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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2510 

To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 14, 2021 

Mr. DEUTCH (for himself, Ms. DEGETTE, and Ms. TITUS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices. 

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 ‘‘Keep Americans Safe 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 

8 amended by inserting after paragraph (29) the following: 

9 ‘‘(30) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feeding 

10 device’— 

11 ‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, 

12 helical feeding device, or similar device, including 


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1 any such device joined or coupled with another in 

2 any manner, that has an overall capacity of, or that 

3 can be readily restored, changed, or converted to ac4 cept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition; and 

5 ‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular de6 vice designed to accept, and capable of operating 

7 only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. 

8 ‘‘(31) The term ‘qualified law enforcement officer’ 

9 has the meaning given the term in section 926B.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION 

11 FEEDING DEVICES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 

13 States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (u) 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to import, 

16 sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting 

17 interstate or foreign commerce, a large capacity ammuni18 tion feeding device. 

19 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession 

20 of any large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise 

21 lawfully possessed on or before the date of enactment of 

22 the Keep Americans Safe Act. 

23 ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 

24 ‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, sale 

25 to, transfer to, or possession by the United States 


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1 or a department or agency of the United States or 

2 a State or a department, agency, or political subdivi3 sion of a State, or a sale or transfer to or possession 

4 by a qualified law enforcement officer employed by 

5 the United States or a department or agency of the 

6 United States or a State or a department, agency, 

7 or political subdivision of a State for purposes of law 

8 enforcement (whether on or off-duty), or a sale or 

9 transfer to or possession by a campus law enforce10 ment officer for purposes of law enforcement (wheth11 er on or off-duty); 

12 ‘‘(B) the importation for, or sale or transfer to 

13 a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 

14 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for purposes of estab15 lishing and maintaining an on-site physical protec16 tion system and security organization required by 

17 Federal law, or possession by an employee or con18 tractor of such licensee on-site for such purposes or 

19 off-site for purposes of licensee-authorized training 

20 or transportation of nuclear materials; 

21 ‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is re22 tired in good standing from service with a law en23 forcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited 

24 from receiving ammunition, of a large capacity am25 munition feeding device— 


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1 ‘‘(i) sold or transferred to the individual by 

2 the agency upon such retirement; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or oth4 erwise obtained, for official use before such re5 tirement; or 

6 ‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, trans7 fer, or possession of any large capacity ammunition 

8 feeding device by a licensed manufacturer or licensed 

9 importer for the purposes of testing or experimen10 tation authorized by the Attorney General. 

11 ‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), the term 

12 ‘campus law enforcement officer’ means an individual who 

13 is— 

14 ‘‘(A) employed by a private institution of higher 

15 education that is eligible for funding under title IV 

16 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

17 1070 et seq.); 

18 ‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or investiga19 tion of crime involving injury to persons or property, 

20 including apprehension or detention of persons for 

21 such crimes; 

22 ‘‘(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local law 

23 to carry a firearm, execute search warrants, and 

24 make arrests; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified by 

2 a government entity as a law enforcement officer.’’. 

3 (b) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE CAPAC4 ITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section 923(i) of 

5 title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following: ‘‘A large capacity ammunition feeding 

7 device manufactured after the date of enactment of the 

8 Keep Americans Safe Act shall be identified by a serial 

9 number and the date on which the device was manufac10 tured or made, legibly and conspicuously engraved or cast 

11 on the device, and such other identification as the Attor12 ney General shall by regulations prescribe.’’. 

13 (c) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF LARGE CAPACITY

14 AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section 924(d) of title 

15 18, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) in the first sentence— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘Any firearm or ammu19 nition involved in’’ and inserting ‘‘Any fire20 arm or ammunition or large capacity am21 munition feeding device involved in’’; 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘or (k)’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘(k), or (v)’’; and 

24 (iii) by striking ‘‘any firearm or am25 munition intended’’ and inserting ‘‘any 


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1 firearm or ammunition or large capacity 

2 ammunition feeding device intended’’; and 

3 (B) in the second and third sentences, by 

4 inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammunition feeding 

5 device’’ after ‘‘firearms or ammunition’’ each 

6 place the term appears; 

7 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 

9 large capacity ammunition feeding device’’ after 

10 ‘‘firearms or ammunition’’; and 

11 (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or 

12 large capacity ammunition feeding devices’’ 

13 after ‘‘firearms or quantities of ammunition’’; 

14 and 

15 (3) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting ‘‘922(v),’’ 

16 after ‘‘922(n),’’. 

17 SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 

18 Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 

19 is amended by striking ‘‘or (q)’’ and inserting ‘‘(q), or 

20 (v)’’. 

21 SEC. 5. USE OF BYRNE GRANTS FOR BUY-BACK PROGRAMS 

22 FOR LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEED23 ING DEVICES. 

24 Section 501(a)(1) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

25 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 


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1 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(I) Compensation for surrendered large 

4 capacity ammunition feeding devices, as that 

5 term is defined in section 921 of title 18, 

6 United States Code, under buy-back programs 

7 for large capacity ammunition feeding devices.’’. 

8 SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 

9 If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 

10 this Act, or the application of such provision or amend11 ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti12 tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 

13 by this Act, and the application of such provision or 

14 amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be af15 fected thereby. 

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