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116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 282

To improve public safety through sensible reforms to firearms regulations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 8, 2019

Mrs. BEATTY (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mrs. HAYES)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the

Judiciary

A BILL To improve public safety through sensible reforms to

firearms regulations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safer America for Ev-4

eryone Right Now Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFER Now Act’’. 5

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6

Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 7

amended— 8

(1) by inserting after paragraph (29) the fol-9

lowing: 10

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‘‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic pistol’ means any re-1

peating pistol that— 2

‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing 3

cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and 4

chamber the next round; and 5

‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to 6

fire each cartridge. 7

‘‘(31) The term ‘semiautomatic shotgun’ means any 8

repeating shotgun that— 9



chamber the next round; and 12


fire each cartridge.’’; and 14

(2) by adding at the end the following: 15

‘‘(36) The term ‘semiautomatic assault weapon’ 16

means any of the following, regardless of country of manu-17

facture or caliber of ammunition accepted: 18

‘‘(A) A semiautomatic rifle that has the capac-19

ity to accept a detachable magazine and any one of 20

the following: 21

‘‘(i) A pistol grip. 22

‘‘(ii) A forward grip. 23

‘‘(iii) A folding, telescoping, or detachable 24

stock. 25


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‘‘(iv) A grenade launcher or rocket launch-1

er. 2

‘‘(v) A barrel shroud. 3

‘‘(vi) A threaded barrel. 4

‘‘(B) A semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed 5

magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 6

rounds, except for an attached tubular device de-7

signed to accept, and capable of operating only with, 8

.22 caliber rimfire ammunition. 9

‘‘(C) Any part, combination of parts, compo-10

nent, device, attachment, or accessory that is de-11

signed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of 12

a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiauto-13

matic rifle into a machinegun. 14

‘‘(D) A semiautomatic pistol that has the ca-15

pacity to accept a detachable magazine and any one 16

of the following: 17

‘‘(i) A threaded barrel. 18

‘‘(ii) A second pistol grip. 19

‘‘(iii) A barrel shroud. 20

‘‘(iv) The capacity to accept a detachable 21

magazine at some location outside of the pistol 22

grip. 23

‘‘(v) A semiautomatic version of an auto-24

matic firearm. 25


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‘‘(E) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed maga-1

zine that has the capacity to accept more than 10 2

rounds. 3

‘‘(F) A semiautomatic shotgun that has any one 4

of the following: 5

‘‘(i) A folding, telescoping, or detachable 6

stock. 7

‘‘(ii) A pistol grip. 8

‘‘(iii) A fixed magazine with the capacity to 9

accept more than 5 rounds. 10

‘‘(iv) The ability to accept a detachable 11

magazine. 12

‘‘(v) A forward grip. 13

‘‘(vi) A grenade launcher or rocket launch-14

er. 15

‘‘(G) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder. 16

‘‘(H) All of the following rifles, copies, dupli-17

cates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capa-18

bility of any such weapon thereof: 19

‘‘(i) All AK types, including the following: 20

‘‘(I) AK, AK47, AK47S, AK–74, 21

AKM, AKS, ARM, MAK90, MISR, 22

NHM90, NHM91, Rock River Arms LAR– 23

47, SA85, SA93, Vector Arms AK–47, 24

VEPR, WASR–10, and WUM. 25


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‘‘(II) IZHMASH Saiga AK. 1

‘‘(III) MAADI AK47 and ARM. 2

‘‘(IV) Norinco 56S, 56S2, 84S, and 3

86S. 4

‘‘(V) Poly Technologies AK47 and 5

AKS. 6

‘‘(ii) All AR types, including the following: 7

‘‘(I) AR–10. 8

‘‘(II) AR–15. 9

‘‘(III) Alexander Arms Overmatch 10

Plus 16. 11

‘‘(IV) Armalite M15 22LR Carbine. 12

‘‘(V) Armalite M15–T. 13

‘‘(VI) Barrett REC7. 14

‘‘(VII) Beretta AR–70. 15

‘‘(VIII) Black Rain Ordnance Recon 16

Scout. 17

‘‘(IX) Bushmaster ACR. 18

‘‘(X) Bushmaster Carbon 15. 19

‘‘(XI) Bushmaster MOE series. 20

‘‘(XII) Bushmaster XM15. 21

‘‘(XIII) Chiappa Firearms MFour ri-22

fles. 23

‘‘(XIV) Colt Match Target rifles. 24


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‘‘(XV) CORE Rifle Systems CORE15 1

rifles. 2

‘‘(XVI) Daniel Defense M4A1 rifles. 3

‘‘(XVII) Devil Dog Arms 15 Series ri-4

fles. 5

‘‘(XVIII) Diamondback DB15 rifles. 6

‘‘(XIX) DoubleStar AR rifles. 7

‘‘(XX) DPMS Tactical rifles. 8

‘‘(XXI) DSA Inc. ZM–4 Carbine. 9

‘‘(XXII) Heckler & Koch MR556. 10

‘‘(XXIII) High Standard HSA–15 ri-11

fles. 12

‘‘(XXIV) Jesse James Nomad AR–15 13

rifle. 14

‘‘(XXV) Knight’s Armament SR–15. 15

‘‘(XXVI) Lancer L15 rifles. 16

‘‘(XXVII) MGI Hydra Series rifles. 17

‘‘(XXVIII) Mossberg MMR Tactical 18

rifles. 19

‘‘(XXIX) Noreen Firearms BN 36 20

rifle. 21

‘‘(XXX) Olympic Arms. 22

‘‘(XXXI) POF USA P415. 23

‘‘(XXXII) Precision Firearms AR ri-24

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‘‘(XXXIII) Remington R–15 rifles. 1

