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4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1370 |
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5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the possession of certain |
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6 | 6 | | firearms, and for other purposes. |
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7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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8 | 8 | | APRIL9, 2025 |
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9 | 9 | | Mr. H |
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10 | 10 | | EINRICH(for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. KELLY, Mr. BENNET, Mr. KAINE, |
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11 | 11 | | Ms. D |
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12 | 12 | | UCKWORTH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. |
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13 | 13 | | V |
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14 | 14 | | ANHOLLEN, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. WYDEN, and Ms. |
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15 | 15 | | H |
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16 | 16 | | IRONO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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17 | 17 | | to the Committee on Finance |
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18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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19 | 19 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the |
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20 | 20 | | possession of certain firearms, and for other purposes. |
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21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gas-Operated Semi- 4 |
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25 | 25 | | Automatic Firearms Exclusion Act’’ or the ‘‘GOSAFE 5 |
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26 | 26 | | Act’’. 6 |
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30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS. 1 |
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31 | 31 | | (a) D |
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32 | 32 | | EFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 2 |
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33 | 33 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-3 |
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34 | 34 | | lowing: 4 |
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35 | 35 | | ‘‘(39) The term ‘semi-automatic firearm’ means any 5 |
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36 | 36 | | firearm that— 6 |
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37 | 37 | | ‘‘(A) upon initiating the firing sequence, fires 7 |
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38 | 38 | | the first chambered cartridge and uses a portion of 8 |
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39 | 39 | | the energy of the firing cartridge to— 9 |
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40 | 40 | | ‘‘(i) extract the expended cartridge case; 10 |
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41 | 41 | | ‘‘(ii) chamber the next round; and 11 |
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42 | 42 | | ‘‘(iii) prepare the firing mechanism to fire 12 |
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43 | 43 | | again; 13 |
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44 | 44 | | ‘‘(B) requires a separate pull, release, push, or 14 |
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45 | 45 | | initiation of the trigger to fire each cartridge; and 15 |
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46 | 46 | | ‘‘(C) is not a machinegun. 16 |
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47 | 47 | | ‘‘(40) The term ‘cycle the action’, with respect to a 17 |
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48 | 48 | | firearm, means to extract the fired cartridge case, cham-18 |
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49 | 49 | | ber the next cartridge, and prepare the firing mechanism 19 |
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50 | 50 | | to fire again. 20 |
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51 | 51 | | ‘‘(41) The term ‘gas-operated’, with respect to a 21 |
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52 | 52 | | semi-automatic firearm, means any firearm that harnesses 22 |
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53 | 53 | | or traps a portion of the high-pressure gas from a fired 23 |
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54 | 54 | | cartridge to cycle the action using— 24 |
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57 | 57 | | •S 1370 IS |
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58 | 58 | | ‘‘(A) a long stroke piston, where gas is vented 1 |
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59 | 59 | | from the barrel to a piston that is mechanically fixed 2 |
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60 | 60 | | to the bolt group and moves to cycle the action; 3 |
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61 | 61 | | ‘‘(B) a short stroke piston, where gas is vented 4 |
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62 | 62 | | from the barrel to a piston that moves separately 5 |
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63 | 63 | | from the bolt group so that the energy is imparted 6 |
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64 | 64 | | through a gas piston to cycle the action; 7 |
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65 | 65 | | ‘‘(C) a system that traps and vents gas from ei-8 |
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66 | 66 | | ther the barrel or the chamber to directly strike or 9 |
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67 | 67 | | impinge the bolt, bolt carrier, or slide assembly, to 10 |
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68 | 68 | | unlock and cycle the action; 11 |
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69 | 69 | | ‘‘(D) a hybrid system that combines elements of 12 |
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70 | 70 | | a system described in subparagraph (C) with a sys-13 |
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71 | 71 | | tem described in subparagraph (A) or (B) to capture 14 |
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72 | 72 | | gas vented from the barrel to cycle the action; 15 |
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73 | 73 | | ‘‘(E) a blowback-operated system that directly 16 |
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74 | 74 | | utilizes the expanding gases of the ignited propellant 17 |
