Gun Parts Trafficking Act of 2001

Gun Parts Trafficking Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) include within a prohibition against the shipment or transportation of firearms any parts or combinations thereof that when assembled on a frame or receiver would constitute a firearm; (2) make it unlawful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer to manufacture or assemble a firearm; and (3) increase from $50 to $500 the fee for a license to manufacture firearms.

Amends the National Firearms Act to revise generally the prohibition against the possession or transfer of certain combinations of machine gun replacement parts.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 609 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 609

  To close loopholes in the firearms laws which allow the unregulated 
   manufacture, assembly, shipment, or transportation of firearms or 
                 firearm parts, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 26, 2001

Mr. Torricelli introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To close loopholes in the firearms laws which allow the unregulated 
   manufacture, assembly, shipment, or transportation of firearms or 
                 firearm parts, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Gun Parts Trafficking Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST SHIPMENT OR TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARM 
              PARTS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS.

    Section 921(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``or (D) any destructive device.'' and inserting ``(D) any 
destructive device; or (E) any parts or combination of parts that when 
assembled on a frame or receiver would constitute a firearm, as defined 
in this paragraph.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST MANUFACTURE OR ASSEMBLY OF FIREARMS BY 
              PERSONS OTHER THAN LICENSED MANUFACTURERS.

    Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(z) It shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed 
manufacturer to manufacture or assemble a firearm.''.

SEC. 4. INCREASE IN FEE FOR LICENSE TO MANUFACTURE FIREARMS.

    Section 923(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``$50'' and inserting ``$500''.

SEC. 5. PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN 
              COMBINATIONS OF MACHINEGUN REPLACEMENT PARTS.

    Section 5845(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (known as the 
National Firearms Act) is amended in the second sentence by striking 
``designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts 
designed and intended,'' and inserting ``or combination of parts 
designed and intended''.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply to conduct engaged in 
after the 60-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
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