‘‘(XXXIV) Rhino Arms AR rifles. 2

‘‘(XXXV) Rock River Arms LAR–15. 3

‘‘(XXXVI) Sig Sauer SIG516 rifles 4

and MCX rifles. 5

‘‘(XXXVII) SKS with a detachable 6

magazine. 7

‘‘(XXXVIII) Smith & Wesson M&P15 8

rifles. 9

‘‘(XXXIX) Stag Arms AR rifles. 10

‘‘(XL) Sturm, Ruger & Co. SR556 11

and AR–556 rifles. 12

‘‘(XLI) Uselton Arms Air-Lite M–4 13

rifles. 14

‘‘(XLII) Windham Weaponry AR ri-15

fles. 16

‘‘(XLIII) WMD Guns Big Beast. 17

‘‘(XLIV) Yankee Hill Machine Com-18

pany, Inc. YHM–15 rifles. 19

‘‘(iii) Barrett M107A1. 20

‘‘(iv) Barrett M82A1. 21

‘‘(v) Beretta CX4 Storm. 22

‘‘(vi) Calico Liberty Series. 23

‘‘(vii) CETME Sporter. 24


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‘‘(viii) Daewoo K–1, K–2, Max 1, Max 2, 1

AR 100, and AR 110C. 2

‘‘(ix) Fabrique Nationale/FN Herstal 3

FAL, LAR, 22 FNC, 308 Match, L1A1 4

Sporter, PS90, SCAR, and FS2000. 5

‘‘(x) Feather Industries AT–9. 6

‘‘(xi) Galil Model AR and Model ARM. 7

‘‘(xii) Hi-Point Carbine. 8

‘‘(xiii) HK–91, HK–93, HK–94, HK– 9

PSG–1, and HK USC. 10

‘‘(xiv) IWI TAVOR, Galil ACE rifle. 11

‘‘(xv) Kel-Tec Sub-2000, SU–16, and 12

RFB. 13

‘‘(xvi) SIG AMT, SIG PE–57, Sig Sauer 14

SG 550, Sig Sauer SG 551, and SIG MCX. 15

‘‘(xvii) Springfield Armory SAR–48. 16

‘‘(xviii) Steyr AUG. 17

‘‘(xix) Sturm, Ruger & Co. Mini-14 Tac-18

tical Rifle M–14/20CF. 19

‘‘(xx) All Thompson rifles, including the 20

following: 21

‘‘(I) Thompson M1SB. 22

‘‘(II) Thompson T1100D. 23

‘‘(III) Thompson T150D. 24

‘‘(IV) Thompson T1B. 25


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‘‘(V) Thompson T1B100D. 1

‘‘(VI) Thompson T1B50D. 2

‘‘(VII) Thompson T1BSB. 3

‘‘(VIII) Thompson T1–C. 4

‘‘(IX) Thompson T1D. 5

‘‘(X) Thompson T1SB. 6

‘‘(XI) Thompson T5. 7

‘‘(XII) Thompson T5100D. 8

‘‘(XIII) Thompson TM1. 9

‘‘(XIV) Thompson TM1C. 10

‘‘(xxi) UMAREX UZI rifle. 11

‘‘(xxii) UZI Mini Carbine, UZI Model A 12

Carbine, and UZI Model B Carbine. 13

‘‘(xxiii) Valmet M62S, M71S, and M78. 14

‘‘(xxiv) Vector Arms UZI Type. 15

‘‘(xxv) Weaver Arms Nighthawk. 16

‘‘(xxvi) Wilkinson Arms Linda Carbine. 17

‘‘(I) All of the following pistols, copies, dupli-18



‘‘(i) All AK–47 types, including the fol-21

lowing: 22

‘‘(I) Centurion 39 AK pistol. 23

‘‘(II) CZ Scorpion pistol. 24

‘‘(III) Draco AK–47 pistol. 25


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‘‘(IV) HCR AK–47 pistol. 1

‘‘(V) IO Inc. Hellpup AK–47 pistol. 2

‘‘(VI) Krinkov pistol. 3

‘‘(VII) Mini Draco AK–47 pistol. 4

‘‘(VIII) PAP M92 pistol. 5

‘‘(IX) Yugo Krebs Krink pistol. 6

‘‘(ii) All AR–15 types, including the fol-7

lowing: 8

‘‘(I) American Spirit AR–15 pistol. 9

‘‘(II) Bushmaster Carbon 15 pistol. 10

‘‘(III) Chiappa Firearms M4 Pistol 11

GEN II. 12

‘‘(IV) CORE Rifle Systems CORE15 13

Roscoe pistol. 14

‘‘(V) Daniel Defense MK18 pistol. 15

‘‘(VI) DoubleStar Corporation AR pis-16

tol. 17

‘‘(VII) DPMS AR–15 pistol. 18

‘‘(VIII) Jesse James Nomad AR–15 19

pistol. 20

‘‘(IX) Olympic Arms AR–15 pistol. 21

‘‘(X) Osprey Armament MK–18 pis-22

tol. 23

‘‘(XI) POF USA AR pistols. 24


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‘‘(XII) Rock River Arms LAR 15 pis-1