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75 | 75 | | powder acting on the cartridge case to drive the 18 |
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76 | 76 | | breechblock or breech bolt rearward; or 19 |
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77 | 77 | | ‘‘(F) a recoil-operated system that utilizes the 20 |
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78 | 78 | | recoil force to unlock the breech bolt and then to 21 |
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79 | 79 | | complete the cycle of extracting, ejecting, and re-22 |
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80 | 80 | | loading. 23 |
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81 | 81 | | ‘‘(42) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feeding 24 |
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82 | 82 | | device’— 25 |
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86 | 86 | | ‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, 1 |
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87 | 87 | | helical feeding device, or similar device, including 2 |
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88 | 88 | | any such device joined or coupled with another in 3 |
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89 | 89 | | any manner, that— 4 |
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90 | 90 | | ‘‘(i) has an overall capacity of, or that can 5 |
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91 | 91 | | be readily restored, altered, or converted to ac-6 |
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92 | 92 | | cept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition; and 7 |
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93 | 93 | | ‘‘(ii) is not permanently fixed; and 8 |
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94 | 94 | | ‘‘(B) does not include any device designed to 9 |
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95 | 95 | | accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 or 10 |
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96 | 96 | | less caliber rimfire ammunition.’’. 11 |
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97 | 97 | | (b) P |
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98 | 98 | | ROHIBITIONS.—Section 922 of title 18, United 12 |
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99 | 99 | | States Code, is amended— 13 |
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100 | 100 | | (1) by inserting after subsection (u) the fol-14 |
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101 | 101 | | lowing: 15 |
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102 | 102 | | ‘‘(v)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) or (4), 16 |
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103 | 103 | | it shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, manu-17 |
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104 | 104 | | facture, transfer, receive, or possess, in or affecting inter-18 |
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105 | 105 | | state or foreign commerce, a firearm, device, or combina-19 |
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106 | 106 | | tion of parts described in subparagraphs (A) through (H), 20 |
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107 | 107 | | knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that— 21 |
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108 | 108 | | ‘‘(A) the firearm is included on the list of pro-22 |
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109 | 109 | | hibited gas-operated semi-automatic firearms de-23 |
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110 | 110 | | scribed in section 935(a); 24 |
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114 | 114 | | ‘‘(B) the modified non-prohibited firearm, as 1 |
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115 | 115 | | modified, operates as a firearm included on the list 2 |
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116 | 116 | | of prohibited gas-operated semi-automatic firearms 3 |
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117 | 117 | | described in section 935(a); 4 |
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118 | 118 | | ‘‘(C) the combination of parts is designed and 5 |
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119 | 119 | | functions to modify an otherwise non-prohibited fire-6 |
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120 | 120 | | arm so that the firearm, as modified, operates as a 7 |
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121 | 121 | | gas-operated semi-automatic firearm included on the 8 |
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122 | 122 | | list of prohibited gas-operated semi-automatic fire-9 |
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123 | 123 | | arms described in section 935(a); 10 |
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124 | 124 | | ‘‘(D) the combination of parts is designed to be 11 |
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125 | 125 | | assembled into a firearm that operates as a firearm 12 |
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126 | 126 | | included on the list of prohibited gas-operated semi- 13 |
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127 | 127 | | automatic firearms described in section 935(a); 14 |
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128 | 128 | | ‘‘(E) the combination of parts functions to 15 |
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129 | 129 | | produce a gas-operated semi-automatic cycling ac-16 |
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130 | 130 | | tion that was not lawfully manufactured as part of 17 |
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131 | 131 | | an approved firearm design described in section 18 |
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132 | 132 | | 935(c); 19 |
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133 | 133 | | ‘‘(F) the manual, power-driven, or electronic de-20 |
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134 | 134 | | vice is primarily designed, or redesigned, so that if 21 |
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135 | 135 | | the device is attached to a semi-automatic firearm 22 |
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136 | 136 | | the device— 23 |
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137 | 137 | | ‘‘(i) materially increases the rate of fire of 24 |
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138 | 138 | | the firearm; or 25 |
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141 | 141 | | •S 1370 IS |
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142 | 142 | | ‘‘(ii) approximates the action or rate of fire 1 |
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143 | 143 | | of a machinegun; 2 |
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144 | 144 | | ‘‘(G) the device, part, or combination of parts 3 |
