102 STAT. 3190
PUBLIC LAW 100-615—NOV. 5, 1988
(B) selected by the agencies utilizing the buildings which are being surveyed under this section. (2) Such personnel shall be detailed for the purpose of carrying out this section without any reduction of salary or benefits. (d) REPORT.—As soon as practicable after the completion of the project carried out under this section, the Secretary shall transmit a report of the findings and conclusions of the project to the Congress and to the agencies who own the buildings involved in such project. (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated $250,000 to carry out this section. 15 USC 5001.
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SEC. 4. PENALTIES FOR ENTERING INTO COMMERCE OF IMITATION FIREARMS.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, enter into commerce, ship, transport, or receive any toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm unless such firearm contains, or has affixed to it, a marking approved by the Secretary of Commerce, as provided in subsection (b). OJXD Except as provided in paragraph (2) or (3), each toy, lookalike, or imitation firearm shall have as an integral part, permanently affixed, a blaze orange plug inserted in the barrel of such toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm. Such plug shall be recessed no more than 6 millimeters from the muzzle end of the barrel of such firearm. (2) The Secretary of Commerce may provide for an alternate marking or device for any toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm not capable of being marked as provided in paragraph (1) and may waive the requirement of any such marking or device for any toy, lookalike, or imitation firearm that will only be used in the theatrical, movie or television industry. (3) The Secretary is authorized to make adjustments and changes in the marking system provided for by this section, after consulting with interested persons. (c) For purposes of this section, the term "look-alike firearm" means any imitation of any original firearm which was manufactured, designed, and produced since 1898, including and limited to toy guns, water guns, replica nonguns, and air-soft guns firing nonmetallic projectiles. Such term does not include any look-alike, nonfiring, collector replica of an antique firearm developed prior to 1898, or traditional B-B, paint-ball, or pellet-firing air guns that expel a projectile through the force of air pressure. (d) The Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics is authorized and directed to conduct a study of the criminal misuse of toy, lookalike and imitation firearms, including studying police reports of such incidences and shall report on such incidences relative to marked and unmarked firearms. (c) The Director of National Institute of Justice is authorized and directed to conduct a technical evaluation of the marking systems provided for in subsection (b) to determine their effectiveness in police combat situations. The Director shall begin the study within 3 months after the date of enactment of this section and such study shall be completed within 9 months after such date of enactment. (f) This section shall become effective on the date 6 months after the date of its enactment and shall apply to toy, look-alike, and imitation firearms manufactured or entered into commerce after such date of enactment.
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