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ALB17865 S.L.C. 115TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION
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ll To prohibit the possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To prohibit the possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories, 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 cited as the ‘‘Automatic Gunfire
4 Prevention Act’’.
5 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON POSSESSION OF CERTAIN FIRE-
6 ARM ACCESSORIES.
7 Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
8 ed—
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(1) in section 922, by inserting after subsection
1 (u) the following:
2 ‘‘(v)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), on and
3 after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment
4 of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person to
5 import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or af-
6 fecting interstate or foreign commerce, a trigger crank,
7 a bump-fire device, or any part, combination of parts,
8 component, device, attachment, or accessory that is de-
9 signed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semi-
10 automatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle
11 into a machinegun.
12 ‘‘(2) This subsection does not apply with respect to
13 the importation for, manufacture for, sale to, transfer to,
14 or possession by or under the authority of, the United
15 States or any department or agency thereof or a State,
16 or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof.’’;
17 and
18 (2) in section 924(a)(2), by striking ‘‘, or (o)’’
19 and inserting ‘‘(o), or (v)’’.
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