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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2105
5	5	To address the importation and proliferation of machinegun conversion
6	6	devices.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MARCH14, 2025
9	9	Mr. C
10	10	ASTEN(for himself, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. WAT-
11	11	SONCOLEMAN, Ms. GARCIAof Texas, Ms. TITUS, Ms. SCANLON, Ms.
12	12	S
13	13	TEVENS, Mr. NEGUSE, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. BALINT,
14	14	Ms. V
15	15	ELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. LANDSMAN, Ms. CHU, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. MOORE
16	16	of Wisconsin, Ms. C
17	17	LARKEof New York, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVISof
18	18	Illinois, Mr. G
19	19	OLDMANof New York, Ms. BROWN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr.
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21	21	UCHINCLOSS, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Ms. SCHRIER,
22	22	Mr. C
23	23	ONNOLLY, and Ms. BROWNLEY) introduced the following bill; which
24	24	was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to
25	25	the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period
26	26	to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
27	27	ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
28	28	concerned
29	29	A BILL
30	30	To address the importation and proliferation of machinegun
31	31	conversion devices.
32	32	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
33	33	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
34	34	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
35	35	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Illegal 4
36	36	Weapons Trafficking Act of 2025’’. 5
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40	40	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1
41	41	In this Act— 2
42	42	(1) the term ‘‘machinegun’’ has the meaning 3
43	43	given the term ‘‘machine gun’’ in section 5845 of 4
44	44	the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 5
45	45	(2) the term ‘‘machinegun conversion device’’ 6
46	46	means any part designed and intended solely and ex-7
47	47	clusively, or combination of parts designed and in-8
48	48	tended, for use in converting a weapon into a ma-9
49	49	chinegun. 10
50	50	SEC. 3. PREVENTION AND INTERCEPTION STRATEGY. 11
51	51	(a) S
52	52	TRATEGY.— 12
53	53	(1) I
54	54	N GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 13
55	55	after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 14
56	56	General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 15
57	57	the Secretary of the Treasury shall develop and im-16
58	58	plement a strategy to prevent or intercept the impor-17
59	59	tation or trafficking of machinegun conversion de-18
60	60	vices. 19
61	61	(2) C
62	62	ONTENTS.—The strategy described in 20
63	63	paragraph (1) shall include plans to optimize— 21
64	64	(A) the capacity of Federal law enforce-22
65	65	ment agencies to detect, intercept, and seize 23
66	66	machinegun conversion devices; 24
67	67	(B) the coordination between State and 25
68	68	local law enforcement agencies and Federal law 26
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72	72	enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of 1
73	73	Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the 2
74	74	Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Se-3
75	75	curity Investigations, and U.S. Customs and 4
76	76	Border Protection, when machinegun conversion 5
77	77	devices are seized at ports of entry; 6
78	78	(C) efforts by the Bureau of Alcohol, To-7
79	79	bacco, Firearms, and Explosives to collaborate 8
80	80	with State and local law enforcement agencies 9
81	81	to identify and trace machinegun conversion de-10
82	82	vices used in crimes, including identifying the 11
83	83	source of the device, whether from a foreign 12
84	84	country or the United States; 13
85	85	(D) training programs provided by Federal 14
86	86	law enforcement agencies to aid State and local 15
87	87	law enforcement agencies in identifying ma-16
88	88	chinegun conversion devices; 17
89	89	(E) the investigation and collection of data 18
90	90	regarding the origins of machinegun conversion 19
91	91	devices that are seized at ports of entry or re-20
92	92	covered by law enforcement agencies in the 21
93	93	United States in order to identify patterns and 22
94	94	detect vulnerabilities; and 23
95	95	(F) the capacity of Federal law enforce-24
96	96	ment agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, 25
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100	100	Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Federal 1
101	101	Bureau of Investigation, and Homeland Secu-2
102	102	rity Investigations, to detect, intercept, and 3
103	103	seize domestically produced machinegun conver-4
104	104	sion devices, including machinegun conversion 5
105	105	devices produced using 3D printing technology. 6
106	106	(b) R
107	107	EPORTS.— 7
108	108	(1) I
109	109	NITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 8
110	110	after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 9
111	111	General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 10
112	112	the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report 11
113	113	on the strategy developed and implemented under 12
114	114	subsection (a), which shall include relevant statis-13
115	115	tical information, to— 14
116	116	(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 15
117	117	Senate; 16
118	118	(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 17
119	119	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 18
120	120	(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 19
121	121	House of Representatives; and 20
122	122	(D) the Committee on Homeland Security 21
123	123	of the House of Representatives. 22
124	124	(2) P
125	125	ERIODIC UPDATES.—Not less frequently 23
126	126	than once every 2 years, the Attorney General, the 24
127	127	Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary 25
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131	131	of the Treasury shall submit to the congressional 1
132	132	committees described in paragraph (1) an update to 2
133	133	the report submitted under that paragraph that de-3
134	134	scribes progress made on the implementation of the 4
135	135	strategy developed under subsection (a). 5
136	136	SEC. 4. FORFEITURE OF PROCEEDS FROM MACHINE GUN 6
137	137	VIOLATIONS. 7
138	138	Section 5872 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 8
139	139	is amended— 9
140	140	(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, and any 10
141	141	proceeds derived from the illegal trafficking of a ma-11
142	142	chine gun,’’ after ‘‘provisions of this chapter’’; and 12
143	143	(2) by adding at the end the following: 13
144	144	‘‘(c) I
145	145	LLEGALTRAFFICKING OF AMACHINEGUN.— 14
146	146	For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘illegal trafficking 15
147	147	of a machine gun’ means the making, manufacture, impor-16
148	148	tation, exportation, or transfer of a machine gun in viola-17
149	149	tion of the provisions of this chapter or any regulations 18
150	150	prescribed under this chapter.’’. 19
151	151	SEC. 5. GUN TRAFFICKING REPORT. 20
152	152	The Attorney General shall include information about 21
153	153	machinegun conversion devices in the annual firearms 22
154	154	trafficking report announced by the President on April 7, 23
155	155	2021, including— 24
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159	159	(1) the number of crimes in which machinegun 1
160	160	conversion devices are used; and 2
161	161	(2) whether the machinegun conversion devices 3
162	162	recovered from crimes described in paragraph (1) 4
163	163	are manufactured in the United States or a foreign 5
164	164	country. 6
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