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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 1071 (Enrolled) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1062

Sec. 1062. Modifications to authority for transfer and sale of certain surplus firearms, ammunition, and parts

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Section 40728 of title 36, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may conduct a one-time transfer to the corporation, in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this subchapter, of pump action shotguns, including any shotguns that are surplus to the requirements of the Center of Military History and the Army Museum Enterprise, that— on the date of the enactment of this paragraph are under the control of the Secretary; and are surplus to the requirements of the Department of the Army at the time of the submission of the report required in subsection (k). The Secretary may not transfer pursuant to paragraph
(3)any shotgun that is a modular ancillary addition to a service rifle, or meets the definition of a short-barreled shotgun as that term is defined in section 921(a)(6) of title 18, United States Code. ; in subsection (i), by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of the Navy may conduct a one-time transfer to the corporation, in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this subchapter, of surplus pump action shotguns that— on the date of the enactment of this paragraph are under the control of the Secretary; and are surplus to the requirements of the Department of the Navy at the time of the submission of the report required in subsection (k). The Secretary may not transfer pursuant to paragraph
(3)any shotgun that is a modular ancillary addition to a service rifle or meets the definition of a short-barreled shotgun as that term is defined in section 921(a)(6) of title 18, United States Code. ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of the Air Force may conduct a one-time transfer to the corporation, in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this subchapter, of pump action shotguns that— on the date of the enactment of this paragraph are under the control of the Secretary; and are surplus to the requirements of the Department of the Air Force at the time of the submission of the report required in subsection (k). The Secretary may not transfer pursuant to paragraph
(1)any shotgun that is a modular ancillary addition to a service rifle or meets the definition of a short-barreled shotgun as that term is defined in section 921(a)(6) of title 18, United States Code. The Secretary concerned authorized to transfer shotguns under subsection (h), (i), or
(j)shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report that includes the following elements: The total number of surplus shotguns, including the make and model of each such shotgun, that meet the criteria for transfer to the corporation under such subsection. The total number of surplus shotguns, including the make and mode of each such shotgun, that the Secretary concerned intends to transfer to the corporation under such subsection. In this subsection, the term Secretary concerned has the meaning given such term in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United States Code. A Secretary may not transfer surplus shotguns described in subsections (h), (i), or (j), until the date that is 60 days after the date of the submittal of the report required under subsection (k). The Secretary of the Army shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the results of the investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division regarding unaccounted for pistols at the corporation. The briefing shall be provided after the investigation has concluded. . Section 40732 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by striking , and caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 surplus pistols, each place it appears and inserting , caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 surplus pistols, and surplus pump action shotguns (except any shotgun that is a modular ancillary addition to a service rifle , or meets the definition of a . short-barreled shotgun as that term is defined in section 921(a)(6) of title 18, United States Code),
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