1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act”.
Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act
A BILL
To reauthorize the ban on undetectable firearms, and to extend the ban to undetectable firearm receivers and undetectable ammunition magazines.
2. Findings
The Congress finds that—
according to data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 8,583 of the 12,664 murders in the United States in 2011 were committed using a firearm, and more than 57 percent of the murders that occurred in New York State were perpetrated with a firearm;
the ability to produce a receiver for a firearm in the home would circumvent a number of laws, because the receiver is the component of the firearm that bears its serial number, as required by regulations;
digital manufacturing technologies, including but not limited to computer numerical control mills (“CNC mills”), 3-dimensional printers (“3D printers”), and laser cutting machines, are quickly advancing to a point where it will soon be possible to fabricate fully operational firearm components; and
some commercially available products that utilize digital manufacturing technologies to manufacture objects are able to manufacture these objects using materials that are unable to be detected by traditional metal detectors, and may not present an accurate image on an x-ray.
3. Reauthorization of ban on undetectable firearms
Section 2(f)(2) of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by striking “25” and inserting “35”.
4. Ban extended to undetectable firearm receivers made by individuals
Section 922(p) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “It shall be unlawful” and all that follows and inserting “It shall be unlawful—”; and
by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:
“(A) for any person to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive any firearm—
“(i) that, after removal of grips, stocks, and magazines, is not as detectable as the Security Exemplar, by walk-through metal detectors calibrated and operated to detect the Security Exemplar; or
“(ii) any major component of which, when subjected to inspection by the types of x-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component, except that barium sulfate or other compounds may be used in the fabrication of the component; and
“(B) for any person—
“(i) to import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive any receiver for a rifle, or receiver for a handgun, manufactured by a person who is not a licensed manufacturer—
“(I) that is not as detectable as the Receiver Security Exemplar for a rifle or for a handgun, as the case may be, by walk-through metal detectors calibrated and operated to detect that Receiver Security Exemplar; or
“(II) which, when subjected to inspection by the types of x-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the receiver, except that barium sulfate or other compounds may be used in the fabrication of the receiver; or
“(ii) who is not a licensed manufacturer to manufacture any receiver for a rifle, or receiver for a handgun, described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i).”
in paragraph (2)—
by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (B);
by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(D) the term Receiver Security Exemplar means, with respect to a rifle or a handgun, an object, to be fabricated at the direction of the Attorney General, that is—
“(i) constructed of, during the 12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, 3.7 ounces of material type 17–4 PH stainless steel in a shape resembling the lower receiver for a rifle or for a handgun, as the case may be; and
“(ii) suitable for testing and calibrating metal detectors:”
in paragraph (3)—
by inserting “or receiver” after “firearm” each place it appears; and
by inserting “or receivers” after “firearms”;
in each of paragraphs (4) and (5), by inserting “or receiver” after “firearm” each place it appears; and
in paragraph (6)—
by striking “with respect to any firearm” and inserting the following: “with respect to—
“(A) any firearm”
by striking the period and inserting “; or”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(B) any receiver manufactured in, imported into, or possessed in the United States before the date of the enactment of the Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act.”
5. Ban extended to undetectable ammunition magazines made by individuals
Section 922(p) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 4 of this Act, is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (A)(ii);
by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B)(ii) and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(C) for any person—
“(i) to import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive any ammunition magazine, manufactured by a person who is not a licensed manufacturer—
“(I) that, after removal of the spring and follower, is not as detectable as the Magazine Security Exemplar, by walk-through metal detectors calibrated and operated to detect the Magazine Security Exemplar; or
“(II) which, when subjected to inspection by the types of x-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the magazine; or
“(ii) who is not a licensed manufacturer to manufacture any ammunition magazine described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i).”
in paragraph (2)—
by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (C);
by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(E) the term Magazine Security Exemplar means an object, to be fabricated at the direction of the Attorney General, that is—
“(i) constructed of, during the 12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, 1 ounce of material type 17–4 PH stainless steel in a shape resembling an ammunition magazine; and
“(ii) suitable for testing and calibrating metal detectors:”
in paragraph (3)—
by striking “firearm or receiver” each place it appears and inserting “firearm, receiver, or ammunition magazine”; and
by striking “firearms or receivers” and inserting “firearms, receivers, or ammunition magazines”;
in each of paragraphs (4) and (5), by striking “firearm or receiver” each place it appears and inserting “firearm, receiver, or ammunition magazine”; and
in paragraph (6)(B), by inserting “or ammunition magazine” after “receiver”.