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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2189 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in |
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| 6 | 6 | | technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH18, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. F |
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| 10 | 10 | | ITZGERALD(for himself and Mr. CORREA) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advance- |
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| 14 | 14 | | ments in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and |
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| 15 | 15 | | for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law-Enforcement In-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | novate to De-Escalate Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN LESS-THAN-LETHAL PRO-6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | JECTILE DEVICES FROM RESTRICTIONS 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | UNDER TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE. 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | States Code, is amended— 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 2189 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (3), by 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | inserting ‘‘or a less-than-lethal projectile device’’ be-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | fore the period; and 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(38)(A) The term ‘less-than-lethal projectile device’ 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | means a device that— 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(i) is not designed or intended to expel and 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | may not be readily converted to accept and dis-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | charge— 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(I) ammunition commonly used in hand-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | guns, rifles, or shotguns; or 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(II) any other projectile at a velocity ex-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ceeding 500 feet per second; 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(ii) is designed and intended to be used in a 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | manner that is not likely to cause death or serious 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | bodily injury; and 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(iii) does not accept, and is not able to be 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | readily modified to accept, an ammunition feeding 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | device— 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(I) loaded through the inside of a pistol 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | grip; or 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(II) commonly used in semiautomatic 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | firearms. 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(B) If a person requests that the Attorney General 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | determine whether a device satisfies the definition of ‘less- 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 2189 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | than-lethal projectile device’ under subparagraph (A), the 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Attorney General shall make the determination not later 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | than 90 days after the date on which the Attorney General 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | receives the device pursuant to the request.’’. 4 |
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