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2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1374 |
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5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit machinegun conversion |
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6 | 6 | | devices and illegal modifications of semiautomatic firearms, and for other |
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7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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9 | 9 | | APRIL9, 2025 |
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10 | 10 | | Mr. H |
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11 | 11 | | EINRICH(for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. CORTEZMASTO, Ms. ROSEN, |
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12 | 12 | | Mr. F |
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13 | 13 | | ETTERMAN, Mr. COONS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. KAINE, Mr. REED, |
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14 | 14 | | Mr. W |
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15 | 15 | | HITEHOUSE, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. |
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16 | 16 | | P |
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17 | 17 | | ADILLA, Ms. SMITH, Mr. KING, Mr. KELLY, Mr. BENNET, Ms. |
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18 | 18 | | D |
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19 | 19 | | UCKWORTH, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. |
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20 | 20 | | M |
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21 | 21 | | URRAY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. |
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22 | 22 | | S |
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23 | 23 | | CHIFF) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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24 | 24 | | to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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25 | 25 | | A BILL |
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26 | 26 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit machine- |
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27 | 27 | | gun conversion devices and illegal modifications of semi- |
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28 | 28 | | automatic firearms, and for other purposes. |
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29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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30 | 30 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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32 | 32 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Banning Unlawful Ma-4 |
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33 | 33 | | chinegun Parts Act’’ or the ‘‘BUMP Act’’. 5 |
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36 | 36 | | •S 1374 IS |
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37 | 37 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION. 1 |
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38 | 38 | | (a) I |
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39 | 39 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 2 |
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40 | 40 | | States Code, is amended— 3 |
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41 | 41 | | (1) in section 921(a), by inserting after para-4 |
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42 | 42 | | graph (30) the following: 5 |
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43 | 43 | | ‘‘(31) The term ‘semiautomatic firearm’ means any 6 |
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44 | 44 | | firearm that— 7 |
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45 | 45 | | ‘‘(A) upon initiating the firing sequence, fires 8 |
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46 | 46 | | the first chambered cartridge and uses a portion of 9 |
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47 | 47 | | the energy of the firing cartridge to— 10 |
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48 | 48 | | ‘‘(i) extract the expended cartridge case; 11 |
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49 | 49 | | ‘‘(ii) chamber the next round; and 12 |
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50 | 50 | | ‘‘(iii) prepare the firing mechanism to fire 13 |
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51 | 51 | | again; 14 |
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52 | 52 | | ‘‘(B) requires a separate pull, release, push, or 15 |
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53 | 53 | | initiation of the trigger to fire each cartridge; and 16 |
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54 | 54 | | ‘‘(C) is not a machinegun.’’; 17 |
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55 | 55 | | (2) in section 922, by inserting after subsection 18 |
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56 | 56 | | (u) the following: 19 |
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57 | 57 | | ‘‘(v)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), 20 |
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58 | 58 | | on and after the date that is 120 days after the date of 21 |
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59 | 59 | | enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any 22 |
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60 | 60 | | person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, receive, or 23 |
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61 | 61 | | possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce— 24 |
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62 | 62 | | ‘‘(A) any manual, power-driven, or electronic 25 |
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63 | 63 | | device primarily designed, or redesigned, so that 26 |
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66 | 66 | | •S 1374 IS |
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67 | 67 | | when the device is attached to a semiautomatic fire-1 |
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68 | 68 | | arm the device— 2 |
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69 | 69 | | ‘‘(i) materially increases the rate of fire of 3 |
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70 | 70 | | the firearm; or 4 |
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71 | 71 | | ‘‘(ii) approximates the action or rate of fire 5 |
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72 | 72 | | of a machinegun; 6 |
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73 | 73 | | ‘‘(B) any device, part, or combination of parts, 7 |
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74 | 74 | | that is designed or functions to materially increase 8 |
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75 | 75 | | the rate of fire of a firearm, by eliminating the need 9 |
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76 | 76 | | for the operator of the firearm to make a separate 10 |
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77 | 77 | | movement for each individual function of the trigger; 11 |
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78 | 78 | | or 12 |
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79 | 79 | | ‘‘(C) a semiautomatic firearm that has been 13 |
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80 | 80 | | modified in any way that— 14 |
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81 | 81 | | ‘‘(i) materially increases the rate of fire of 15 |
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82 | 82 | | the firearm; or 16 |
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83 | 83 | | ‘‘(ii) approximates the action or rate of fire 17 |
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84 | 84 | | of a machinegun. 18 |
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85 | 85 | | ‘‘(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), not later 19 |
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86 | 86 | | than 120 days after the date of enactment of this sub-20 |
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87 | 87 | | section, any person who lawfully owns or possesses a semi-21 |
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88 | 88 | | automatic firearm that was modified as described in para-22 |
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89 | 89 | | graph (1)(C) before such date of enactment shall register 23 |
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90 | 90 | | the semiautomatic firearm in accordance with section 24 |
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91 | 91 | | 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 25 |
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94 | 94 | | •S 1374 IS |
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95 | 95 | | ‘‘(3) This subsection does not apply with respect to 1 |
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96 | 96 | | the importation for, manufacture for, sale to, transfer to, 2 |
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97 | 97 | | or possession by or under the authority of, the United 3 |
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98 | 98 | | States or any department or agency thereof or a State 4 |
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99 | 99 | | or Tribe, or a department, agency, or political subdivision 5 |
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100 | 100 | | thereof. 6 |
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101 | 101 | | ‘‘(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any lawful 7 |
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102 | 102 | | transfer or possession of a semiautomatic firearm de-8 |
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103 | 103 | | scribed in paragraph (1)(C) that— 9 |
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104 | 104 | | ‘‘(A) was lawfully modified and possessed before 10 |
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105 | 105 | | the date of enactment of this subsection; and 11 |
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106 | 106 | | ‘‘(B) is registered in accordance with paragraph 12 |
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107 | 107 | | (2).’’; and 13 |
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108 | 108 | | (3) in section 924(a)(2), by striking ‘‘, or (o)’’ 14 |
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109 | 109 | | and inserting ‘‘(o), or (v)’’. 15 |
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110 | 110 | | (b) A |
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111 | 111 | | MENDMENT TO THE NATIONALFIREARMS 16 |
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112 | 112 | | A |
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113 | 113 | | CT.—Section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 17 |
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114 | 114 | | 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘and (8) a destructive de-18 |
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115 | 115 | | vice’’ and inserting ‘‘(8) a destructive device; and (9) a 19 |
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116 | 116 | | semiautomatic firearm, as defined in section 921 of title 20 |
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117 | 117 | | 18, United States Code, that is modified as described in 21 |
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118 | 118 | | section 922(v)(1)(C) of such title’’. 22 |
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