Notes on 26 U.S.C. § 5845 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 26 U.S.C. § 5845 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 90-618, title II, Sec. 201, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat.
1230; amended Pub. L. 94-455, title XIX, Sec. 1906(b)(13)(A), (J),
Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834, 1835; Pub. L. 99-308, Sec. 109, May
19, 1986, 100 Stat. 460.)
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 5845, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 725,
related to the importation of firearms into the United States or
its territory, prior to the general revisions of this chapter by
Pub. L. 90-618.
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were
contained in prior section 5848, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A
Stat. 727, as amended by acts Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85-859, title
II, Sec. 203(f), 72 Stat. 1427; June 1, 1960, Pub. L. 86-478, Sec.
3, 74 Stat. 149, prior to the general revision of this chapter by
Pub. L. 90-618.
AMENDMENTS
1986 - Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 99-308, Sec. 109(b), substituted
"any silencer (as defined in section 921 of title 18, United States
Code)" for "a muffler or a silencer for any firearm whether or not
such firearm is included within this definition".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-308, Sec. 109(a), substituted "any part
designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of
parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a
machinegun," for "any combination of parts designed and intended
for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun,".
1976 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-455, Sec. 1906(b)(13)(A), struck
out "or his delegate" after "Secretary".
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 94-455, Sec. 1906(b)(13)(A), (J), struck out
"or his delegate" after "shotgun or shotgun shell which the
Secretary" and "of the Treasury or his delegate" after "or any
other device which the Secretary".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 99-308 effective 180 days after May 19,
1986, see section 110(a) of Pub. L. 99-308, set out as a note under
section 921 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on first day of first month following October
1968, except as to persons possessing firearms as defined in
subsec. (a) of this section which are not registered to such
persons in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record,
see section 207 of Pub. L. 90-618, set out as a note under section
5801 of this title.
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