Sec. 1506. Amendments to title 18, United States Code
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18 , United States Code Title 18, United States Code, is amended— in section 921(a), by striking paragraph
(24)and inserting the following: The terms firearm silencer and firearm muffler mean any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including the keystone part of such a device. The term keystone part means, with respect to a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, an externally visible part of a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, without which a device capable of silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm cannot be assembled, but the term does not include any interchangeable parts designed to mount a firearm silencer or firearm muffler to a portable firearm. ; in section 922(b)— in paragraph (1), by striking shotgun or rifle the first place it appears and inserting shotgun, rifle, firearm silencer or firearm muffler, ; and in paragraph (3), by striking rifle or shotgun and inserting shotgun, rifle, firearm silencer or firearm muffler ; and in section 923(i)— by striking Licensed and inserting the following: In the case of a firearm other than a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, licensed ; and by adding at the end the following: In the case of a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, licensed importers and licensed manufacturers shall identify by means of a serial number engraved or cast on the keystone part of the firearm silencer or firearm muffler, in such manner as the Attorney General shall by regulations prescribe, each firearm silencer or firearm muffler imported or manufactured by such importer or manufacturer, except that, if a firearm silencer or firearm muffler does not have a clearly identifiable keystone part or has multiple keystone parts, licensed importers or licensed manufacturers shall submit a request for a marking variance to the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall grant such a request except on showing good cause that marking the firearm silencer or firearm muffler as requested would not further the purposes of this chapter. .