9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 models which are generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes be allowed, have rendered inadequate the standards set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, except that the Secretary shall not promulgate any such regulation which would permit the approval for sale or delivery of any handgun model which could not have been approved in the absence of such regulation. "(o) It shall be unlawful for any person to reduce the 10 length of the barrel or the overall length of a handgun pre11 viously approved by the Secretary for sale and delivery if 12 as a result of such modification the handgun no longer meets 13 the standards for approval set forth in subsection (n) of this 14 section. 15 "(p) The Secretary shall give written notification of 16 the results of evaluation and testing conducted pursuant to 17 subsection (n) of this section to the licensee submitting 18 samples of a handgun model for such evaluation and testing. 19 If any handgun model fails to meet the standards for ap20 proval, the Secretary's notification shall state specifically 21 the reasons for such finding. Any such notification of ap22 proval or failure shall be published in the Federal Register. 23 At least once each year the Secretary shall compile a list 24 of all handgun models which are then approved for sale or 10 1 delivery under subsection (n) of this section, which list 2 shall be published in the Federal Register and furnished 3 annually to each licensee under this chapter. 4 "(q) Any licensee submitting to the Secretary for test5 ing a handgun model which is subsequently found not in com6 pliance with relevant standards shall have ten days from re7 ceipt of notification of noncompliance within which to submit 8 in writing specific objections to such finding and a request 9 for retesting such model, together with justification therefor. 10 Upon receipt of such a request the Secretary shall promptly 11 arrange for retesting and thereafter notify the aggrieved party 12 of the results, if he determines sufficient justification for re13 testing exists. Should he determine that retesting is not war14 ranted, the Secretary shall promptly notify the aggrieved 15 party as to such determination. In the event that upon re16 testing the Secretary's finding remains adverse, or that the 17 Secretary finds retesting is not warranted, the aggrieved 18 party may within sixty days after the date of the Secretary's 19 notice of such finding file a petition in the United States dis20 trict court in the district in which the aggrieved party has 21 his principal place of business in order to obtain judicial re22 view of such finding. Such review will be in accordance with 23 the provisions of section 706 of title 5, United States Code." SEC. 6. (a) Chapter 44 of such title 18 is further amend 24 25 ed by adding after section 923 the following new section: 11 1 "§ 923A. Registration and licensing of handguns; trans 2 3 fer of handguns and handgun ammunition "(a) (1) (A) No person other than a licensed importer, 4 licensed dealer, or licensed manufacturer shall knowingly 5 possess any handgun unless such handgun is registered with 6 the Secretary pursuant to this subsection. The Secretary shall 7 not register any handgun, the handgun model of which has 8 been disapproved for sale or delivery by a person licensed 9 under section 923. 10 "(B) No person shall transfer possession of any hand11 gun or ammunition of a caliber other than .22 rimfire to 12 another person for use in a handgun unless the transferee (other than a licensed importer, licensed dealer, licensed 14 collector, or licensed manufacturer) displays a Federal hand15 gun license issued under subsection (b) of this section and 16 temporary evidence of registration of the handgun to be 17 transferred (as provided in paragraph (3) (E) of this sub18 section). Where the transferee is a licensed importer, licensed 19 dealer, licensed collector, or licensed manufacturer, no person 20 shall transfer possession of any handgun or ammunition other 21 than .22 rimfire for use in any handgun unless such trans22 feree displays a license issued under section 923, and in 23 the case of a licensed collector, temporary evidence of regis24 tration of the handgun to be transferred (as provided in para25 graph (A) (E) of this subsection). 1 12 "(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 925 2 (a) (1), the Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as 3 he deems reasonably necessary to provide procedures for the 4 registration of any handgun possessed and for which regis5 tration is applied by (A) the United States or any depart6 ment or agency thereof, or (B) any State, or department, 7 8 or agency, or political subdivision thereof. Any regulations so prescribed may authorize any such department, agency, 9 or instrumentality of the United States or any State or po10 litical subdivision thereof to prescribe its own procedure for 11 registration of handguns subject to the approval of the 12 Secretary. 13 "(3) The application for registration of a handgun 14 shall be filed in such place as the Secretary by regulation 15 may provide and be in such form and contain such infor16 mation as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe 17 including "(A) the name, address, and social security or taxpayer identification number of the applicant, "(B) the number of the Federal handgun license issued to the applicant pursuant to subsection (b), "(C) the name of the manufacturer, the caliber or gage, the model and the type, and the serial number of the handgun, "(D) the date, place, and name and address of the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 བ 8 9 13 person from whom the handgun was obtained, the number of such person's certificate of registration of such handgun if any, and, if such person is licensed under section 923, his license number, and "(E) a form containing sufficient copies to allow the applicant to retain a duplicate of the original application which duplicate shall be retained by the applicant and shall be temporary evidence of registration. "(4) Each applicant shall pay a fee for registering each 10 handgun as follows 11 12 13 14 15 "(A) for the first handgun, a fee of $2, "(B) for each additional handgun, a fee of $1, and "(C) for a collection of handguns (as that term is defined in regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe), a fee of $2. 16 The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply, and no 17 registration fee shall be charged for registration of any 18 handgun possessed and for which registration is applied by"(i) the United States or any department or agency 23 thereof, 66 (ii) any State, political subdivision, department, "(5) Upon the filing of a proper application and pay 24 ment of the prescribed fee, the Secretary shall issue to the 25 applicant a numbered registration certificate identifying |