PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 1997 "(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession or transfer of any semiautomatic assault weapon otherwise lawfully possessed under Federal law on the date of the enactment of this subsection, "(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— "(A) any of the firearms, or replicas or duplicates of the firearms, specified in Appendix A to this section, as such firearms were manufactured on October 1, 1993; "(B) any firearm that— "(i) is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action; "(ii) has been rendered permanently inoperable; or "(iii) is an antique firearm; "(C) any semiautomatic rifle that cannot accept a detachable magazine that holds more than 5 rounds of ammunition; or "(D) any semiautomatic shotgun that cannot hold more than 5 rounds of ammunition in a fixed or detachable magazine. The fact that a firearm is not listed in Appendix A shall not be construed to mean that paragraph (1) applies to such firearm. No firearm exempted by this subsection may be deleted from Appendix A so long as this subsection is in effect. "(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— "(A) the manufacture for, transfer to, or possession by the United States or a department or agency of the United States or a State or a department, agency, or political subdivision of a State, or a transfer to or possession by a law enforcement officer employed by such an entity for purposes of law enforcement (whether on or off duty); "(B) the transfer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of establishing and maintaining an on-site physical protection system and security organization required by Federal law, or possession by an employee or contractor of such licensee on-site for such purposes or off-site for purposes of licensee-authorized training or transportation of nuclear materials; "(C) the possession, by an individual who is retired from service with a law enforcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited from receiving a firearm, of a semiautomatic assault weapon transferred to the individual by the agency upon such retirement; or "(D) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for the purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the Secretary.". (b) DEFINITION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPON. — Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(30) The term 'semiautomatic assault weapon' means— "(A) any of the firearms, or copies or duplicates of the firearms in any caliber, known as— "(i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies Avtomat Kalashnikovs (all models); "(ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries UZI and Galil; "(iii) Beretta Ar70 (SC-70); "(iv)ColtAR-15; "(v) Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC;
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