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145 | 145 | | is designed and functions to materially increase the 4 |
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146 | 146 | | rate of fire of the semi-automatic firearm by elimi-5 |
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147 | 147 | | nating the need for the operator of the firearm to 6 |
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148 | 148 | | make a separate movement for each individual func-7 |
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149 | 149 | | tion of the trigger; or 8 |
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150 | 150 | | ‘‘(H) the semi-automatic firearm has been 9 |
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151 | 151 | | modified in any way that— 10 |
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152 | 152 | | ‘‘(i) materially increases the rate of fire of 11 |
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153 | 153 | | the firearm; or 12 |
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154 | 154 | | ‘‘(ii) approximates the action or rate of fire 13 |
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155 | 155 | | of a machinegun. 14 |
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156 | 156 | | ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 15 |
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157 | 157 | | ‘‘(A) the importation or manufacture by or for, 16 |
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158 | 158 | | sale or transfer to, or possession by or under the au-17 |
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159 | 159 | | thority of, the United States or any department or 18 |
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160 | 160 | | agency thereof or a State or Tribe, or a department, 19 |
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161 | 161 | | agency, or political subdivision thereof; 20 |
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162 | 162 | | ‘‘(B) the importation or manufacture for, sale 21 |
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163 | 163 | | or transfer to, or possession by, a licensee under title 22 |
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164 | 164 | | I of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 23 |
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165 | 165 | | 2011 et seq.) for purposes of establishing and main-24 |
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166 | 166 | | taining an on-site physical security protection system 25 |
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170 | 170 | | and security organization required by Federal law, 1 |
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171 | 171 | | or the transfer to, or possession by, a contractor of 2 |
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172 | 172 | | such a licensee on-site for such purposes or off-site 3 |
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173 | 173 | | for purposes of licensee-authorized training or trans-4 |
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174 | 174 | | portation of nuclear materials; 5 |
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175 | 175 | | ‘‘(C) the possession of a gas-operated semi- 6 |
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176 | 176 | | automatic firearm that, before the date of enactment 7 |
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177 | 177 | | of this subsection, was lawfully— 8 |
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178 | 178 | | ‘‘(i) manufactured; and 9 |
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179 | 179 | | ‘‘(ii) transferred by the manufacturer to 10 |
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180 | 180 | | another party; or 11 |
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181 | 181 | | ‘‘(D) the transfer of a gas-operated semi-auto-12 |
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182 | 182 | | matic firearm that is lawfully possessed before the 13 |
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183 | 183 | | date of enactment of this subsection in accordance 14 |
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184 | 184 | | with subparagraph (C), in which— 15 |
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185 | 185 | | ‘‘(i) the transferee is an immediate family 16 |
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186 | 186 | | member of the transferor; 17 |
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187 | 187 | | ‘‘(ii) the transfer occurs after a licensed 18 |
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188 | 188 | | importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed 19 |
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189 | 189 | | dealer has first taken possession of the firearm 20 |
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190 | 190 | | for the purpose of complying with subsection (t) 21 |
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191 | 191 | | before such transfer to the immediate family 22 |
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192 | 192 | | member occurs; and 23 |
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193 | 193 | | ‘‘(iii) upon taking possession of the firearm 24 |
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194 | 194 | | under clause (ii), the licensee to whom the fire-25 |
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198 | 198 | | arm was transferred under clause (ii) complies 1 |
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199 | 199 | | with all requirements of this chapter as if the 2 |
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200 | 200 | | licensee were transferring the firearm from the 3 |
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201 | 201 | | business inventory of the licensee to the unli-4 |
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202 | 202 | | censed transferee. 5 |
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203 | 203 | | ‘‘(3) Licensed importers and licensed manufacturers 6 |
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204 | 204 | | shall mark all gas-operated semi-automatic firearms im-7 |
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205 | 205 | | ported or manufactured under subparagraphs (A) and (B) 8 |
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206 | 206 | | of paragraph (2) after the date of enactment of this sub-9 |
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207 | 207 | | section in the manner prescribed by the Attorney General 10 |
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208 | 208 | | before any transfer under subparagraph (A) or (B) of 11 |
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209 | 209 | | paragraph (2). 12 |
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210 | 210 | | ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection— 13 |
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211 | 211 | | ‘‘(A) the term ‘gas-operated semi-automatic 14 |
