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 107 STAT. 276 PUBLIC LAW 103-55 —JULY 28, 1993 Public Law 103-55 103d Congress An Act July 28, 1993 [H.R. 1189] Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993. 15 USC 5901 note. 15 USC 5901. 15 USC 5902. To entitle certain armored car crew members to lawfully carry a weapon in any State while protecting the security of valuable goods in interstate commerce in the service of an armored car company. 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 "Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993". SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that— (1) the distribution of goods and services to consumers in the United States requires the free flow of currency, bulUon, securities, food stamps, and other items of unusual value in interstate commerce; (2) the armored car industry transports and protects such items in interstate commerce, including daily transportation of currency and food stamps valued at more than $1,000,000,000; (3) armored car crew members are often subject to armed attack by individuals attempting to steal such items; (4) to protect themselves and the items they transport, such crew members are armed with weapons; (5) various States require both weapons training and a criminal record background check before licensing a crew member to carry a weapon; and (6) there is a need for each State to reciprocally accept weapons licenses of other States for armored car crew members to assure the free and safe transport of valuable items in interstate commerce. SEC. 3. STATE RECIPROCITY OF WEAPONS LICENSES ISSUED TO ARMORED CAR COMPANY CREW MEMBERS. (a) IN GENERAL.— If an armored car crew member employed by an armored car company 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 State requirements under subsection (b), then such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry any weapon to which such license relates in any State while such crew member is acting in the service of such company.

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