tol. 2

‘‘(XIII) Uselton Arms Air-Lite M–4 3

pistol. 4

‘‘(iii) Calico Liberty pistols. 5

‘‘(iv) DSA SA58 PKP FAL pistol. 6

‘‘(v) Encom MP–9 and MP–45. 7

‘‘(vi) Heckler & Koch model SP–89 pistol. 8

‘‘(vii) Intratec AB–10, TEC–22 Scorpion, 9

TEC–9, and TEC–DC9. 10

‘‘(viii) IWI Galil Ace pistol, UZI PRO pis-11

tol. 12

‘‘(ix) Kel-Tec PLR 16 pistol. 13

‘‘(x) The following MAC types: 14

‘‘(I) MAC–10. 15

‘‘(II) MAC–11. 16

‘‘(III) Masterpiece Arms MPA A930 17

Mini Pistol, MPA460 Pistol, MPA Tactical 18

Pistol, and MPA Mini Tactical Pistol. 19

‘‘(IV) Military Armament Corp. 20

Ingram M–11. 21

‘‘(V) Velocity Arms VMAC. 22

‘‘(xi) Sig Sauer P556 pistol. 23

‘‘(xii) Sites Spectre. 24


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‘‘(xiii) All Thompson types, including the 1

following: 2

‘‘(I) Thompson TA510D. 3

‘‘(II) Thompson TA5. 4

‘‘(xiv) All UZI types, including Micro-UZI. 5

‘‘(J) All of the following shotguns, copies, dupli-6



‘‘(i) DERYA Anakon MC–1980, Anakon 9

SD12. 10

‘‘(ii) Doruk Lethal shotguns. 11

‘‘(iii) Franchi LAW–12 and SPAS 12. 12

‘‘(iv) All IZHMASH Saiga 12 types, in-13

cluding the following: 14

‘‘(I) IZHMASH Saiga 12. 15

‘‘(II) IZHMASH Saiga 12S. 16

‘‘(III) IZHMASH Saiga 12S EXP– 17

01. 18

‘‘(IV) IZHMASH Saiga 12K. 19

‘‘(V) IZHMASH Saiga 12K–030. 20

‘‘(VI) IZHMASH Saiga 12K–040 21

Taktika. 22

‘‘(v) Streetsweeper. 23

‘‘(vi) Striker 12. 24


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‘‘(K) All belt-fed semiautomatic firearms, in-1

cluding TNW M2HB and FN M2495. 2

‘‘(L) Any combination of parts from which a 3

firearm described in subparagraphs (A) through (K) 4

can be assembled. 5

‘‘(M) The frame or receiver of a rifle or shot-6

gun described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (F), 7

(G), (H), (J), or (K). 8

‘‘(37) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feeding 9

device’— 10

‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, 11

or similar device, including any such device joined or 12

coupled with another in any manner, that has an 13

overall capacity of, or that can be readily restored, 14

changed, or converted to accept, more than 10 15

rounds of ammunition; and 16

‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular de-17

vice designed to accept, and capable of operating 18

only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. 19

‘‘(38) The term ‘barrel shroud’— 20

‘‘(A) means a shroud that is attached to, or 21

partially or completely encircles, the barrel of a fire-22

arm so that the shroud protects the user of the fire-23

arm from heat generated by the barrel; and 24

‘‘(B) does not include— 25


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‘‘(i) a slide that partially or completely en-1

closes the barrel; or 2

‘‘(ii) an extension of the stock along the 3

bottom of the barrel which does not encircle or 4

substantially encircle the barrel. 5

‘‘(39) The term ‘detachable magazine’ means an am-6

munition feeding device that can be removed from a fire-7

arm without disassembly of the firearm action. 8

‘‘(40) The term ‘fixed magazine’ means an ammuni-9

tion feeding device that is permanently fixed to the firearm 10

in such a manner that it cannot be removed without dis-11

assembly of the firearm. 12

‘‘(41) The term ‘folding, telescoping, or detachable 13

stock’ means a stock that folds, telescopes, detaches or 14

otherwise operates to reduce the length, size, or any other 15

dimension, or otherwise enhances the concealability, of a 16

firearm. 17

‘‘(42) The term ‘forward grip’ means a grip located 18

forward of the trigger that functions as a pistol grip. 19

‘‘(43) The term ‘rocket’ means any simple or complex 20

tubelike device containing combustibles that on being ig-21

nited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through 22

the air and has a propellant charge of not more than 4 23

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‘‘(44) The term ‘grenade launcher or rocket launcher’ 1

means an attachment for use on a firearm that is designed 2

to propel a grenade, rocket, or other similar destructive 3

device. 4

‘‘(45) The term ‘permanently inoperable’ means a 5

firearm which is incapable of discharging a shot by means 6

of an explosive and incapable of being readily restored to 7

a firing condition. 8

‘‘(46) The term ‘pistol grip’ means a grip, a thumb-9

hole stock, or any other characteristic that can function 10

as a grip. 11

‘‘(47) The term ‘threaded barrel’ means a feature or 12

characteristic that is designed in such a manner to allow 13

for the attachment of a device such as a firearm silencer 14

or a flash suppressor. 15

‘‘(48) The term ‘qualified law enforcement officer’ 16

has the meaning given the term in section 926B. 17

‘‘(49) The term ‘grandfathered semiautomatic as-18

sault weapon’ means any semiautomatic assault weapon 19

the importation, possession, sale, or transfer of which 20

would be unlawful under section 922(v) but for the excep-21

tion under paragraph (2) of such section. 22

‘‘(50) The term ‘belt-fed semiautomatic firearm’ 23

means any repeating firearm that— 24


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chamber the next round; 3


fire each cartridge; and 5

‘‘(C) has the capacity to accept a belt ammuni-6

tion feeding device. 7

‘‘(51) GUN SHOW.—The term ‘gun show’— 8

‘‘(A) means any event at which 50 or more fire-9

arms are offered or exhibited for sale, exchange, or 10

transfer, if one or more of the firearms has been 11

shipped or transported in, or otherwise affects, inter-12

state or foreign commerce; 13

‘‘(B) does not include an offer or exhibit of fire-14

arms for sale, exchange, or transfer by an individual 15

from the personal collection of that individual, at the 16

private residence of that individual, if the individual 17

is not required to be licensed under section 923; and 18

‘‘(C) does not include an offer or exhibit of fire-19

arms for sale, exchange, or transfer at events— 20

‘‘(i) where not more than 100 firearms are 21

offered or exhibited for sale, exchange or trans-22

fer; 23

‘‘(ii) that are conducted by private, not-for- 24

profit organizations whose primary purpose is 25


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owning and maintaining real property for the 1