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212 | 212 | | firearm’ does not include— 15 |
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213 | 213 | | ‘‘(i) any firearm designed to accept, and 16 |
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214 | 214 | | capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rim-17 |
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215 | 215 | | fire ammunition, provided that such firearm 18 |
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216 | 216 | | does not have a separate upper and lower re-19 |
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217 | 217 | | ceiver; 20 |
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218 | 218 | | ‘‘(ii) a rifle that— 21 |
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219 | 219 | | ‘‘(I) is a single-shot rifle; 22 |
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220 | 220 | | ‘‘(II) is a breech loading rifle with a 23 |
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221 | 221 | | capacity not to exceed 2 rounds of ammu-24 |
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222 | 222 | | nition; 25 |
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226 | 226 | | ‘‘(III) is a muzzle-loading rifle or 1 |
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227 | 227 | | smoothbore shoulder-fired firearm; 2 |
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228 | 228 | | ‘‘(IV) uses a bolt action, lever action, 3 |
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229 | 229 | | or pump action to cycle the action of the 4 |
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230 | 230 | | rifle; or 5 |
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231 | 231 | | ‘‘(V) has a permanently fixed maga-6 |
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232 | 232 | | zine with a capacity not to exceed 10 7 |
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233 | 233 | | rounds of ammunition that cannot be con-8 |
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234 | 234 | | verted or changed to accept more than 10 9 |
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235 | 235 | | rounds of ammunition; 10 |
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236 | 236 | | ‘‘(iii) a shotgun that— 11 |
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237 | 237 | | ‘‘(I) is a single-shot shotgun; 12 |
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238 | 238 | | ‘‘(II) is a breech loading shotgun with 13 |
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239 | 239 | | a capacity not to exceed 2 rounds of am-14 |
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240 | 240 | | munition; 15 |
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241 | 241 | | ‘‘(III) is a muzzle-loading shotgun; 16 |
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242 | 242 | | ‘‘(IV) uses a bolt action, lever action, 17 |
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243 | 243 | | or pump action to cycle the action of the 18 |
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244 | 244 | | shotgun; 19 |
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245 | 245 | | ‘‘(V) is a semi-automatic or auto-load-20 |
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246 | 246 | | ing shotgun; or 21 |
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247 | 247 | | ‘‘(VI) has a permanently fixed maga-22 |
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248 | 248 | | zine with a capacity not to exceed 10 23 |
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249 | 249 | | rounds of ammunition that cannot be con-24 |
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253 | 253 | | verted or changed to accept more than 10 1 |
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254 | 254 | | rounds of ammunition; 2 |
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255 | 255 | | ‘‘(iv) a breech loading firearm capable of 3 |
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256 | 256 | | holding a single cartridge and not more than 2 4 |
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257 | 257 | | shotgun shells simultaneously and that must be 5 |
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258 | 258 | | reloaded after firing those rounds of ammuni-6 |
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259 | 259 | | tion; or 7 |
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260 | 260 | | ‘‘(v) a handgun that— 8 |
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261 | 261 | | ‘‘(I) is a single-shot handgun; 9 |
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262 | 262 | | ‘‘(II) is a breech loading handgun 10 |
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263 | 263 | | with a capacity not to exceed 2 rounds of 11 |
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264 | 264 | | ammunition; 12 |
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265 | 265 | | ‘‘(III) is a muzzle-loading or 13 |
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266 | 266 | | smoothbore handgun; 14 |
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267 | 267 | | ‘‘(IV) uses a bolt action to cycle the 15 |
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268 | 268 | | action of the handgun; 16 |
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269 | 269 | | ‘‘(V) is a single or double action re-17 |
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270 | 270 | | volver; 18 |
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271 | 271 | | ‘‘(VI) is a single or double action 19 |
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272 | 272 | | semi-automatic handgun that uses recoil to 20 |
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273 | 273 | | cycle the action of the handgun; or 21 |
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274 | 274 | | ‘‘(VII) has a permanently fixed maga-22 |
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275 | 275 | | zine with a capacity not to exceed 15 23 |
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276 | 276 | | rounds of ammunition that cannot be con-24 |
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280 | 280 | | verted or changed to accept more than 15 1 |
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281 | 281 | | rounds of ammunition; and 2 |
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282 | 282 | | ‘‘(B) the term ‘immediate family member’ 3 |
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283 | 283 | | means, with respect to a person— 4 |
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284 | 284 | | ‘‘(i) a spouse, parent, brother or sister, or 5 |
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285 | 285 | | child of that person, or an individual to whom 6 |
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286 | 286 | | that person stands in loco parentis; or 7 |
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287 | 287 | | ‘‘(ii) any other person living in the house-8 |
