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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1859 

To reinstate the prohibition on the possession or transfer of large capacity 

ammunition feeding devices, and to strengthen that prohibition. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2007 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reinstate the prohibition on the possession or transfer 

of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to 

strengthen that prohibition. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Large Capacity 

5 Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF REPEALED CRIMINAL PROVI7 SIONS RELATING TO LARGE CAPACITY AM8 MUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. 

9 (a) REINSTATEMENT OF PROVISIONS WHOLLY RE10 PEALED.—Sections 921(a)(31) and 922(w), and the last 


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1 sentence of section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, 

2 as in effect just before the repeal made by section 

3 110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce4 ment Act of 1994, are hereby enacted into law. 

5 (b) REINSTATEMENT OF PROVISION PARTIALLY RE6 PEALED.—Section 924(a)(1) of title 18, United States 

7 Code, is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and in8 serting the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) knowingly violates subsection (a)(4), (f), 

10 (k), (r), or (w) of section 922;’’. 

11 SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING THE BAN ON THE POSSESSION OR 

12 TRANSFER OF A LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNI13 TION FEEDING DEVICE. 

14 (a) BAN ON TRANSFER OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT

15 WEAPON WITH LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING

16 DEVICE.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, 

18 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

19 subsection (z) the following: 

20 ‘‘(aa) It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer 

21 a semiautomatic assault weapon with a large capacity am22 munition feeding device.’’. 

23 (2) DEFINITION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT

24 WEAPON.—Section 921(a)(30) and Appendix A of 

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1 fect just before the repeal made by section 

2 110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

3 Enforcement Act of 1994, are hereby enacted into 

4 law. 

5 (3) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa) 

8 shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 

9 10 years, or both.’’. 

10 (b) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(w) of such title, 

12 as added by section 2(a) of this Act, is amended— 

13 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (i) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub15 paragraph (B); and 

16 (ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 

17 redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub18 paragraph (C); and 

19 (B) by striking paragraph (4) and insert20 ing the following: 

21 ‘‘(4) It shall be unlawful for a licensed manufacturer, 

22 licensed importer, or licensed dealer who transfers a large 

23 capacity ammunition feeding device that was manufac24 tured on or before the date of the enactment of this sub25 section, to fail to certify to the Attorney General before 


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1 the end of the 60-day period that begins with the date 

2 of the transfer, in accordance with regulations prescribed 

3 by the Attorney General, that the device was manufac4 tured on or before the date of the enactment of this sub5 section.’’. 

6 (2) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title, 

7 as amended by subsection (a)(3) of this section, is 

8 amended by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(9) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(w)(4) 

10 shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 

11 5 years, or both.’’. 

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