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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2105
To address the importation and proliferation of machinegun conversion
devices.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH14, 2025
Mr. C
ASTEN(for himself, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. WAT-
SONCOLEMAN, Ms. GARCIAof Texas, Ms. TITUS, Ms. SCANLON, Ms.
S
TEVENS, Mr. NEGUSE, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. BALINT,
Ms. V
ELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. LANDSMAN, Ms. CHU, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. MOORE
of Wisconsin, Ms. C
LARKEof New York, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVISof
Illinois, Mr. G
OLDMANof New York, Ms. BROWN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr.
A
UCHINCLOSS, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Ms. SCHRIER,
Mr. C
ONNOLLY, and Ms. BROWNLEY) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to
the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To address the importation and proliferation of machinegun
conversion devices.
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 ‘‘Preventing Illegal 4
Weapons Trafficking Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1
In this Act— 2
(1) the term ‘‘machinegun’’ has the meaning 3
given the term ‘‘machine gun’’ in section 5845 of 4
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 5
(2) the term ‘‘machinegun conversion device’’ 6
means any part designed and intended solely and ex-7
clusively, or combination of parts designed and in-8
tended, for use in converting a weapon into a ma-9
chinegun. 10
SEC. 3. PREVENTION AND INTERCEPTION STRATEGY. 11
(a) S
TRATEGY.— 12
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 13
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 14
General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 15
the Secretary of the Treasury shall develop and im-16
plement a strategy to prevent or intercept the impor-17
tation or trafficking of machinegun conversion de-18
vices. 19
(2) C
ONTENTS.—The strategy described in 20
paragraph (1) shall include plans to optimize— 21
(A) the capacity of Federal law enforce-22
ment agencies to detect, intercept, and seize 23
machinegun conversion devices; 24
(B) the coordination between State and 25
local law enforcement agencies and Federal law 26
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enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of 1
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the 2
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Se-3
curity Investigations, and U.S. Customs and 4
Border Protection, when machinegun conversion 5
devices are seized at ports of entry; 6
(C) efforts by the Bureau of Alcohol, To-7
bacco, Firearms, and Explosives to collaborate 8
with State and local law enforcement agencies 9
to identify and trace machinegun conversion de-10
vices used in crimes, including identifying the 11
source of the device, whether from a foreign 12
country or the United States; 13
(D) training programs provided by Federal 14
law enforcement agencies to aid State and local 15
law enforcement agencies in identifying ma-16
chinegun conversion devices; 17
(E) the investigation and collection of data 18
regarding the origins of machinegun conversion 19
devices that are seized at ports of entry or re-20
covered by law enforcement agencies in the 21
United States in order to identify patterns and 22
detect vulnerabilities; and 23
(F) the capacity of Federal law enforce-24
ment agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, 25
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Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Federal 1
Bureau of Investigation, and Homeland Secu-2
rity Investigations, to detect, intercept, and 3
seize domestically produced machinegun conver-4
sion devices, including machinegun conversion 5
devices produced using 3D printing technology. 6
(b) R
EPORTS.— 7
(1) I
NITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 8
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 9
General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 10
the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report 11
on the strategy developed and implemented under 12
subsection (a), which shall include relevant statis-13
tical information, to— 14
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 15
Senate; 16
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 17
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 18
(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 19
House of Representatives; and 20
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security 21
of the House of Representatives. 22
(2) P
ERIODIC UPDATES.—Not less frequently 23
than once every 2 years, the Attorney General, the 24
Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary 25
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of the Treasury shall submit to the congressional 1
committees described in paragraph (1) an update to 2
the report submitted under that paragraph that de-3
scribes progress made on the implementation of the 4
strategy developed under subsection (a). 5
SEC. 4. FORFEITURE OF PROCEEDS FROM MACHINE GUN 6
VIOLATIONS. 7
Section 5872 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 8
is amended— 9
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, and any 10
proceeds derived from the illegal trafficking of a ma-11
chine gun,’’ after ‘‘provisions of this chapter’’; and 12
(2) by adding at the end the following: 13
‘‘(c) I
LLEGALTRAFFICKING OF AMACHINEGUN.— 14
For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘illegal trafficking 15
of a machine gun’ means the making, manufacture, impor-16
tation, exportation, or transfer of a machine gun in viola-17
tion of the provisions of this chapter or any regulations 18
prescribed under this chapter.’’. 19
SEC. 5. GUN TRAFFICKING REPORT. 20
The Attorney General shall include information about 21
machinegun conversion devices in the annual firearms 22
trafficking report announced by the President on April 7, 23
2021, including— 24
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(1) the number of crimes in which machinegun 1
conversion devices are used; and 2
(2) whether the machinegun conversion devices 3
recovered from crimes described in paragraph (1) 4
are manufactured in the United States or a foreign 5
country. 6
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