Summary Of Federal Firearms Laws—September 2010
(5) to ship or transport any explosive in interstate or foreign commerce or to receive or possess any
explosive which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.
(j) It shall be unlawful for any person to store any explosive material in a manner not in conformity with
regulations promulgated by the Secretary. In promulgating such regulations, the Secretary shall take into
consideration the class, type, and quantity of explosive materials to be stored, as well as the standards of
safety and security recognized in the explosives industry.
(k) It shall be unlawful for any person who has knowledge of the theft or loss of any explosive materials from
his stock, to fail to report such theft or loss within twenty-four hours of discovery thereof, to the Secretary
and to appropriate local authorities.
(l) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture any plastic explosive that does not contain a detection
agent.
(m) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to import or bring into the United States, or export
from the United States, any plastic explosive that does not contain a detection agent.
(2) This subsection does not apply to the importation or bringing into the United States, or the
exportation from the United States, of any plastic explosive that was imported or brought into, or
manufactured in the United States prior to the date of enactment of this subsection by or on behalf of
any agency of the United States performing military or police functions (including any military
reserve component) or by or on behalf of the National Guard of any State, not later than 15 years
after the date of entry into force of the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives, with
respect to the United States.
(n) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to ship, transport, transfer, receive, or possess any
plastic explosive that does not contain a detection agent.
(2) This subsection does not apply to -
(A) the shipment, transportation, transfer, receipt, or possession of any plastic explosive that
was imported or brought into, or manufactured in the United States prior to the date of
enactment of this subsection by any person during the period beginning on that date and ending
3 years after that date of enactment; or
(B) the shipment, transportation, transfer, receipt, or possession of any plastic explosive that
was imported or brought into, or manufactured in the United States prior to the date of
enactment of this subsection by or on behalf of any agency of the United States performing a
military or police function (including any military reserve component) or by or on behalf of the
National Guard of any State, not later than 15 years after the date of entry into force of the
Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives, with respect to the United States.
(o) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than an agency of the United States (including any military
reserve component) or the National Guard of any State, possessing any plastic explosive on the date of
enactment of this subsection, to fail to report to the Secretary within 120 days after such date of enactment the
quantity of such explosives possessed, the manufacturer or importer, any marks of identification on such
explosives, and such other information as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation.
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