Sec. 515. Ban on untraceable and undetectable firearms
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Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is amended— in paragraph (3)— by inserting , including an unfinished frame or receiver after such weapon ; and by striking or
(D)any destructive device and inserting ;
(D)any destructive device; or
(E)any combination of parts designed or intended for use in converting any device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled ; in paragraph (10), by adding at the end the following: The term ; and manufacturing firearms includes assembling a functional firearm from a frame or receiver or molding, machining, or 3D printing a frame or receiver, and does not include making or fitting special barrels, stocks, or trigger mechanisms to firearms. by inserting after paragraph
(50)the following: The term frame or receiver — means the part of a firearm that can provide the action or housing for the hammer, bolt, or breechblock and firing mechanism; includes a frame or lower receiver blank, casting, or machined body that requires further machining or molding to be used as part of a functional firearm, and which is designed and intended to be used in the assembly of a functional firearm; and does not include a piece of material that has had— its size or external shape altered solely to facilitate transportation or storage; or solely its chemical composition altered. The term ghost gun — means a firearm, including a frame or receiver, that lacks a unique serial number engraved or cast in metal or metal alloy on the frame or receiver by a licensed manufacturer or importer in accordance with this chapter; and does not include a firearm that has been rendered permanently inoperable. . Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Except as provided in subparagraph (B), it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, or receive a ghost gun in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce. Subparagraph
(A)shall not apply to— the manufacture of a firearm by a licensed manufacturer if the licensed manufacturer complies with section 923(i) before selling or transferring the firearm to another person; the offer to sell, sale, or transfer of a firearm to, or purchase or receipt of a firearm by, a licensed manufacturer or importer before the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection; or a transaction between a licensed manufacturer and a licensed importer on any date. It shall be unlawful for a person other than a licensed manufacturer or importer to engrave or cast a serial number on a firearm in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce. Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer or importer to possess a ghost gun in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce with the intent to— sell or transfer the ghost gun with or without further manufacturing; or manufacture a firearm with the ghost gun. . Section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The serial number shall be engraved or cast in metal or metal alloy and sufficient to identify the firearm and the manufacturer or importer that put the serial number on the firearm. . Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is amended— in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking or
(w)and inserting (w), or
(aa); and in subsection (d)(1), by striking or
(k)and inserting (k), or
(aa). Section 922(p) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking any firearm ; in paragraph (1)— by striking subparagraph
(A)and inserting the following: an undetectable firearm; or ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking any major component of which, when subjected to inspection by the types of x-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate and inserting the following: a major component of a firearm which, if subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices commonly used at airports for security screening, would not generate ; by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: For purposes of this subsection— the term detectable material means any material that creates a magnetic field equivalent to or more than 3.7 ounces of 17–4 pH stainless steel; the term major component , with respect to a firearm— means the slide or cylinder or the frame or receiver of the firearm; and in the case of a rifle or shotgun, includes the barrel of the firearm; and the term undetectable firearm means a firearm, as defined in section 921(a)(3)(A), of which no major component is wholly made of detectable material; ; in paragraph (3)— in the first sentence, by inserting , including a prototype, after of a firearm ; and by striking the second sentence; and in paragraph (5), by striking shall not apply to any firearm which and all that follows and inserting the following: “shall not apply to— any firearm received by, in the possession of, or under the control of the United States; or the manufacture, importation, possession, transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of a firearm by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer pursuant to a contract with the United States. .