purpose of hunting activities; and 2

‘‘(iii) that are attended only by permanent 3

or annual dues-paying members of the organi-4

zations, and the members of the immediate 5

families of the dues-paying members. 6

‘‘(52) GUN SHOW VENDOR.—The term ‘gun show 7

vendor’ means a person who is not licensed under section 8

923 and who exhibits, sells, offers for sale, transfers, or 9

exchanges a firearm at a gun show, regardless of whether 10

or not the person arranges with the gun show operator 11

for a fixed location from which to exhibit, sell, offer for 12

sale, transfer, or exchange the firearm.’’. 13

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FIREARMS DEALERS SELLING A 14

FIREARM PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF A 15

BACKGROUND CHECK. 16

Section 922(t)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 17

is amended— 18

(1) by striking ‘‘(i)’’; 19

(2) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 20

and 21

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SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSAULT WEAPONS AND LARGE 1

CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 3

States Code, is amended— 4

(1) by inserting after subsection (u) the fol-5

lowing: 6

‘‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to import, 7

sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting 8

interstate or foreign commerce, a semiautomatic assault 9

weapon. 10

‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession, 11

sale, or transfer of any semiautomatic assault weapon oth-12

erwise lawfully possessed under Federal law on the date 13

of enactment of the Safer America for Everyone Right 14

Now Act. 15

‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any firearm 16

that— 17

‘‘(A) is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, 18

or slide action; 19

‘‘(B) has been rendered permanently inoperable; 20

or 21

‘‘(C) is an antique firearm, as defined in section 22

921 of this title. 23

‘‘(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 24

‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, sale 25

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or a department or agency of the United States or 1

a State or a department, agency, or political subdivi-2

sion of a State, or a sale or transfer to or possession 3

by a qualified law enforcement officer employed by 4

the United States or a department or agency of the 5

United States or a State or a department, agency, 6

or political subdivision of a State, for purposes of 7

law enforcement (whether on or off duty), or a sale 8

or transfer to or possession by a campus law en-9

forcement officer for purposes of law enforcement 10

(whether on or off duty); 11

‘‘(B) the importation for, or sale or transfer to 12

a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 13

1954 for purposes of establishing and maintaining 14

an on-site physical protection system and security 15

organization required by Federal law, or possession 16

by an employee or contractor of such licensee on-site 17

for such purposes or off-site for purposes of licensee- 18

authorized training or transportation of nuclear ma-19

terials; 20

‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is re-21

tired in good standing from service with a law en-22

forcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited 23

from receiving a firearm, of a semiautomatic assault 24

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‘‘(i) sold or transferred to the individual by 1

the agency upon such retirement; or 2

‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or oth-3

erwise obtained, for official use before such re-4

tirement; or 5

‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, trans-6

fer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon 7

by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for 8

the purposes of testing or experimentation author-9

ized by the Attorney General. 10

‘‘(5) For purposes of paragraph (4)(A), the term 11

‘campus law enforcement officer’ means an individual who 12

is— 13

‘‘(A) employed by a private institution of higher 14

education that is eligible for funding under title IV 15

of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 16

1070 et seq.); 17

‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or investiga-18

tion of crime involving injury to persons or property, 19

including apprehension or detention of persons for 20

such crimes; 21

‘‘(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local law 22

to carry a firearm, execute search warrants, and 23

make arrests; and 24


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‘‘(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified by 1

a government entity as a law enforcement officer. 2

‘‘(6) The Attorney General shall establish and main-3

tain, in a timely manner, a record of the make, model, 4

and, if available, date of manufacture of any semiauto-5

matic assault weapon which the Attorney General is made 6

aware has been used in relation to a crime under Federal 7

or State law, and the nature and circumstances of the 8

crime involved, including the outcome of relevant criminal 9

investigations and proceedings. The Attorney General 10

shall annually submit a copy of the record established 11

under this paragraph to the Congress and make the record 12

available to the general public. 13

‘‘(w)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to import, 14

sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting 15

interstate or foreign commerce, a large capacity ammuni-16

tion feeding device. 17

‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession 18

of any large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise 19

lawfully possessed on or before the date of enactment of 20

the Safer America for Everyone Right Now Act. 21

‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 22

‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, sale 23

to, transfer to, or possession by the United States 24

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a State or a department, agency, or political subdivi-1

sion of a State, or a sale or transfer to or possession 2

by a qualified law enforcement officer employed by 3

the United States or a department or agency of the 4

United States or a State or a department, agency, 5

or political subdivision of a State for purposes of law 6

enforcement (whether on or off duty), or a sale or 7

transfer to or possession by a campus law enforce-8

ment officer for purposes of law enforcement (wheth-9

er on or off duty); 10

‘‘(B) the importation for, or sale or transfer to 11

a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 12

1954 for purposes of establishing and maintaining 13

an on-site physical protection system and security 14

organization required by Federal law, or possession 15

by an employee or contractor of such licensee on-site 16

for such purposes or off-site for purposes of licensee- 17

authorized training or transportation of nuclear ma-18

terials; 19

‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is re-20

tired in good standing from service with a law en-21

forcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited 22

from receiving ammunition, of a large capacity am-23

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‘‘(i) sold or transferred to the individual by 1