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288 | 288 | | hold of that person and related to that person 9 |
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289 | 289 | | by blood or marriage. 10 |
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290 | 290 | | ‘‘(w)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), it shall 11 |
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291 | 291 | | be unlawful, on and after the date of enactment of this 12 |
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292 | 292 | | subsection, for any person to, in or affecting interstate or 13 |
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293 | 293 | | foreign commerce— 14 |
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294 | 294 | | ‘‘(A) import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or re-15 |
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295 | 295 | | ceive a large capacity ammunition feeding device; or 16 |
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296 | 296 | | ‘‘(B) possess a large capacity ammunition feed-17 |
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297 | 297 | | ing device manufactured after the date of enactment 18 |
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298 | 298 | | of this subsection. 19 |
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299 | 299 | | ‘‘(2) It shall be unlawful for any person who lawfully 20 |
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300 | 300 | | owns or possesses a large capacity ammunition feeding de-21 |
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301 | 301 | | vice that was manufactured and purchased or transferred 22 |
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302 | 302 | | before such date of enactment to transfer, in or affecting 23 |
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303 | 303 | | interstate or foreign commerce, such device after the date 24 |
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304 | 304 | | of enactment of this subsection. 25 |
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308 | 308 | | ‘‘(3) This subsection shall not apply with respect to— 1 |
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309 | 309 | | ‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, sale 2 |
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310 | 310 | | to, transfer to, or possession by or under the author-3 |
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311 | 311 | | ity of, the United States or any department or agen-4 |
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312 | 312 | | cy thereof or a State or Tribe, or a department, 5 |
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313 | 313 | | agency, or political subdivision thereof; or 6 |
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314 | 314 | | ‘‘(B) the importation or manufacture for, sale 7 |
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315 | 315 | | or transfer to, or possession by, a licensee under title 8 |
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316 | 316 | | I of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 9 |
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317 | 317 | | 2011 et seq.) for purposes of establishing and main-10 |
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318 | 318 | | taining an on-site physical security protection system 11 |
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319 | 319 | | and security organization required by Federal law, 12 |
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320 | 320 | | or the transfer to, or possession by, a contractor of 13 |
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321 | 321 | | such a licensee on-site for such purposes or off-site 14 |
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322 | 322 | | for purposes of licensee-authorized training or trans-15 |
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323 | 323 | | portation of nuclear materials. 16 |
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324 | 324 | | ‘‘(4) Any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or 17 |
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325 | 325 | | other person in possession of a large capacity ammunition 18 |
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326 | 326 | | feeding device— 19 |
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327 | 327 | | ‘‘(A) shall mark such large capacity ammuni-20 |
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328 | 328 | | tion feeding device imported or manufactured under 21 |
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329 | 329 | | subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3) after the 22 |
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330 | 330 | | date of enactment of this subsection in the manner 23 |
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335 | 335 | | fer under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3); 1 |
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336 | 336 | | and 2 |
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337 | 337 | | ‘‘(B) may not obliterate or otherwise alter the 3 |
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338 | 338 | | serial number on such large capacity ammunition 4 |
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339 | 339 | | feeding device.’’. 5 |
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340 | 340 | | SEC. 3. USE OF BYRNE GRANTS FOR BUY-BACK PROGRAMS 6 |
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341 | 341 | | FOR GAS-OPERATED SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIRE-7 |
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342 | 342 | | ARMS AND LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION 8 |
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343 | 343 | | FEEDING DEVICES. 9 |
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344 | 344 | | Section 501(a)(1) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 10 |
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345 | 345 | | Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 11 |
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346 | 346 | | 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-12 |
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347 | 347 | | lowing: 13 |
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348 | 348 | | ‘‘(J) Compensation for surrendered gas-op-14 |
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349 | 349 | | erated semi-automatic firearms and large ca-15 |
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350 | 350 | | pacity ammunition feeding devices, as defined 16 |
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351 | 351 | | in section 921 of title 18, United States Code, 17 |
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352 | 352 | | under buy-back programs for gas-operated 18 |
