168.5 EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SHIPMENT OF PERSONALLY OWNED FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04722A000200010064-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 64
• Content Type: REGULATION

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168.5 Employee Responsibility for Shipment of Personally Owned Fire-
arms and Ammunition
It is the responsibility of each employee to consult the post report to
determine the restrictions and limitations, if any, that are placed
upon the shipment of personally owned firearms or ammunition into the
country of assignment. The post report will include the prescribed
procedures that must be complied with under host country regulations
when firearms and ammunition are authorized. Where post reports are
not available, the employee, before initiating shipment of firearms or
ammunition, must secure in writing authorization and approval from the
Chief of Mission.
When an employee transfers direct without Washington assignment from
one post to another post where no, or fewer firearms are authorized,
the employee must send the excess, or all, firearms back to the United
States in accordance with regulations governing the importation of
firearms and ammunition. (See Sections 6 FAM 183.2.1 and 10 FAM 180.)
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183.2-1 Importation of Personally Owned Firearms and Ammunition into
the United States
The importation provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968, which became
effective on October 22, 1968, are administered and enforced by the
Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department. Executive Order 111+32,
effective October 22, 1968, transferred. the importation provisions of
Section 1114(B) of the Mutual Security Act, as amended, from the Sec-
retary of State to the Secretary of the Treasury. The Internal Revenue
Service issued comprehensive regulations effective December 16, 1968
setting forth the rules governing the shipment of firearms and ammu-
nition. The regulation governing the shipment of firearms and ammu-
nition, entitled "Part 178 - Commerce in Firearms and Ammunition" (26
CFR 178), provides:
A. Personnel may ship to the United States any firearms or ammunition
which they originally shipped from the United States provided they can
prove to the satisfaction of the U. S. Customs officials that they
possessed the firearms or ammunition in the United States.
Methods of proof are:
1. Bill of sale receipt
2. Registration or Customs Form 4457
3. Household effects inventory or packing list prepared in the
U. S. on outbound shipments
4. A sworn statement in the form of an affidavit attested to and
bearing the official seal of the Consular Office at the em-
ployee's overseas post of assignment.
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Personnel able to meet one of the above methods of proof may have their
firearms shipped back to the United States packed inside the household
effects container. Ammunition must be packed separately and under no
circumstances included in household effects or baggage shipments.
B. Personnel who purchase firearms or ammunition outside of the United
States must arrange for its importation into the United States strictly
in accordance with the regulation (26 CFR 178.113). This applies to
the U. S. manufactured as well as foreign manufactured firearms and
ammunition. There are no exemption provisions for civilian Government
employees nor are there any waiver provisions.
Personnel in this category must arrange for an importer or dealer
located in their state residence in the United States to handle the
importation of their firearms or ammunition. The owner must complete
an application in triplicate for a permit, IRS Form 6, and forward the
application to the importer or dealer who will complete the application
and forward it to the Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department,
Washington, D. C. A single permit will cover one or more firearms and
one or more types of ammunition.
The firearms and ammunition must be shipped directly to the importer or
dealer handling the importation. Under no circumstances may firearms
and ammunition in this category be included in household or personal
effects shipments to the United States or shipped separately in care of
the U. S. Despatch Agents. /
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Shipments of firearms or ammunition may be charged against the travel
authorizations of the employee concerned. The method of shipment must
be determined by each post on the basis of available facilities.
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