,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #beff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bg1 #bjac ,ms4
 ,speier 7for herself1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn   
,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,ms4        
,clarke1 ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1 ,mr4  
,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,tierney1 ,ms4        
,shea-,porter1 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,mr4         
,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4       
,moran1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,ms4 ,frankel of    
,florida1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4           
,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,mr4          
,mc,govern1 and ,mr4 ,farr7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to modify the definition of    
armor piercing ammunition to better     
capture its capabilities4  #a4 ,armor   
piercing ammunition  7a7 ,expansion of  
definition ,section #iba7;a77#ag77;,b7  
of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended--  7#a7 in clause 7,i71 by      
striking or at the end2  7#b7 in clause 
7ii71 by striking the period and        
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 

the end the following3  7iii7 a         
projectile that--  7,i7 may be used in a
 handgun2 and  7,,ii7 the ,attorney     
,general determines1 under section      
#ibf7;d71 to be capable of penetrating  
body armor4  4  7b7 ,determination of   
capability of projectiles ,to penetrate 
body armor  7#a7 ,in general ,section   
#ibf of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following3  7d7 7#a7 ,the
 ,attorney ,general1 in consultation    
with ,director of ,operational ,test and
 ,evaluation of the ,department of      
,defense1 shall promulgate standards for
 the uniform testing of projectiles     
against the ,body ,armor ,exemplar4     
7#b7 ,the standards promulgated under   
paragraph 7#a7 shall take into account1 
among other factors1 variations in      
performance that are related to the type
 of handgun used1 the length of the     
barrel of the handgun1 the amount and   
kind of powder used to propel the       
projectile1 and the design of the       
projectile4  7#c7 ,in paragraph 7#a71   

the term ,body ,armor ,exemplar means   
body armor that the ,attorney ,general  
determines meets minimum standards for  
the protection of law enforcement       
officers4  4  7#b7 ,timing of           
promulgation of standards ,the ,attorney
 ,general shall promulgate the standards
 required by section #ibf7;d7 of title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 within #a   
year after the date of the enactment of 
this section4  7#c7 ,assessment and     
modification of standards ,the ,attorney
 ,general shall assess the standards    
every #c years1 or more frequently if   
the ,attorney ,general finds that       
technological advances warrant doing so1
 and shall modify the standards as      
appropriate4