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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2368
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms
licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles
or semiautomatic centerfire shotguns to a person under 21 years of
age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel and full-time
law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH26, 2025
Mr. I
VEY(for himself, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. AMO, Ms. ANSARI,
Ms. B
ARRAGA´N, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BELL, Mr. BERA, Mr. BEYER, Mr.
B
OYLEof Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CARBAJAL,
Mr. C
ARSON, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CASTORof
Florida, Ms. C
LARKEof New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mrs. CHERFILUS-
M
CCORMICK, Ms. CHU, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COSTA, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr.
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AVISof Illinois, Ms. DEANof Pennsylvania, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr.
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ESAULNIER, Ms. DEXTER, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. ELFRETH, Ms.
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SCOBAR, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Mr. FROST, Mr. GARAMENDI,
Mr. G
ARCIAof California, Mr. GARCI´Aof Illinois, Ms. GARCIAof Texas,
Mr. G
OLDMANof New York, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GREENof Texas, Mrs.
H
AYES, Mr. HOYER, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Ms. JOHNSONof Texas,
Ms. K
AMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLYof Illinois, Mr. KEN-
NEDYof New York, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. LEGERFERNANDEZ, Mr.
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ARSONof Connecticut, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, Mr. LIEU, Ms. LOF-
GREN, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mrs. MCCLAIN
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ELANEY, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mrs.
M
CIVER, Mr. MFUME, Mr. MIN, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Mr.
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OSKOWITZ, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON,
Ms. O
CASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr.
P
ETERS, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SALINAS, Ms.
S
CHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. DAVIDSCOTTof
Georgia, Ms. S
EWELL, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SMITHof
Washington, Ms. S
TANSBURY, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, Mr.
S
UOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. THOMPSONof California,
Ms. T
ITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TORRESof New York, Ms.
U
NDERWOOD, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. WAT-
SONCOLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, Ms. WILSONof Florida, Mr.
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VANSof Pennsylvania, Mr. WHITESIDES, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. MENEN-
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DEZ, Mr. SOTO, Mr. LATIMER, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal
firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semi-
automatic centerfire rifles or semiautomatic centerfire
shotguns to a person under 21 years of age, with excep-
tions for active duty military personnel and full-time
law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Raise the Age Act of 4
2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE 6
SELLING OR DELIVERING CERTAIN SEMI-7
AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE RIFLES OR SEMI-8
AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE SHOTGUNS TO A 9
PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE, WITH EX-10
CEPTIONS. 11
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, 12
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 13
‘‘(1)(A) any firearm or ammunition to any indi-14
vidual who the licensee knows or has reasonable 15
cause to believe has not attained 18 years of age; 16
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‘‘(B) any semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semi-1
automatic centerfire shotgun that has, or has the ca-2
pacity to accept, an ammunition feeding device with 3
a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, to any individual who 4
the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe 5
has not attained 21 years of age and is not a quali-6
fied individual; or 7
‘‘(C) if the firearm or ammunition is not a 8
semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic 9
centerfire shotgun described in subparagraph (B) 10
and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition 11
for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the li-12
censee knows or has reasonable cause to believe has 13
not attained 21 years of age;’’. 14
(b) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 922(c)(1) 15
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘in the case of any 16
firearm’’ and all that follows through ‘‘eighteen years or 17
more of age’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) in the case of a semiauto-18
matic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire shotgun 19
that has, or has the capacity to accept, an ammunition 20
feeding device with a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, I am 21
at least 21 years of age or a qualified individual (as de-22
fined in section 921(a)(30) of title 18, United States 23
Code), (2) in the case of a firearm other than a shotgun, 24
a rifle, or such a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semi-25
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automatic centerfire shotgun, I am at least 21 years of 1
age, or (3) in the case of any other shotgun or rifle, I 2
am at least 18 years of age.’’. 3
(c) Q
UALIFIEDINDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—Section 4
921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the 5
following: 6
‘‘(38) The term ‘qualified individual’ means— 7
‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces on active 8
duty; and 9
‘‘(B) a full-time employee of the United States, 10
a State, or a political subdivision of a State who in 11
the course of his or her official duties is authorized 12
to carry a firearm. 13
‘‘(39) The term ‘ammunition feeding device’ means 14
a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device, but 15
does not include an attached tubular device which is only 16
capable of operating with .22 caliber rimfire ammuni-17
tion.’’. 18
SEC. 3. OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES-19
TIGATION’S PUBLIC ACCESS LINE. 20
(a) R
EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 21
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal 22
Bureau of Investigation (in this section referred to as the 23
‘‘FBI’’) shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 24
of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 25
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House of Representatives a report regarding operation of 1
the FBI’s public access line. 2
(b) M
ATTERSINCLUDED.—The report required by 3
subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following: 4
(1) A description of the protocols and proce-5
dures in effect with respect to information-sharing 6
between the public access line and the field offices 7
of the FBI. 8
(2) Recommendations for improving the proto-9
cols and procedures to improve the information-shar-10
ing. 11
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