James Guelff Body Armor Act of 1995

[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1339 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1339

To amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the mail-order sale
                             of body armor.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 19 (legislative day, October 18), 1995

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the mail-order sale
                             of body armor.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``James Guelff Body Armor Act of
1995''.

SEC. 2. UNLAWFUL MAIL-ORDER SALE OF BODY ARMOR.

    Title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new chapter:

                       ``CHAPTER 44A--BODY ARMOR

``Sec
``941. Unlawful acts.''
``Sec. 941. Unlawful acts
    ``(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, it
shall be unlawful for a person to sell or deliver body armor unless the
transferee meets in person with the transferor to accomplish the sale,
delivery, and receipt of the matter.
    ``(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to body armor used by law
enforcement officers.
    ``(c) As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `body armor' means any product sold or
        offered for sale as personal protective body covering whether
        the product is to be worn alone or is sold as a complement to
        other products or garments; and
            ``(2) the term `law enforcement officer' means any officer,
        agent, or employee of the United States, a State, or a
        political subdivision of a State, authorized by law or by a
        government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention,
        detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of
        criminal law.''.
    ``(d) Whoever knowingly violates this section shall be fined under
this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.''.
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