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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 625 

To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 30, 2023 

Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Ms. TITUS, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. KILMER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CASTEN, 

Mr. LYNCH, Ms. PORTER, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. 

PANETTA, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. EVANS, Ms. CHU, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 

BEYER, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 

Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. CARSON, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 

SHERMAN, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. DEAN of 

Pennsylvania, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. CORREA, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CROW, Mr. 

PAYNE, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. NADLER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 

Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, 

Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CASE, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. BROWN, 

Mr. TAKANO, Mr. TRONE, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. LIEU, 

Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 

PALLONE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. 

CICILLINE, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 

Mr. HIMES, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. SARBANES, 

Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, 

Mr. BERA, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices. 


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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— 

9 (1) by inserting after paragraph (30) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(31) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feeding 

12 device’— 

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

14 helical feeding device, or similar device, including 

15 any such device joined or coupled with another in 

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

17 can be readily restored, changed, or converted to ac18 cept, more than 15 rounds of ammunition; and 

19 ‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular de20 vice designed to accept, and capable of operating 

21 only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.’’; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(38) The term ‘qualified law enforcement officer’ 

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


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1 SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION 

2 FEEDING DEVICES. 

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

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

5 the following: 

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

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

8 interstate or foreign commerce, a large capacity ammuni9 tion feeding device. 

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

11 of any large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise 

12 lawfully possessed on or before the date of enactment of 

13 the Keep Americans Safe Act. 

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

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

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

17 or a department or agency of the United States or 

18 a State or a department, agency, or political subdivi19 sion of a State, or a sale or transfer to or possession 

20 by a qualified law enforcement officer employed by 

21 the United States or a department or agency of the 

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

23 or political subdivision of a State for purposes of law 

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

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1 ment officer for purposes of law enforcement (wheth2 er on or off-duty); 

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

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

5 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for purposes of estab6 lishing and maintaining an on-site physical protec7 tion system and security organization required by 

8 Federal law, or possession by an employee or con9 tractor of such licensee on-site for such purposes or 

10 off-site for purposes of licensee-authorized training 

11 or transportation of nuclear materials; 

12 ‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is re13 tired in good standing from service with a law en14 forcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited 

15 from receiving ammunition, of a large capacity am16 munition feeding device— 

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

18 the agency upon such retirement; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or oth20 erwise obtained, for official use before such re21 tirement; or 

22 ‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, trans23 fer, or possession of any large capacity ammunition 

24 feeding device by a licensed manufacturer or licensed 


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1 importer for the purposes of testing or experimen2 tation authorized by the Attorney General. 

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

4 ‘campus law enforcement officer’ means an individual who 

5 is— 

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

7 education that is eligible for funding under title IV 

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

9 1070 et seq.); 

10 ‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or investiga11 tion of crime involving injury to persons or property, 

12 including apprehension or detention of persons for 

13 such crimes; 

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

15 to carry a firearm, execute search warrants, and 

16 make arrests; and 

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

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

19 (b) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE CAPAC20 ITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section 923(i) of 

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

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

23 device manufactured after the date of enactment of the 

24 Keep Americans Safe Act shall be identified by a serial 

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1 tured or made, legibly and conspicuously engraved or cast 

2 on the device, and such other identification as the Attor3 ney General shall by regulations prescribe.’’. 

4 (c) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF LARGE CAPACITY

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

6 18, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) in the first sentence— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘Any firearm or ammu10 nition involved in’’ and inserting ‘‘Any fire11 arm or ammunition or large capacity am12 munition feeding device involved in’’; 

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

14 ‘‘(k), or (v)’’; and 

15 (iii) by striking ‘‘any firearm or am16 munition intended’’ and inserting ‘‘any 

17 firearm or ammunition or large capacity 

18 ammunition feeding device intended’’; and 

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

20 inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammunition feeding 

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

22 place the term appears; 

23 (2) in paragraph (2)— 


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

2 large capacity ammunition feeding device’’ after 

3 ‘‘firearms or ammunition’’; and 

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

5 large capacity ammunition feeding devices’’ 

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

7 and 

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

9 after ‘‘922(n),’’. 

10 SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 

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

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

13 (v)’’. 

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

15 FOR LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEED16 ING DEVICES. 

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

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

19 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(J) Compensation for surrendered large 

22 capacity ammunition feeding devices, as that 

23 term is defined in section 921 of title 18, 

24 United States Code, under buy-back programs 

25 for large capacity ammunition feeding devices.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 

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

3 this Act, or the application of such provision or amend4 ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti5 tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 

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

7 amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be af8 fected thereby. 

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