the agency upon such retirement; or 2

‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or oth-3

erwise obtained, for official use before such re-4

tirement; or 5

‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, trans-6

fer, or possession of any large capacity ammunition 7

feeding device by a licensed manufacturer or licensed 8

importer for the purposes of testing or experimen-9

tation authorized by the Attorney General. 10

‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), the term 11

‘campus law enforcement officer’ means an individual who 12

is— 13

‘‘(A) employed by a private institution of higher 14

education that is eligible for funding under title IV 15

of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 16

1070 et seq.); 17

‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or investiga-18

tion of crime involving injury to persons or property, 19

including apprehension or detention of persons for 20

such crimes; 21

‘‘(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local law 22

to carry a firearm, execute search warrants, and 23

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‘‘(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified by 1

a government entity as a law enforcement officer.’’; 2

and 3

(2) by adding at the end the following: 4

‘‘(aa) SECURE STORAGE OR SAFETY DEVICE RE-5

QUIREMENT FOR GRANDFATHERED SEMIAUTOMATIC AS-6

SAULT WEAPONS.—It shall be unlawful for any person, 7

other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or 8

licensed dealer, to store or keep under the dominion or 9

control of that person any grandfathered semiautomatic 10

assault weapon that the person knows, or has reasonable 11

cause to believe, will be accessible to an individual prohib-12

ited from receiving or possessing a firearm under sub-13

section (g), (n), or (x), or any provision of State law, un-14

less the grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon is— 15

‘‘(1) carried on the person, or within such close 16

proximity that the person can readily retrieve and 17

use the grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon 18

as if the grandfathered semiautomatic assault weap-19

on were carried on the person; or 20

‘‘(2) locked by a secure gun storage or safety 21

device that the prohibited individual has no ability to 22

access.’’. 23

(b) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR SEMIAUTO-24

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United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 1

following: ‘‘The serial number of any semiautomatic as-2

sault weapon manufactured after the date of enactment 3

of the Safer America for Everyone Right Now Act shall 4

clearly show the date on which the weapon was manufac-5

tured or made, legibly and conspicuously engraved or cast 6

on the weapon, and such other identification as the Attor-7

ney General shall by regulations prescribe.’’. 8

(c) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE CAPAC-9

ITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section 923(i) of 10

title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is 11

amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘A large ca-12

pacity ammunition feeding device manufactured after the 13

date of enactment of the Safer America for Everyone 14

Right Now Act shall be identified by a serial number and 15

the date on which the device was manufactured or made, 16

legibly and conspicuously engraved or cast on the device, 17

and such other identification as the Attorney General shall 18

by regulations prescribe.’’. 19

(d) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF LARGE CAPACITY 20

AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section 924(d) of title 21

18, United States Code, is amended— 22

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(A) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammu-1

nition feeding device’’ after ‘‘firearm or ammu-2

nition’’ each time it appears; 3

(B) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammu-4

nition feeding device’’ after ‘‘firearms or ammu-5

nition’’ each time it appears; and 6

(C) by striking ‘‘or (k)’’ and inserting 7

‘‘(k), (r), (v), or (w)’’; 8

(2) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting ‘‘or large 9

capacity ammunition feeding devices’’ after ‘‘fire-10

arms or quantities of ammunition’’; and 11

(3) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting ‘‘922(r), 12

922(v), 922(w),’’ after ‘‘922(n),’’. 13

(e) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, 14

United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or (q) of sec-15

tion 922’’ and inserting ‘‘(q), (r), (v), (w), or (aa) of sec-16

tion 922’’. 17

SEC. 5. BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR TRANSFERS OF GRAND-18

FATHERED SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAP-19

ONS. 20

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 21

States Code, as amended by the preceding provisions of 22

this Act, is amended— 23

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(2) by redesignating subsection (t) as sub-1

section (s); 2

(3) in subsection (s), as redesignated— 3

(A) in paragraph (3)(C)(ii), by striking 4

‘‘(as defined in subsection (s)(8))’’; and 5

(B) by adding at the end the following: 6

‘‘(7) In this subsection, the term ‘chief law en-7

forcement officer’ means the chief of police, the 8

sheriff, or an equivalent officer or the designee of 9

any such individual.’’; and 10

(4) by inserting after subsection (s), as redesig-11

nated, the following: 12

‘‘(t)(1) Beginning on the date that is 90 days after 13

the date of enactment of the Safer America for Everyone 14

Right Now Act, it shall be unlawful for any person who 15

is not licensed under this chapter to transfer a grand-16

fathered semiautomatic assault weapon to any other per-17

son who is not licensed under this chapter, unless a li-18

censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer 19

has first taken custody of the grandfathered semiauto-20

matic assault weapon for the purpose of complying with 21

subsection (s). Upon taking custody of the grandfathered 22

semiautomatic assault weapon, the licensee shall comply 23

with all requirements of this chapter as if the licensee were 24

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weapon from the licensee’s inventory to the unlicensed 1

transferee. 2

‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a temporary 3

transfer of possession for the purpose of participating in 4

target shooting in a licensed target facility or established 5

range if— 6

‘‘(A) the grandfathered semiautomatic assault 7

weapon is, at all times, kept within the premises of 8

the target facility or range; and 9

‘‘(B) the transferee is not known to be prohib-10

ited from possessing or receiving a grandfathered 11

semiautomatic assault weapon. 12

‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘trans-13

fer’— 14

‘‘(A) shall include a sale, gift, or loan; and 15

‘‘(B) does not include temporary custody of the 16

grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon for 17

purposes of examination or evaluation by a prospec-18

tive transferee. 19

‘‘(4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 20

chapter, the Attorney General may implement this sub-21

section with regulations. 22

‘‘(B) Regulations promulgated under this para-23

graph— 24


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‘‘(i) shall include a provision setting a max-1

imum fee that may be charged by licensees for serv-2

ices provided in accordance with paragraph (1); and 3

‘‘(ii) shall not include any provision imposing 4

recordkeeping requirements on any unlicensed trans-5

feror or requiring licensees to facilitate transfers in 6

accordance with paragraph (1).’’. 7

(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 8

(1) SECTION 922.—Section 922(y)(2) of title 9

18, United States Code, is amended, in the matter 10

preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, 11

(g)(5)(B), and (s)(3)(B)(v)(II)’’ and inserting ‘‘and 12

(g)(5)(B)’’. 13

(2) SECTION 925A.—Section 925A of title 18, 14

United States Code, is amended, in the matter pre-15

ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (s) or 16

(t) of section 922’’ and inserting ‘‘section 922(s)’’. 17

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 18

this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of en-19

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SEC. 6. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 1

OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OR ATTEMPTED 2

PURCHASE OF A FIREARM. 3

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the NICS Improvement 4

Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911–40916) is 5

amended by adding at the end the following: 6

‘‘SEC. 108. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-7

CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OR AT-8

TEMPTED PURCHASE OF A GRANDFATHERED 9

SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPON. 10

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a background 11

check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Back-12

ground Check System pursuant to the request of a li-13

censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer 14

of firearms (as such terms are defined in section 921 of 15

title 18, United States Code), which background check de-16

termines that the receipt of a grandfathered semiauto-17

matic assault weapon (as defined in section 921(a)(49) of 18

title 18, United States Code) by a person would violate 19

subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United 20

States Code, the System shall notify the law enforcement 21

agencies described in subsection (b), including in a case 22

where such a determination is made after 14 business days 23

have elapsed since the licensee contacted the System. 24

‘‘(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DESCRIBED.— 25

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are the law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction 1

over the location from which the licensee contacted the 2

System and the law enforcement agencies that have juris-3

diction over the location of the residence of the person for 4

which the background check was conducted, as follows: 5

‘‘(1) The field office of the Federal Bureau of 6

Investigation. 7

‘‘(2) The local law enforcement agency. 8

‘‘(3) The State law enforcement agency.’’. 9

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of such 10

Act (Public Law 110–180; 121 Stat. 2559) is amended 11

by inserting after the item relating to section 107 the fol-12

lowing: 13

‘‘108. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase or at-

tempted purchase of a firearm.’’.

SEC. 7. USE OF BYRNE GRANTS FOR BUY-BACK PROGRAMS 14

FOR SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS 15

AND LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEED-16

ING DEVICES. 17

Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 18

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is 19


‘‘(I) Compensation for surrendered semi-21

automatic assault weapons and large capacity 22

ammunition feeding devices, as those terms are 23

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Code, under buy-back programs for semiauto-1

matic assault weapons and large capacity am-2

munition feeding devices.’’. 3

SEC. 8. GUN SHOW BACKGROUND CHECK. 4

(a) REGULATION OF FIREARMS TRANSFERS AT GUN 5

SHOWS.— 6

(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of such title is 7


‘‘§ 932. Regulation of firearms transfers at gun shows 9

‘‘(a) REGISTRATION OF GUN SHOW OPERATORS.— 10

It shall be unlawful for a person to operate a gun show, 11

unless— 12

‘‘(1) the person has attained 21 years of age; 13

‘‘(2) the person (and, if the person is a corpora-14

tion, partnership, or association, each individual pos-15

sessing, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or 16

cause the direction of the management and policies 17

of the corporation, partnership, or association) is not 18

prohibited by subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 19

from transporting, shipping, or receiving firearms or 20

ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce; 21

‘‘(3) the person has not willfully violated any 22

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‘‘(4) the person has registered with the Attor-1

ney General as a gun show operator, in accordance 2

with regulations promulgated by the Attorney Gen-3

eral, and as part of the registration— 4

‘‘(A) has provided the Attorney General 5

with a photograph and the fingerprints of the 6

person; and 7

‘‘(B) has certified that the person meets 8

the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through 9

(D) of section 923(d)(1); 10

‘‘(5) the person has not willfully failed to dis-11

close any material information required, and has not 12

made any false statement as to any material fact, in 13

connection with the registration; and 14

‘‘(6) the person has paid the Attorney General 15

a fee for the registration, in an amount determined 16

by the Attorney General. 17

‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF GUN SHOW OPERA-18

TORS.— 19

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for a 20

person to operate a gun show, unless the person— 21

‘‘(A) not later than 30 days before the 22

commencement of the gun show, notifies the 23

Attorney General, in writing, of the date, time, 24

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identity of each person who will be a gun show 1

vendor at the gun show; 2

‘‘(B) before commencement of the gun 3

show— 4

‘‘(i) verifies the identity of each indi-5

vidual who will be a gun show vendor at 6

the gun show by examining a valid identi-7

fication document (as defined in section 8

1028(d)(4)) of the individual containing a 9

photograph of the individual; and 10

‘‘(ii) requires each such individual to 11

sign— 12

‘‘(I) a ledger, and enter into the 13

ledger identifying information con-14

cerning the individual; and 15

‘‘(II) a notice which sets forth 16

the obligations of a gun show vendor 17

under this chapter; and 18

‘‘(C) notifies each person who attends the 19

gun show of the requirements of this chapter, 20

in accordance with such regulations as the At-21

torney General shall prescribe. 22

‘‘(2) RECORDKEEPING.—A person who oper-23

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(1)(B), at such place, for such period of time, and 1