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353 | 353 | | semi-automatic firearms and large capacity am-19 |
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354 | 354 | | munition feeding devices.’’. 20 |
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355 | 355 | | SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 21 |
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356 | 356 | | Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 22 |
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357 | 357 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 23 |
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361 | 361 | | ‘‘(9)(A) Whoever violates subsection (v) or (w) of sec-1 |
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362 | 362 | | tion 922 shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned 2 |
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363 | 363 | | not more than 12 months, or both, for each offense. 3 |
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364 | 364 | | ‘‘(B) Whoever, while in possession of a gas-operated 4 |
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365 | 365 | | semi-automatic firearm in violation of section 922(v), com-5 |
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366 | 366 | | mits, or attempts to commit, any other Federal offense 6 |
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367 | 367 | | punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year, 7 |
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368 | 368 | | shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such of-8 |
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369 | 369 | | fense, be fined not more than $250,000, imprisoned for 9 |
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370 | 370 | | a term not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years, 10 |
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371 | 371 | | or both.’’. 11 |
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372 | 372 | | SEC. 5. PROHIBITED FIREARM DETERMINATIONS. 12 |
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373 | 373 | | (a) A |
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374 | 374 | | MENDMENT.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 13 |
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375 | 375 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-14 |
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376 | 376 | | lowing: 15 |
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377 | 377 | | ‘‘§ 935. Prohibited firearm determinations 16 |
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378 | 378 | | ‘‘(a) D |
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379 | 379 | | ETERMINATION OF PROHIBITEDFIREARMS.— 17 |
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380 | 380 | | For purposes of carrying out section 922(v), not later than 18 |
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381 | 381 | | 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the 19 |
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382 | 382 | | Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bu-20 |
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383 | 383 | | reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, shall 21 |
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384 | 384 | | publish, and update, a list of gas-operated semi-automatic 22 |
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385 | 385 | | firearms in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce 23 |
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386 | 386 | | that are subject to the prohibition in section 922(v). 24 |
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390 | 390 | | ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out this sec-1 |
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391 | 391 | | tion, the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-2 |
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392 | 392 | | arms, and Explosives shall— 3 |
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393 | 393 | | ‘‘(1) review applications and appeals from li-4 |
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394 | 394 | | censed manufacturers submitted under subsections 5 |
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395 | 395 | | (c) and (d); 6 |
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396 | 396 | | ‘‘(2) require that each licensed dealer record 7 |
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397 | 397 | | purchaser acknowledgment of the list published 8 |
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398 | 398 | | under subsection (a) before any sale of a firearm 9 |
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399 | 399 | | that is not prohibited under that list; 10 |
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400 | 400 | | ‘‘(3) before removing any gas-operated semi- 11 |
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401 | 401 | | automatic firearm from the list required under sub-12 |
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402 | 402 | | section (a), submit to the Attorney General clear 13 |
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403 | 403 | | and convincing evidence of whether the firearm 14 |
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404 | 404 | | should be removed from the list; and 15 |
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405 | 405 | | ‘‘(4) advise the Attorney General on carrying 16 |
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406 | 406 | | out the authority described in subsection (a). 17 |
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407 | 407 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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408 | 408 | | PPLICATIONS FORAPPROVAL OFFIREARMDE-18 |
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409 | 409 | | SIGNS.— 19 |
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410 | 410 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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411 | 411 | | N GENERAL.—Any semi-automatic fire-20 |
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412 | 412 | | arm designed on or after the date of enactment of 21 |
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413 | 413 | | this section shall be required to have an approval 22 |
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414 | 414 | | under this subsection prior to the manufacture, in or 23 |
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415 | 415 | | affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of such 24 |
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416 | 416 | | firearm for sale to civilians. 25 |
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420 | 420 | | ‘‘(2) APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL .—A licensed 1 |
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421 | 421 | | manufacturer may file with the Attorney General an 2 |
