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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7468 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to impose prohibitions relating to 

machines designed for the manufacturing of frames or receivers for firearms. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 1, 2020 

Mr. RASKIN (for himself and Mr. CICILLINE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to impose prohibitions relating to machines designed for the manufacturing of frames or receivers for firearms. 

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 ‘‘Stop Home Manufac5 ture of Ghost Guns Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO FIREARM MANUFAC7 TURING MACHINES. 

8 (a) PROHIBITIONS.—Section 922 of title 18, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(aa)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, in or 

2 affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to transfer or 

3 offer to transfer to any person other than a licensed manu4 facturer a firearm manufacturing machine. 

5 ‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), it 

6 shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed 

7 manufacturer, in or affecting interstate or foreign com8 merce, to possess or purchase a firearm manufacturing 

9 machine. 

10 ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a person 

11 who is engaged in the business of selling manufacturing 

12 equipment to a licensed manufacturer, and who possesses 

13 a firearm manufacturing machine with the intent to trans14 fer the machine to a licensed manufacturer.’’. 

15 (b) DEFINITION OF FIREARM MANUFACTURING MA16 CHINE.—Section 921(a) of such title is amended by add17 ing at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(36) The term ‘firearm manufacturing machine’ 

19 means— 

20 ‘‘(A) a device designed or redesigned, made or 

21 remade, and intended to be used primarily to make, 

22 or convert a product into, a frame or receiver for a 

23 firearm; and 

24 ‘‘(B) any combination of parts designed or in25 tended for use in making a device described in subVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:40 Jul 24, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7468.IH H7468

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1 paragraph (A) and from which such a device may be 

2 readily assembled.’’. 

3 (c) PENALTIES.—Section 924 of such title is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘or (q)’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘(q), or (aa)’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (d)(1)— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘and any firearm manu9 facturing machine involved in any knowing vio10 lation of section 922(aa),’’ before ‘‘shall be sub11 ject’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘firearms or ammunition’’ 

13 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘firearms, 

14 ammunition, or firearm manufacturing ma15 chine’’; and 

16 (3) in subsection (d)(2)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘fire18 arms or ammunition’’ and inserting ‘‘firearms, 

19 ammunition, and firearm manufacturing ma20 chines’’; and 

21 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘fire22 arms or quantities of ammunition’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘firearms, quantities of ammunition, or 

24 firearm manufacturing machines’’. 


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1 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall apply to conduct engaged in on or after 

3 January 1, 2022. 

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