in such form as the Attorney General shall require 2

by regulation, or transmit the records to the Attor-3

ney General. 4

‘‘(c) BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED BEFORE 5

TRANSFER OF FIREARM BETWEEN UNLICENSED PER-6

SONS.—It shall be unlawful for a person who is not li-7

censed under this chapter to transfer possession of, or title 8

to, a firearm at, or on the curtilage of, a gun show, to 9

another person who is not so licensed, or for a person who 10

is not so licensed to receive possession of, or title to, a 11

firearm at, or on the curtilage of, a gun show from another 12

person who is not so licensed, unless a licensed importer, 13

licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer— 14

‘‘(1) has entered into a separate bound record 15

the make, model, and serial number of the firearm, 16

and such other information about the transaction as 17

the Attorney General may require by regulation; and 18

‘‘(2) has notified the prospective transferor and 19

prospective transferee of the firearm that the na-20

tional instant criminal background check system es-21

tablished under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 22

Violence Prevention Act has provided the licensee 23

with a unique identification number, indicating that 24

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would not violate section 922 of this title or State 1

law. 2

‘‘(d) RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.— 3

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A licensee who provides a 4

notice pursuant to subsection (c)(2) with respect to 5

the transfer of a firearm shall— 6

‘‘(A) not later than 10 days after the date 7

of the transfer, submit to the Attorney General 8

a report of the transfer, which report shall 9

specify the make, model, and serial number of 10

the firearm, and contain such other information 11

and be on such form, as the Attorney General 12

shall require by regulation, except that the re-13

port shall not include the name of or other 14

identifying information relating to any person 15

involved in the transfer who is not licensed 16

under this chapter; and 17

‘‘(B) retain a record of the transfer, in-18

cluding the same information as would be re-19

quired if the transfer were from the inventory 20

of the licensee, as part of the permanent busi-21

ness records of the licensee. 22

‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Attorney General may 23

not impose any recordkeeping requirement on any 24

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(2) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is 1


‘‘(8)(A) Whoever knowingly violates subsection (a) or 3

(d) of section 932 shall be fined under this title, impris-4

oned not more than 5 years, or both. 5

‘‘(B) Whoever knowingly violates subsection (b) or (c) 6

of section 932, shall be— 7

‘‘(i) fined under this title, imprisoned not more 8

than 2 years, or both; and 9

‘‘(ii) in the case of a second or subsequent con-10

viction, fined under this title, imprisoned not more 11

than 5 years, or both. 12

‘‘(C) In addition to any other penalties imposed 13

under this paragraph, the Attorney General may, with re-14

spect to any person who knowingly violates any provision 15

of section 932— 16

‘‘(i) if the person is registered pursuant to sec-17

tion 932(a), after notice and opportunity for a hear-18

ing, suspend for not more than 6 months or revoke 19

the registration of that person under section 932(a); 20

and 21

‘‘(ii) impose a civil fine in an amount equal to 22

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(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-1

tents for such chapter is amended by adding at the 2

end the following: 3

‘‘Sec. 932. Regulation of firearms transfers at gun shows.’’.

(b) INSPECTION AUTHORITY.—Section 923(g)(1) of 4

such title is amended by adding at the end the following: 5

‘‘(E) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of this para-6

graph, the Attorney General may enter during business 7

hours any place where a gun show operator operates a 8

gun show or is required to maintain records pursuant to 9

section 932(b)(2), for purposes of examining the records 10

required by sections 923 and 932 and the inventory of 11

licensees conducting business at the gun show. The entry 12

and examination shall be conducted for the purposes of 13

determining compliance with this chapter by gun show op-14

erators and licensees conducting business at the gun show, 15

and shall not require a showing of reasonable cause or 16

a warrant.’’. 17

(c) REPORTS OF MULTIPLE SALES ASSISTED BY LI-18

CENSEES AT GUN SHOWS.—Section 923(g)(3)(A) of such 19

title is amended by inserting ‘‘or provides pursuant to sec-20

tion 932(c)(2) notice with respect to,’’ after ‘‘sells or oth-21

erwise disposes of,’’. 22

(d) INCREASED PENALTIES FOR SERIOUS RECORD-23

KEEPING VIOLATIONS BY LICENSEES.—Section 924(a)(3) 24

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‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any 1

licensed dealer, licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, 2

or licensed collector who knowingly makes any false state-3

ment or representation with respect to the information re-4

quired by this chapter to be kept in the records of a person 5

licensed under this chapter, or violates section 922(m), 6

shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 7

1 year, or both. 8

‘‘(B) If the violation described in subparagraph (A) 9

is in relation to an offense— 10

‘‘(i) under paragraph (1) or (3) of section 11

922(b), such person shall be fined under this title, 12

imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both; or 13

‘‘(ii) under subsection (a)(6) or (d) of section 14

922, such person shall be fined under this title, im-15

prisoned not more than 10 years, or both.’’. 16

(e) INCREASED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF 17

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS.— 18

(1) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a)(5) of such 19

title is amended— 20

(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (s) or (t) of 21

section 922’’ and inserting ‘‘section 922(s)’’; 22

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(2) ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF 1

OFFENSE.—Section 922(s)(5) of such title, as so re-2

designated by the preceding provisions of this Act, 3

is amended by striking ‘‘and, at the time’’ and all 4

that follows through ‘‘State law’’. 5

(f) AUTHORITY TO HIRE PERSONNEL TO INSPECT 6

GUN SHOWS.—The Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-7

bacco, Firearms and Explosives may hire at least 40 addi-8

tional Industry Operations Investigators for the purpose 9

of carrying out inspections of gun shows (as defined in 10

section 921(a)(51) of title 18, United States Code). 11

(g) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—The Director of 12

the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 13

shall submit biennial reports to the Congress on how fire-14

arms (as defined in section 921(a)(3) of title 18, United 15

States Code) are sold at gun shows (as defined in para-16

graph (51) of such section), how this section is being car-17

ried out, whether firearms are being sold without back-18

ground checks conducted by the national instant criminal 19

background check system established under section 103 20

of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, what re-21

sources are needed to carry out this section, and any rec-22

ommendations for improvements to ensure that firearms 23

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(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-1

