Federal - H.R.142 (113th) - Regulation of ammunition sales

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H.R.142
Latest Title: To require face to face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition.
Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] (introduced 1/3/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/3/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.113hr142

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Text is now available
Still no co sponsors .

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This bill now has 11 cosponsors.

The CRS Summary is also available:

SUMMARY AS OF:
1/3/2013--Introduced.
Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to require the licensing of ammunition dealers.

Prohibits any person except a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from: (1) selling ammunition, with an exception for a sale of ammunition to a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer; or (2) engaging in the business of importing or manufacturing ammunition, or in the course of such business, from shipping, transporting, or receiving ammunition. Prohibits a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from: (1) transferring ammunition to a person without verifying the person's identity by examining a valid identification document containing a photograph of such person; or (2) selling or delivering any ammunition (currently, any armor-piercing ammunition) to any person unless the licensee notes in his records the person's name, age, and place of residence, if the person is an individual, or the person's identity and principal and local places of business, if the person is a business entity.

Applies prohibitions applicable to the shipping or transport of firearms, and record-keeping requirements applicable to the importation, production, shipment, receipt, sale, or other disposition of firearms, to ammunition.

Requires each licensee to: (1) prepare a report of multiple sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or otherwise disposes of more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition to an unlicensed person at one time or during any five consecutive business days; and (2) forward such report to the specified office and to the department of state police, the state law enforcement agency, or the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the sale took place by the close of business on the day the multiple sale occurs.

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COSPONSORS(17), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Cicilline, David N. [RI-1] - 1/14/2013
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-13] - 1/14/2013
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 1/14/2013
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 1/14/2013
Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 1/15/2013
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-18] - 1/14/2013
Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-9] - 1/15/2013
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-12] - 1/14/2013
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-5] - 1/15/2013
Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-6] - 1/14/2013
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 1/15/2013
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-2] - 1/15/2013
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 1/14/2013
Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 1/14/2013
Rep Quigley, Mike [IL-5] - 1/14/2013
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 1/15/2013
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 1/14/2013

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Status update:

Latest Major Action: 1/25/2013 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

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