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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5090 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms 

licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles 

to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions for active duty 

military personnel and full-time law enforcement officers, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2018 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. BASS, Ms. 

BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

COHEN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 

KHANNA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SOTO, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 

FOSTER, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal 

firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles to a person under 21 years 

of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel 

and full-time law enforcement officers, and for other 

purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Raise the Age Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE 

4 SELLING OR DELIVERING CERTAIN SEMI5 AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE RIFLES TO A PER6 SON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE, WITH EXCEP7 TIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, 

9 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(1)(A) any firearm or ammunition to any indi11 vidual who the licensee knows or has reasonable 

12 cause to believe has not attained 18 years of age; 

13 ‘‘(B) any semiautomatic centerfire rifle that has 

14 or accepts a magazine with a capacity exceeding 5 

15 rounds, to any individual who the licensee knows or 

16 has reasonable cause to believe has not attained 21 

17 years of age and is not a qualified individual; or 

18 ‘‘(C) if the firearm or ammunition is not a 

19 semiautomatic centerfire rifle described in subpara20 graph (B) and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or 

21 ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual 

22 who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to 

23 believe has not attained 21 years of age;’’. 

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 922(c)(1) 

25 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘in the case of any 

26 firearm’’ and all that follows through ‘‘eighteen years or 


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1 more of age’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of a semiauto2 matic centerfire rifle that has or accepts a magazine with 

3 a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, I am at least 21 years of 

4 age or a qualified individual (as defined in section 

5 921(a)(30) of title 18, United States Code), in the case 

6 of a firearm other than a semiautomatic centerfire rifle 

7 that has or accepts a magazine with a capacity exceeding 

8 5 rounds, a shotgun or a rifle, I am at least 21 years 

9 of age, or that, in the case of a shotgun or a rifle, I am 

10 at least 18 years of age’’. 

11 (c) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—Section 

12 921(a) of such title is amended by inserting after para13 graph (29) the following: 

14 ‘‘(30) The term ‘qualified individual’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces on active 

16 duty; and 

17 ‘‘(B) a full-time employee of the United States, 

18 a State, or a political subdivision of a State who in 

19 the course of his or her official duties is authorized 

20 to carry a firearm.’’. 

21 SEC. 3. OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES22 TIGATION’S PUBLIC ACCESS LINE. 

23 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

24 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal 

25 Bureau of Investigation (in this section referred to as the 


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1 ‘‘FBI’’) shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 

2 of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

3 House of Representatives a report regarding operation of 

4 the FBI’s public access line. 

5 (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report required by 

6 subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following: 

7 (1) A description of the protocols and proce8 dures in effect with respect to information-sharing 

9 between the public access line and the field offices 

10 of the FBI. 

11 (2) Recommendations for improving the proto12 cols and procedures to improve the information-shar13 ing. 

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