To expand the definition of armor piercing ammunition and for other purposes.

SA 1615. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 397, to prohibit civil liability actions from
being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors,
dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive
or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 13, after line 4, insert the following:

SEC. 5. ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITION.

(a) Expansion of Definition of Armor Piercing Ammunition.--
Section 921(a)(17)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) a projectile that may be used in a handgun and that
the Attorney General determines, under section 926(d), to be
capable of penetrating body armor; or
``(iv) a projectile for a center-fire rifle, designed or
marketed as having armor piercing capability, that the
Attorney General determines, under section 926(d), to be more
likely to penetrate body armor than standard ammunition of
the same caliber.''.
(b) Determination of the Capability of Projectiles to
Penetrate Body Armor.--Section 926 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d)(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this subsection, the Attorney General shall promulgate
standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against Body
Armor Exemplar.
``(2) The standards promulgated under paragraph (1) shall
take into account, among other factors, variations in
performance that are related to the length of the barrel of
the handgun or center-fire rifle from which the projectile is
fired and the amount and kind of powder used to propel the
projectile.
``(3) As used in paragraph (1), the term `Body Armor
Exemplar' means body armor that the Attorney General
determines meets minimum standards for the protection of law
enforcement officers.''.
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