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422 | 422 | | application, under penalty of perjury, for approval 3 |
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423 | 423 | | for a semi-automatic firearm as not subject to the 4 |
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424 | 424 | | prohibition under section 922(v), which shall con-5 |
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425 | 425 | | tain— 6 |
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426 | 426 | | ‘‘(A) a detailed description of the specifica-7 |
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427 | 427 | | tions and operation of the firearm; 8 |
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428 | 428 | | ‘‘(B) a physical sample of the firearm; 9 |
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429 | 429 | | ‘‘(C) any patent application for the fire-10 |
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430 | 430 | | arm; 11 |
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431 | 431 | | ‘‘(D) marketing materials and plans; 12 |
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432 | 432 | | ‘‘(E) an explanation of why the firearm 13 |
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433 | 433 | | should not be subject to the prohibition under 14 |
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434 | 434 | | section 922(v); 15 |
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435 | 435 | | ‘‘(F) a description of any features that 16 |
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436 | 436 | | prevent modification of the firearm; and 17 |
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437 | 437 | | ‘‘(G) any other information the Attorney 18 |
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438 | 438 | | General shall require. 19 |
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439 | 439 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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440 | 440 | | EVIEW OF APPLICATION.— 20 |
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441 | 441 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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442 | 442 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 240 21 |
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443 | 443 | | days after the date on which an application is 22 |
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444 | 444 | | submitted under paragraph (2), the Attorney 23 |
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445 | 445 | | General shall review the application and issue a 24 |
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449 | 449 | | written determination approving or denying the 1 |
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450 | 450 | | application. 2 |
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451 | 451 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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452 | 452 | | EQUEST FOR INFORMATION .—The 3 |
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453 | 453 | | Attorney General may request any additional 4 |
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454 | 454 | | information from the manufacturer necessary to 5 |
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455 | 455 | | make the determination under subparagraph 6 |
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456 | 456 | | (A). 7 |
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457 | 457 | | ‘‘(4) F |
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458 | 458 | | EES.— 8 |
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459 | 459 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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460 | 460 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 9 |
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461 | 461 | | days after the date of enactment of this section, 10 |
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462 | 462 | | the Attorney General shall determine the appro-11 |
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463 | 463 | | priate fee structure for application submissions 12 |
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464 | 464 | | under this subsection by licensed manufactur-13 |
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465 | 465 | | ers. 14 |
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466 | 466 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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467 | 467 | | ONSIDERATION.—In determining 15 |
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468 | 468 | | the fee structure required under subparagraph 16 |
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469 | 469 | | (A), the Attorney General shall ensure that the 17 |
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470 | 470 | | fees collected are substantial enough to cover 18 |
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471 | 471 | | the necessary costs associated with carrying out 19 |
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472 | 472 | | the activities described in subparagraph (A). 20 |
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473 | 473 | | ‘‘(C) F |
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474 | 474 | | IREARM SAFETY TRUST FUND .— 21 |
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475 | 475 | | ‘‘(i) E |
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476 | 476 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is es-22 |
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477 | 477 | | tablished in the Treasury of the United 23 |
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478 | 478 | | States a fund to be known as the ‘Firearm 24 |
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479 | 479 | | Safety Trust Fund’. 25 |
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483 | 483 | | ‘‘(ii) DEPOSITS.—Notwithstanding 1 |
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484 | 484 | | section 3302 of title 31, there shall be de-2 |
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485 | 485 | | posited in the Firearm Safety Trust 3 |
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486 | 486 | | Fund— 4 |
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487 | 487 | | ‘‘(I) all taxes collected by the Bu-5 |
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488 | 488 | | reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 6 |
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489 | 489 | | and Explosives under subchapter A of 7 |
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490 | 490 | | chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue 8 |
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491 | 491 | | Code of 1986; and 9 |
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492 | 492 | | ‘‘(II) any fees collected under 10 |
