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 PUBLIC LAW 99-408—AUG. 28, 1986

100 STAT. 921

"(C) the sale or delivery by a manufacturer or importer of such ammunition for the purposes of testing or experimenting authorized by the Secretary.". SEC. 3. Subparagraph (A) of section 923(a)(l) of title 18 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "(A) of destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices or armor piercing ammunition, a fee of $1,000 per year;". SEC. 4, Subparagraph (C) of section 923(a)(1) of title 18 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "(C) of ammunition for firearms, other than ammunition for destructive devices or armor piercing ammunition, a fee of $10 per year.". SEC. 5. Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 923(a)(2) of title 18 of the United States Code are amended to read as follows: "(A) of destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices or armor piercing ammunition, a fee of $1,000 per year; or "(B) of firearms other than destructive devices or ammunition for firearms other than destructive devices, or ammunition other than armor piercing ammunition, a fee of $50 per year.". SEC. 6. Section 923(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: "The Secretary may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, revoke the license of a dealer who willfully transfers armor piercing ammunition.". SEC. 7. Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(k) Licensed importers and licensed manufacturers shall mark all armor piercing projectiles and packages containing such projectiles for distribution in the manner prescribed by the Secretary by regulation. The Secretary shall furnish information to each dealer licensed under this chapter defining which projectiles are considered armor piercing ammunition as defined in section 921(a)(17)(B).". SEC. 8. Section 929 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking out "violence including" and inserting "violence (including" in lieu thereof; (B) by striking out "device for" and inserting "device) for" in lieu thereof; (C) by striking out "uses or carries any handgun" and all that follows through "subsection (b)" and inserting in lieu thereof "uses or carries a firearm and is in possession of armor piercing ammunition capable of being fired in that firearm"; (D) by striking out "nor more than ten"; and (E) by striking out the last two sentences; and (2) so that subsection (b) reads as follows: "(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall not suspend the sentence of any person convicted of a violation of this section, nor place the person on probation, nor shall the terms of imprisonment run concurrently with any other terms of imprisonment, including that imposed for the crime in which the armor piercing ammunition was used or possessed. No person sentenced under this section shall be eligible for parole during the term of imprisonment imposed herein.". SEC. 9. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, except that sections 3, 4, and 5 shall

Research and development.

Ante, p. 453.

Ante, p. 460.

Law enforcement and crime.

Effective date. 18 USC 921 note.

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