7 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended by 8 this Act) shall, not later than the end of the 18th 9 month beginning after the date of the enactment of 10 this Act, register such device with the Secretary of 11 the Treasury and include with such registration the 12 information required under section 5841(a) of such 13 Code. Such registration shall become a part of the 14 National Firearms Registration and Transfer 15 Record required to be maintained by such section. 16 SEC. 3. USE OF NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT TAXES. 17 Part I of subchapter B of chapter 53 of the Internal 18 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended redesignating section 19 5849 as section 5850 and by inserting after section 5847 20 the following new section: 21 ‘‘SEC. 5849. USE OF TAXES. 22 ‘‘To carry out the purposes of this chapter and to 23 supplement appropriations otherwise made available for 24 such purposes, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Mar 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1297.IH H1297 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 1297 IH and Explosives may spend the amounts collected under 1 subchapter A for fiscal years 2019 and thereafter.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Mar 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1297.IH H1297 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS