Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 926


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 926 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Added Pub. L. 90-351, title IV, Sec. 902, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat.
    234; amended Pub. L. 90-618, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 22, 1968, 82
    Stat. 1226; Pub. L. 99-308, Sec. 106, May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 459;
    Pub. L. 103-322, title XI, Sec. 110401(d), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
    Stat. 2015; Pub. L. 107-296, title XI, Sec. 1112(f)(6), Nov. 25,
    2002, 116 Stat. 2276.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The date of the enactment of the Firearms Owners' Protection Act,
    referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L.
    99-308, which was approved May 19, 1986.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2002 - Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 107-296 substituted "Attorney
    General" for "Secretary".
      1994 - Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 103-322 added par. (3).
      1986 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-308, Sec. 106(1)-(4), designated
    existing provision as subsec. (a), and in subsec. (a) as so
    designated, in provision preceding par. (1) substituted "may
    prescribe only" for "may prescribe" and "as are" for "as he deems
    reasonably", and in closing provision substituted provision that no
    rule or regulation prescribed after May 19, 1986, require that
    records required under this chapter be recorded at or transferred
    to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or
    any State or political subdivision thereof, nor any system of
    registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions
    or dispositions be established and that nothing in this section
    expand or restrict the authority of the Secretary to inquire into
    the disposition of any firearm in the course of a criminal
    investigation for provision that the Secretary give reasonable
    public notice, and afford an opportunity for a hearing, prior to
    prescribing rules and regulations.
      Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 99-308, Sec. 106(5), added subsecs.
    (b) and (c).
      1968 - Pub. L. 90-618 inserted provisions authorizing the
    Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring a licensee, when
    dealing with another licensee, to provide such other licensee a
    certified copy of the license, and regulations authorizing the
    issuance of certified copies of the license required under this
    chapter.

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