Volume 75
Public Law 87–342
To strengthen the Federal Firearms Act.
Approved October 3, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To strengthen the Federal Firearms Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 1 of the
Transportation of firearms.
Federal Firearms Act, as amended (52 Stat. 1250; 15 U.S.C. 901–909), is further amended by repealing paragraph (6), by deleting the words “crime of violence” in paragraph (7) and inserting in lieu thereof the words “crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year”, and by renumbering paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs (6) and (7).
Sec. 2.
Section 2 of such Act is amended by deleting the words “crime of violence” in subsections (d), (e), and (f) and inserting in lieu thereof the words “crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year”.
Approved October 3, 1961.