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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 803
To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY27, 2025
Ms. H
IRONO(for herself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. COONS, Ms. DUCKWORTH,
Mr. D
URBIN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR,
Mr. M
ARKEY, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. PADILLA,
Mr. R
EED, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. SMITH, Mr. VANHOLLEN,
Ms. W
ARREN, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
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 ‘‘Keep Americans Safe 4
Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 7
amended by adding at the end the following: 8
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‘‘(38) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feeding 1
device’— 2
‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, 3
helical feeding device, or similar device, including 4
any such device joined or coupled with another in 5
any manner, that has an overall capacity of, or that 6
can be readily restored, changed, or converted to ac-7
cept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition; and 8
‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular de-9
vice designed to accept, and capable of operating 10
only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. 11
‘‘(39) The term ‘qualified law enforcement officer’ 12
has the meaning given the term in section 926B.’’. 13
SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION 14
FEEDING DEVICES. 15
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 16
States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (u) 17
the following: 18
‘‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to import, 19
sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting 20
interstate or foreign commerce, a large capacity ammuni-21
tion feeding device. 22
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession 23
of any large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise 24
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lawfully possessed on or before the date of enactment of 1
the Keep Americans Safe Act. 2
‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 3
‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, sale 4
to, transfer to, or possession by the United States 5
or a department or agency of the United States or 6
a State or a department, agency, or political subdivi-7
sion of a State, or a sale or transfer to or possession 8
by a qualified law enforcement officer employed by 9
the United States or a department or agency of the 10
United States or a State or a department, agency, 11
or political subdivision of a State for purposes of law 12
enforcement (whether on or off-duty), or a sale or 13
transfer to or possession by a campus law enforce-14
ment officer for purposes of law enforcement (wheth-15
er on or off-duty); 16
‘‘(B) the importation for, or sale or transfer to 17
a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 18
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for purposes of estab-19
lishing and maintaining an on-site physical protec-20
tion system and security organization required by 21
Federal law, or possession by an employee or con-22
tractor of such licensee on-site for such purposes or 23
off-site for purposes of licensee-authorized training 24
or transportation of nuclear materials; 25
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‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is re-1
tired in good standing from service with a law en-2
forcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited 3
from receiving ammunition, of a large capacity am-4
munition feeding device— 5
‘‘(i) sold or transferred to the individual by 6
the agency upon such retirement; or 7
‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or oth-8
erwise obtained, for official use before such re-9
tirement; or 10
‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, trans-11
fer, or possession of any large capacity ammunition 12
feeding device by a licensed manufacturer or licensed 13
importer for the purposes of testing or experimen-14
tation authorized by the Attorney General. 15
‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), the term 16
‘campus law enforcement officer’ means an individual who 17
is— 18
‘‘(A) employed by a private institution of higher 19
education that is eligible for funding under title IV 20
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 21
1070 et seq.); 22
‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or investiga-23
tion of crime involving injury to persons or property, 24
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including apprehension or detention of persons for 1
such crimes; 2
‘‘(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local law 3
to carry a firearm, execute search warrants, and 4
make arrests; and 5
‘‘(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified by 6
a government entity as a law enforcement officer.’’. 7
(b) I
DENTIFICATIONMARKINGS FORLARGECAPAC-8
ITYAMMUNITIONFEEDINGDEVICES.—Section 923(i) of 9
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 10
end the following: ‘‘A large capacity ammunition feeding 11
device manufactured after the date of enactment of the 12
Keep Americans Safe Act shall be identified by a serial 13
number and the date on which the device was manufac-14
tured or made, legibly and conspicuously engraved or cast 15
on the device, and such other identification as the Attor-16
ney General shall by regulations prescribe.’’. 17
(c) S
EIZURE ANDFORFEITURE OFLARGECAPACITY 18
A
MMUNITIONFEEDINGDEVICES.—Section 924(d) of title 19
18, United States Code, is amended— 20
(1) in paragraph (1)— 21
(A) in the first sentence— 22
(i) by striking ‘‘Any firearm or ammu-23
nition involved in’’ and inserting ‘‘Any fire-24
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arm or ammunition or large capacity am-1
munition feeding device involved in’’; 2
(ii) by striking ‘‘or (k)’’ and inserting 3
‘‘(k), or (v)’’; and 4
(iii) by striking ‘‘any firearm or am-5
munition intended’’ and inserting ‘‘any 6
firearm or ammunition or large capacity 7
ammunition feeding device intended’’; and 8
(B) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammu-9
nition feeding devices’’ after ‘‘firearms or am-10
munition’’ each place the term appears; 11
(2) in paragraph (2)— 12
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 13
large capacity ammunition feeding devices’’ 14
after ‘‘firearms or ammunition’’; and 15
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or 16
large capacity ammunition feeding devices’’ 17
after ‘‘firearms or quantities of ammunition’’; 18
and 19
(3) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting ‘‘922(v),’’ 20
after ‘‘922(n),’’. 21
SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 22
Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 23
is amended by striking ‘‘or (q)’’ and inserting ‘‘(q), or 24
(v)’’. 25
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SEC. 5. USE OF BYRNE GRANTS FOR BUY-BACK PROGRAMS 1
FOR LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEED-2
ING DEVICES. 3
Section 501(a)(1) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 4
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 5
10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-6
lowing: 7
‘‘(J) Compensation for surrendered large 8
capacity ammunition feeding devices, as that 9
term is defined in section 921 of title 18, 10
United States Code, under buy-back programs 11
for large capacity ammunition feeding devices.’’. 12
SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 13
If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 14
this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-15
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-16
tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 17
by this Act, and the application of such provision or 18
amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be af-19
fected thereby. 20
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