The following excerpt is from USA. v. Geiger, 263 F.3d 1034 (9th Cir. 2001):
Section 5822 requires a putative bomb-maker to make a "written application [to] the Secretary, " to pay a specified tax, and to gain the permission of "the Secretary to make and register the firearm." 18 U.S.C. 5822, 5861(c); see United States v. Combs, 762 F.2d 1343, 1346 (9th Cir. 1985).
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