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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2650
5	5	To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposi-
6	6	tion of any firearm or ammunition to any person who has been convicted
7	7	of a violent misdemeanor, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	APRIL3, 2025
10	10	Mr. N
11	11	EGUSE(for himself, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. KELLYof Illinois, and Ms.
12	12	D
13	13	EANof Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred
14	14	to the Committee on the Judiciary
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale
17	17	or other disposition of any firearm or ammunition to
18	18	any person who has been convicted of a violent mis-
19	19	demeanor, and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be referred to as the ‘‘End Gun Vio-4
24	24	lence Act of 2025’’. 5
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28	28	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF 1
29	29	A FIREARM OR AMMUNITION TO A PERSON 2
30	30	CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT MISDEMEANOR. 3
31	31	Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is 4
32	32	amended in the 1st sentence— 5
33	33	(1) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 6
34	34	end; 7
35	35	(2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period 8
36	36	and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 9
37	37	(3) by adding at the end the following: 10
38	38	‘‘(12) has been convicted in any court of a vio-11
39	39	lent misdemeanor within the preceding 5 years.’’. 12
40	40	SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF VIOLENT MISDEMEANOR. 13
41	41	Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 14
42	42	amended by adding at the end the following: 15
43	43	‘‘(38)(A) The term ‘violent misdemeanor’ means an 16
44	44	offense that— 17
45	45	‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor under Federal, State, 18
46	46	tribal, or local law; and 19
47	47	‘‘(ii) has as an element— 20
48	48	‘‘(I) the use, attempted use, or threatened 21
49	49	use of— 22
50	50	‘‘(aa) physical force; or 23
51	51	‘‘(bb) a deadly weapon; 24
52	52	‘‘(II) the intent to cause physical injury; or 25
53	53	‘‘(III) knowingly causing physical injury. 26
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57	57	‘‘(B)(i) A person shall not be considered to have been 1
58	58	convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, 2
59	59	unless— 3
60	60	‘‘(I) the person was represented by counsel in 4
61	61	the case, or knowingly and intelligently waived the 5
62	62	right to counsel in the case; and 6
63	63	‘‘(II) in the case of a prosecution for an offense 7
64	64	described in this paragraph for which a person was 8
65	65	entitled to a jury trial in the jurisdiction in which 9
66	66	the case was tried, either— 10
67	67	‘‘(aa) the case was tried by a jury, or 11
68	68	‘‘(bb) the person knowingly and intel-12
69	69	ligently waived the right to have the case tried 13
70	70	by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 14
71	71	‘‘(ii) A person shall not be considered to have been 15
72	72	convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter 16
73	73	if the conviction has been expunged or set aside, or is an 17
74	74	offense for which the person has been pardoned or has 18
75	75	had civil rights restored (if the law of the applicable juris-19
76	76	diction provides for the loss of civil rights under such an 20
77	77	offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration 21
78	78	of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not 22
79	79	ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.’’. 23
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83	83	SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 1
84	84	(a) Paragraphs (1)(B)(ii), (2), (4), and (5) of section 2
85	85	922(t) of title 18, United States Code, are each amended 3
86	86	by striking ‘‘receipt’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sub-4
87	87	section (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘knowing sale or disposition of 5
88	88	a firearm by the licensee to such other person, or the re-6
89	89	ceipt of a firearm by such other person would violate sub-7
90	90	section (d), (g),’’. 8
91	91	(b) Section 923(d)(1)(B) of such title is amended by 9
92	92	striking ‘‘section 922(g) and (n) of this chapter’’ and in-10
93	93	serting ‘‘subsection (g) or (n) of section 922, and is not 11
94	94	a person to whom the knowing sale or disposition of a 12
95	95	firearm or ammunition is prohibited by section 922(d)’’. 13
96	96	(c) Section 925A of such title is amended in para-14
97	97	graph (2), by inserting ‘‘and to whom the knowing sale 15
98	98	or disposition of a firearm was not prohibited pursuant 16
99	99	to subsection (d) of such section’’ after ‘‘section 922’’. 17
100	100	(d) Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Pre-18
101	101	vention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) is amended— 19
102	102	(1) in subsection (e)(1)— 20
103	103	(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for 21
104	104	whom’’ and all that follows through ‘‘subsection 22
105	105	(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘to whom the knowing sale 23
106	106	or disposition of a firearm, or for whom receipt 24
107	107	of a firearm, would violate subsection (d), (g),’’; 25
108	108	and 26
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112	112	(B) in each of subparagraphs (F)(iii)(I) 1
113	113	and (G)(i), by striking ‘‘(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d), 2
114	114	(g),’’; 3
115	115	(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘receipt of a 4
116	116	firearm by a prospective transferee would violate 5
117	117	subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘the knowing sale or 6
118	118	disposition of a firearm to, or the possession or re-7
119	119	ceipt of a firearm by, a prospective transferee would 8
120	120	violate subsection (d), (g),’’; and 9
121	121	(3) in subsection (i)(2), by striking ‘‘prohibited 10
122	122	by section 922 (g) or (n) of title 18, United States 11
123	123	Code or State law, from receiving a firearm.’’ and 12
124	124	inserting ‘‘to whom the knowing sale or disposition 13
125	125	of, or for whom the possession or receipt of, a fire-14
126	126	arm is prohibited by subsection (d), (g), or (n) of 15
127	127	section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or State 16
128	128	law.’’. 17
129	129	(e) Section 101(b) of the NICS Improvement Amend-18
130	130	ments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911(b)) is amended— 19
131	131	(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘a person 20
132	132	is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm 21
133	133	under subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘the knowing 22
134	134	sale or disposition of a firearm to, or the possession 23
135	135	or receipt of a firearm by, a person is prohibited 24
136	136	under subsection (d), (g),’’; and 25
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140	140	(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘a member 1
141	141	of the Armed Forces involved in such proceeding is 2
142	142	disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm 3
143	143	under subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘the knowing 4
144	144	sale or disposition of a firearm to, or the possession 5
145	145	or receipt of a firearm by, a member of the Armed 6
146	146	Forces is prohibited under subsection (d), (g),’’. 7
147	147	(f) Section 102 of the NICS Improvement Amend-8
148	148	ments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40912) is amended— 9
149	149	(1) in subsection (b)(3)— 10
150	150	(A) by inserting ‘‘, or to whom the know-11
151	151	ing sale or disposition of a firearm is prohib-12
152	152	ited,’’ after ‘‘firearm’’; and 13
153	153	(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and in-14
154	154	serting ‘‘subsection (d), (g),’’; and 15
155	155	(2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, or is 16
156	156	a person to whom the knowing sale or disposition of 17
157	157	a firearm is prohibited by subsection (d) of such sec-18
158	158	tion’’ before the period. 19
159	159	SEC. 5. APPLICABILITY. 20
160	160	The amendments made by this Act shall not apply 21
161	161	with respect to convictions occurring before the date that 22
162	162	is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 23
163	163	SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 24
164	164	Nothing in this Act shall— 25
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168	168	(1) alter the requirements of subsections (d)(8) 1
169	169	or (g)(8) of section 922 of title 18, United States 2
170	170	Code; or 3
171	171	(2) have a limiting effect on State, tribal, or 4
172	172	local law. 5
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