[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR447.11]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND FIREARMS
 
   CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, 
                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 447_IMPORTATION OF ARMS, AMMUNITION AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAR--Table of 
 
                          Subpart B_Definitions
 
Sec.  447.11  Meaning of terms.


    When used in this part and in forms prescribed under this part, 
where not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with 
the intent thereof, terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this 
section. Words in the plural form shall include the singular, and vice 
versa, and words imparting the masculine gender shall include the 
feminine. The terms ``includes'' and ``including'' do not exclude other 
things not enumerated which are in the same general class or are 
otherwise within the scope thereof.
    Appropriate ATF officer. An officer or employee of the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) specified by ATF Order 1130.34, 
Delegation of the Director's Authorities in 27 CFR Part 447, Importation 
of Arms, Ammunition and Implements of War.
    Article. Any of the arms, ammunition, and implements of war 
enumerated in the U.S. Munitions Import List.
    Bureau. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Department of 
the Treasury.
    Carbine. A short-barrelled rifle whose barrel is generally not 
longer than 22 inches and is characterized by light weight.
    CFR. The Code of Federal Regulations.
    Chemical agent. A substance useful in war which, by its ordinary and 
direct chemical action, produces a powerful physiological effect.
    Defense articles. Any item designated in Sec.  447.21 or Sec.  
447.22. This term includes models, mockups, and other such items which 
reveal technical data directly relating to Sec.  447.21 or Sec.  447.22. 
For purposes of Category XXII, any item enumerated on the U.S. Munitions 
List (22 CFR Part 121).
    Defense services. (a) The furnishing of assistance, including 
training, to foreign persons in the design, engineering, development, 
production, processing, manufacture, use, operation, overhaul, repair, 
maintenance, modification, or reconstruction of defense articles, 
whether in the United States or abroad; or
    (b) The furnishing to foreign persons of any technical data, whether 
in the United States or abroad.
    Director. The Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the 
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20226.
    Executed under the penalties of perjury. Signed with the prescribed 
declaration

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under the penalties of perjury as provided on or with respect to the 
application, form, or other document or, where no form of declaration is 
prescribed, with the declaration: ``I declare under the penalties of 
perjury that this ------------ (insert type of document such as 
statement, certificate, application, or other document), including the 
documents submitted in support thereof, has been examined by me and, to 
best of my knowledge and belief, is true, correct, and complete.''
    Firearms. A weapon, and all components and parts therefor, not over 
.50 caliber which will or is designed to or may be readily converted to 
expel a projectile by the action of an explosive, but shall not include 
BB and pellet guns, and muzzle loading (black powder) firearms 
(including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or 
similar type of ignition system) or firearms covered by Category I(a) 
established to have been manufactured in or before 1898.
    Import or importation. Bringing into the United States from a 
foreign country any of the articles on the Import List, but shall not 
include intransit, temporary import or temporary export transactions 
subject to Department of State controls under Title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    Import List. The list of articles contained in Sec.  447.21 and 
identified therein as ``The U.S. Munitions Import List''.
    Machinegun. A ``machinegun'', ``machine pistol'', ``submachinegun'', 
or ``automatic rifle'' is a firearm originally designed to fire, or 
capable of being fired fully automatically by a single pull of the 
trigger.
    Permit. The same as ``license'' for purposes of 22 U.S.C. 1934(c).
    Person. A partnership, company, association, or corporation, as well 
as a natural person.
    Pistol. A hand-operated firearm having a chamber integral with, or 
permanently aligned with, the bore.
    Revolver. A hand-operated firearm with a revolving cylinder 
containing chambers for individual cartridges.
    Rifle. A shoulder firearm discharging bullets through a rifled 
barrel at least 16 inches in length, including combination and drilling 
guns.
    Sporting type sight including optical. A telescopic sight suitable 
for daylight use on a rifle, shotgun, pistol, or revolver for hunting or 
target shooting.
    This chapter. Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter II (27 
CFR Chapter II).
    United States. When used in the geographical sense, includes the 
several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the insular possessions 
of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any territory over 
which the United States exercises any powers of administration, 
legislation, and jurisdiction.

(26 U.S.C. 7805 (68A Stat. 917), 27 U.S.C. 205 (49 Stat. 981 as 
amended), 18 U.S.C. 926 (82 Stat. 959), and sec. 38, Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778, 90 Stat. 744))

[T.D. ATF-48, 43 FR 13535, Mar. 31, 1978; 44 FR 55840, Sept. 28, 1979, 
as amended by T.D. ATF-202, 50 FR 14382, Apr. 12, 1985; T.D. ATF-215, 50 
FR 42158, Oct. 18, 1985; T.D. ATF-484, 67 FR 64526, Oct. 21, 2002]