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493 | 493 | | this paragraph. 11 |
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494 | 494 | | ‘‘(iii) A |
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495 | 495 | | VAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS .— 12 |
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496 | 496 | | All amounts deposited in the Firearm 13 |
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497 | 497 | | Safety Trust Fund shall— 14 |
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498 | 498 | | ‘‘(I) be deposited as offsetting 15 |
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499 | 499 | | collections into the Firearm Safety 16 |
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500 | 500 | | Trust Fund for use by the Attorney 17 |
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501 | 501 | | General in carrying out the require-18 |
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502 | 502 | | ments of the GOSAFE Act and the 19 |
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503 | 503 | | National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. 20 |
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504 | 504 | | 5849 et seq.); and 21 |
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505 | 505 | | ‘‘(II) remain available until ex-22 |
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506 | 506 | | pended. 23 |
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507 | 507 | | ‘‘(d) A |
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508 | 508 | | PPEALS.— 24 |
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512 | 512 | | ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 1 |
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513 | 513 | | after the date on which the Attorney General denies 2 |
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514 | 514 | | an application under subsection (c)(3), the licensed 3 |
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515 | 515 | | manufacturer may appeal the determination by filing 4 |
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516 | 516 | | an appeal with the Attorney General. 5 |
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517 | 517 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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518 | 518 | | EVIEW BY ATTORNEY GENERAL .—Not 6 |
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519 | 519 | | later than 180 days after the date on which an ap-7 |
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520 | 520 | | peal is filed under paragraph (1), the Attorney Gen-8 |
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521 | 521 | | eral shall issue a written determination upholding or 9 |
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522 | 522 | | revising the denial of the application. 10 |
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523 | 523 | | ‘‘(3) J |
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524 | 524 | | UDICIAL REVIEW.— 11 |
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525 | 525 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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526 | 526 | | N GENERAL.—Upon a determination 12 |
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527 | 527 | | by the Attorney General to uphold the denial of 13 |
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528 | 528 | | an application under paragraph (2), the li-14 |
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529 | 529 | | censed manufacturer may file a petition for re-15 |
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530 | 530 | | view of the determination in the appropriate 16 |
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531 | 531 | | district court of the United States. 17 |
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532 | 532 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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533 | 533 | | TANDARD OF PROOF .—In a review 18 |
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534 | 534 | | conducted under subparagraph (A), the court 19 |
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535 | 535 | | may set aside the determination if the deter-20 |
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536 | 536 | | mination is found to be arbitrary and capri-21 |
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537 | 537 | | cious. 22 |
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538 | 538 | | ‘‘(e) P |
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539 | 539 | | RIVATERIGHT OFACTION.— 23 |
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540 | 540 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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546 | 546 | | hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, removes any 1 |
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547 | 547 | | gas-operated semi-automatic firearm from the list of 2 |
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548 | 548 | | gas-operated semi-automatic firearms required under 3 |
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549 | 549 | | subsection (a), any person may file an action in an 4 |
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550 | 550 | | appropriate district court of the United States for 5 |
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551 | 551 | | review of such removal. 6 |
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552 | 552 | | ‘‘(2) S |
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553 | 553 | | TANDARD OF PROOF .—In a review con-7 |
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554 | 554 | | ducted under paragraph (1), the court may grant 8 |
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555 | 555 | | the petitioner injunctive relief if the determination is 9 |
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556 | 556 | | found to be arbitrary and capricious. 10 |
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557 | 557 | | ‘‘(f) A |
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558 | 558 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 11 |
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559 | 559 | | are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 12 |
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560 | 560 | | necessary to carry out this section, and any amounts so 13 |
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561 | 561 | | appropriated shall remain available until expended.’’. 14 |
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562 | 562 | | (b) T |
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564 | 564 | | chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 16 |
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565 | 565 | | by inserting after the item relating to section 934 the fol-17 |
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