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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2650
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposi-
tion of any firearm or ammunition to any person who has been convicted
of a violent misdemeanor, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL3, 2025
Mr. N
EGUSE(for himself, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. KELLYof Illinois, and Ms.
D
EANof Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale
or other disposition of any firearm or ammunition to
any person who has been convicted of a violent mis-
demeanor, 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 referred to as the ‘‘End Gun Vio-4
lence Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF 1
A FIREARM OR AMMUNITION TO A PERSON 2
CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT MISDEMEANOR. 3
Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is 4
amended in the 1st sentence— 5
(1) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 6
end; 7
(2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period 8
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 9
(3) by adding at the end the following: 10
‘‘(12) has been convicted in any court of a vio-11
lent misdemeanor within the preceding 5 years.’’. 12
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF VIOLENT MISDEMEANOR. 13
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 14
amended by adding at the end the following: 15
‘‘(38)(A) The term ‘violent misdemeanor’ means an 16
offense that— 17
‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor under Federal, State, 18
tribal, or local law; and 19
‘‘(ii) has as an element— 20
‘‘(I) the use, attempted use, or threatened 21
use of— 22
‘‘(aa) physical force; or 23
‘‘(bb) a deadly weapon; 24
‘‘(II) the intent to cause physical injury; or 25
‘‘(III) knowingly causing physical injury. 26
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‘‘(B)(i) A person shall not be considered to have been 1
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, 2
unless— 3
‘‘(I) the person was represented by counsel in 4
the case, or knowingly and intelligently waived the 5
right to counsel in the case; and 6
‘‘(II) in the case of a prosecution for an offense 7
described in this paragraph for which a person was 8
entitled to a jury trial in the jurisdiction in which 9
the case was tried, either— 10
‘‘(aa) the case was tried by a jury, or 11
‘‘(bb) the person knowingly and intel-12
ligently waived the right to have the case tried 13
by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 14
‘‘(ii) A person shall not be considered to have been 15
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter 16
if the conviction has been expunged or set aside, or is an 17
offense for which the person has been pardoned or has 18
had civil rights restored (if the law of the applicable juris-19
diction provides for the loss of civil rights under such an 20
offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration 21
of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not 22
ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.’’. 23
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SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 1
(a) Paragraphs (1)(B)(ii), (2), (4), and (5) of section 2
922(t) of title 18, United States Code, are each amended 3
by striking ‘‘receipt’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sub-4
section (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘knowing sale or disposition of 5
a firearm by the licensee to such other person, or the re-6
ceipt of a firearm by such other person would violate sub-7
section (d), (g),’’. 8
(b) Section 923(d)(1)(B) of such title is amended by 9
striking ‘‘section 922(g) and (n) of this chapter’’ and in-10
serting ‘‘subsection (g) or (n) of section 922, and is not 11
a person to whom the knowing sale or disposition of a 12
firearm or ammunition is prohibited by section 922(d)’’. 13
(c) Section 925A of such title is amended in para-14
graph (2), by inserting ‘‘and to whom the knowing sale 15
or disposition of a firearm was not prohibited pursuant 16
to subsection (d) of such section’’ after ‘‘section 922’’. 17
(d) Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Pre-18
vention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) is amended— 19
(1) in subsection (e)(1)— 20
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for 21
whom’’ and all that follows through ‘‘subsection 22
(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘to whom the knowing sale 23
or disposition of a firearm, or for whom receipt 24
of a firearm, would violate subsection (d), (g),’’; 25
and 26
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(B) in each of subparagraphs (F)(iii)(I) 1
and (G)(i), by striking ‘‘(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d), 2
(g),’’; 3
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘receipt of a 4
firearm by a prospective transferee would violate 5
subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘the knowing sale or 6
disposition of a firearm to, or the possession or re-7
ceipt of a firearm by, a prospective transferee would 8
violate subsection (d), (g),’’; and 9
(3) in subsection (i)(2), by striking ‘‘prohibited 10
by section 922 (g) or (n) of title 18, United States 11
Code or State law, from receiving a firearm.’’ and 12
inserting ‘‘to whom the knowing sale or disposition 13
of, or for whom the possession or receipt of, a fire-14
arm is prohibited by subsection (d), (g), or (n) of 15
section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or State 16
law.’’. 17
(e) Section 101(b) of the NICS Improvement Amend-18
ments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911(b)) is amended— 19
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘a person 20
is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm 21
under subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘the knowing 22
sale or disposition of a firearm to, or the possession 23
or receipt of a firearm by, a person is prohibited 24
under subsection (d), (g),’’; and 25
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(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘a member 1
of the Armed Forces involved in such proceeding is 2
disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm 3
under subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘the knowing 4
sale or disposition of a firearm to, or the possession 5
or receipt of a firearm by, a member of the Armed 6
Forces is prohibited under subsection (d), (g),’’. 7
(f) Section 102 of the NICS Improvement Amend-8
ments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40912) is amended— 9
(1) in subsection (b)(3)— 10
(A) by inserting ‘‘, or to whom the know-11
ing sale or disposition of a firearm is prohib-12
ited,’’ after ‘‘firearm’’; and 13
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and in-14
serting ‘‘subsection (d), (g),’’; and 15
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, or is 16
a person to whom the knowing sale or disposition of 17
a firearm is prohibited by subsection (d) of such sec-18
tion’’ before the period. 19
SEC. 5. APPLICABILITY. 20
The amendments made by this Act shall not apply 21
with respect to convictions occurring before the date that 22
is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 23
SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 24
Nothing in this Act shall— 25
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(1) alter the requirements of subsections (d)(8) 1
or (g)(8) of section 922 of title 18, United States 2
Code; or 3
(2) have a limiting effect on State, tribal, or 4
local law. 5
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