Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Alternative Ammunition Manufacturing Act”.
Alternative Ammunition Manufacturing Act
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the disposition, within 60 days, of an application to exempt a projectile from classification as armor piercing ammunition.
Sec. 2 Deadline for decision on application to exempt projectile from classification as armor piercing ammunition
Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(D)
“(i) An application to exempt a projectile from classification as armor piercing ammunition, that is received by the Attorney General on or after August 1, 2011, is deemed approved if the Attorney General does not disapprove the application within 60 days after the later of—
“(I) the date the application is so received; or
“(II) the date of the enactment of this subparagraph.
“(ii) If the Attorney General disapproves such an application, the Attorney General shall provide the applicant, in writing, with detailed findings of fact and the reasons for the disapproval.”