[105th Congress Public Law 287]
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Public Law 105-287
105th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To amend the Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993 to clarify 
       certain requirements and to improve the flow of interstate 
            commerce. <<NOTE: Oct. 27, 1998 -  [H.R. 624]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Armored Car 
Reciprocity Amendments of 1998.>> 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. <<NOTE: 15 USC 5901 note.>> 

    This Act may be cited as the ``Armored Car Reciprocity Amendments of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAPONS LICENSES ISSUED TO 
            ARMORED CAR COMPANY CREW MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3(a) of the Armored Car Industry 
Reciprocity Act of 1993 (15 U.S.C. 5902(a)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(a) In General.--If an armored car crew member employed by an 
armored car company--
            ``(1) has in effect a license issued by the appropriate 
        State agency (in the State in which such member is primarily 
        employed by such company) to carry a weapon while acting in the 
        services of such company in that State, and such State agency 
        meets the minimum requirements under subsection (b); and
            ``(2) has met all other applicable requirements to act as an 
        armored car crew member in the State in which such member is 
        primarily employed by such company,

then such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry any weapon to 
which such license relates and function as an armored car crew member in 
any State while such member is acting in the service of such company.''.
    (b) Minimum State Requirements.--Section 3(b) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
5902(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Minimum State Requirements.--A State agency meets the minimum 
State requirements of this subsection if--
            ``(1) in issuing an initial weapons license to an armored 
        car crew member described in subsection (a), the agency 
        determines to its satisfaction that--
                    ``(A) the crew member has received classroom and 
                range training in weapons safety and marksmanship during 
                the current year from a qualified instructor for each 
                weapon that the crew member will be licensed to carry; 
                and
                    ``(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the 
                crew member would not violate Federal law, determined on 
                the

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                basis of a criminal record background check conducted 
                during the current year;
            ``(2) in issuing a renewal of a weapons license to an 
        armored car crew member described in subsection (a), the agency 
        determines to its satisfaction that--
                    ``(A) the crew member has received continuing 
                training in weapons safety and marksmanship from a 
                qualified instructor for each weapon that the crew 
                member is licensed to carry; and
                    ``(B) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the 
                crew member would not violate Federal law, as determined 
                by the agency; and
            ``(3) in issuing a weapons license under paragraph (1) or 
        paragraph (2), as the case may be--
                    ``(A) the agency issues such license for a period 
                not to exceed 2 years; or
                    ``(B) the agency issues such license for a period 
                not to exceed 5 years in the case of a State that 
                enacted a State law before October 1, 1996, that 
                provides for the issuance of an initial weapons license 
                or a renewal of a weapons license, as the case may be, 
                for a period not to exceed 5 years.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. <<NOTE: 15 USC 5902 note.>> 

    The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

    Approved October 27, 1998.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 624:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 105-6 (Comm. on Commerce).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-297 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 143 (1997):
                                    Feb. 26, considered and passed 
                                        House.
                                                        Vol. 144 (1998):
                                    Oct. 9, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.

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