ments made by this section shall take effect 180 days after 2

the date of enactment of this Act. 3

SEC. 9. FIREARMS TRAFFICKING. 4

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 5


this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 7

‘‘§ 933. Trafficking in firearms 8

‘‘(a) OFFENSES.—Except as provided in subsection 9

(b), it shall be unlawful for any person, in or affecting 10

interstate commerce— 11

‘‘(1) to purchase, attempt to purchase, or trans-12

fer a firearm, with the intent to deliver the firearm 13

to another person who the transferor knows, or has 14

reasonable cause to believe, is prohibited by Federal 15

or State law from possessing a firearm; 16

‘‘(2) in purchasing, attempting to purchase, or 17

transferring a firearm, to intentionally provide false 18

or misleading material information on a Bureau of 19

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives firearms 20

transaction record form; or 21

‘‘(3) to knowingly direct, promote, or facilitate 22

conduct that violates paragraph (1) or (2). 23

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‘‘(1) lawfully acquired by a person to be given 1

to another person not prohibited from possessing a 2

firearm under Federal or State law as a gift; or 3

‘‘(2) lawfully received or otherwise acquired by 4

a court-appointed trustee, receiver, or conservator 5

for, or on behalf of, an estate or creditor or by a 6

person to carry out a bequest, or an acquisition by 7

intestate succession under the laws of the State of 8

residence of the person. 9

‘‘(c) PENALTIES.— 10

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person who violates 11

this section shall be fined under this title, impris-12

oned for not more than 20 years, or both. 13

‘‘(2) ORGANIZER ENHANCEMENT.—If a viola-14

tion of subsection (a) is committed by a person in 15

concert with 5 or more other persons with respect to 16

whom such person occupies a position of organizer, 17

a supervisory position, or any other position of man-18

agement, such person may be sentenced to an addi-19

tional term of imprisonment of not more than 5 con-20

secutive years. 21

‘‘(3) CONSPIRACY.—Any person who conspires 22

to commit an offense described in this section shall 23

be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more 24

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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 1

The table of sections for chapter 44 of title 18, United 2


this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 4

‘‘933. Trafficking in firearms.’’.

(c) DIRECTIVE TO THE SENTENCING COMMISSION.— 5

(1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to its authority 6

under section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, 7

the United States Sentencing Commission shall re-8

view and, if appropriate, amend the Federal sen-9

tencing guidelines and policy statements applicable 10

to persons convicted of offenses under section 933 of 11

title 18, United States Code (as added by subsection 12

(a)). 13

(2) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out this sec-14

tion, the Commission shall review the penalty struc-15

ture that the guidelines currently provide based on 16

the number of firearms involved in the offense and 17

determine whether any changes to that penalty 18

structure are appropriate in order to reflect the in-19

tent of Congress that such penalties reflect the grav-20

ity of the offense. 21

SEC. 10. ADDITION OF DATING PARTNERS AND INDIVID-22

UALS SUBJECT TO RESTRAINING ORDERS. 23

(a) DEFINITION.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 24

States Code, is amended— 25


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(1) by striking paragraph (32) and inserting 1

the following: 2

‘‘(32) The term ‘intimate partner’— 3

‘‘(A) means with respect to a person, the spouse 4

of the person, a former spouse of the person, an in-5

dividual who is a parent of a child of the person, and 6

an individual who cohabitates or has cohabited with 7

the person; and 8

‘‘(B) includes— 9

‘‘(i) a dating partner (as defined in section 10

2266); and 11

‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situated to 12

a spouse who is protected by the domestic or 13

family violence laws of the State or tribal juris-14

diction in which the injury occurred or where 15

the victim resides.’’; and 16

(2) in paragraph (33)(A)(ii)— 17

(A) by inserting ‘‘intimate partner,’’ after 18

‘‘former spouse,’’; and 19

(B) by inserting ‘‘intimate partner,’’ after 20

‘‘a spouse,’’ each place it appears. 21

(b) ADDITION OF STALKING.—Section 922 of title 22

18, United States Code, is amended— 23

(1) in subsection (d)— 24


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(A) in paragraph (8)(ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ 1

at the end; 2

(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe-3

riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 4

(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 5

following: 6

‘‘(10) has been convicted in any court of a mis-7

demeanor crime of stalking.’’; and 8

(2) in subsection (g)— 9

(A) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking 10

‘‘or’’ at the end; 11

(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 12

comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 13

(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 14

following: 15

‘‘(10) has been convicted in any court of a mis-16

demeanor crime of stalking,’’. 17

SEC. 11. PROHIBITION ON POSSESSION OF CERTAIN FIRE-18

ARM ACCESSORIES. 19

Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, as 20

amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is amend-21

ed— 22

(1) in section 922, by adding at the end the fol-23

lowing: 24


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‘‘(bb)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), on and 1

after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment 2

of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person to 3

import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or af-4

fecting interstate or foreign commerce, a trigger crank, 5

a bump-fire device, or any part, combination of parts, 6

component, device, attachment, or accessory that is de-7

signed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semi-8

automatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle 9

into a machinegun. 10

‘‘(2) This subsection does not apply with respect to 11

the importation for, manufacture for, sale to, transfer to, 12

or possession by or under the authority of, the United 13

States or any department or agency thereof or a State, 14

or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof.’’; 15

and 16

(2) in section 924(a)(2), by striking ‘‘, or (o)’’ 17

and inserting ‘‘(o), or (bb)’’. 18

SEC. 12. SEVERABILITY. 19

If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 20

this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-21

ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-22

tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 23

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amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be af-1

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