Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§5901 Findings
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 85— - ARMORED CAR INDUSTRY RECIPROCITY › § 5901
Summary
Congress finds that moving money, bullion, securities, food‑assistance benefits, and other high‑value items across state lines depends on armored car services. Armored cars carry and protect these items, sometimes transporting more than $1,000,000,000 a day. Crew members face armed attacks and carry weapons. States require weapons training and background checks, and there is a need for states to accept other states’ armed‑crew licenses so these transports stay safe.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §5901
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Congress finds that—
(1)the distribution of goods and services to consumers in the United States requires the free flow of currency, bullion, securities, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, and other items of unusual value in interstate commerce;
(2)the armored car industry transports and protects such items in interstate commerce, including daily transportation of currency and supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits valued at more than $1,000,000,000;
(3)armored car crew members are often subject to armed attack by individuals attempting to steal such items;
(4)to protect themselves and the items they transport, such crew members are armed with weapons;
(5)various States require both weapons training and a criminal record background check before licensing a crew member to carry a weapon; and
(6)there is a need for each State to reciprocally accept weapons licenses of other States for armored car crew members to assure the free and safe transport of valuable items in interstate commerce.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical
Amendments
to this section. The
Amendments
by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
Amendments
2008—Pars. (1), (2). Pub. L. 110–246, § 4002(b)(1)(E), (2)(L), substituted “supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits” for “food stamps”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture. Amendment by section 4002(b)(1)(E), (2)(L) of Pub. L. 110–246 effective Oct. 1, 2008, see section 4407 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1161 of Title 2, The Congress.
Short Title
of 1998 Amendment Pub. L. 105–287, § 1, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2776, provided that: “This Act [amending section 5902 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 5902 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Armored Car Reciprocity
Amendments
of 1998’.”
Short Title
Pub. L. 103–55, § 1, July 28, 1993, 107 Stat. 276, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993’.”
Reference
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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 5901
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73