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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 752 

To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding 

devices, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2015 

Ms. ESTY (for herself, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. HIMES, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. 

BASS, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRADY of 

Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. 

CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARNEY, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. CHU

of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE

of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, 

Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 

Pennsylvania, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, 

Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 

GALLEGO, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 

HINOJOSA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HOYER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. 

ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 

LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. KEATING, Ms. LEE, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 

Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE, 

Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 

Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of 

Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 

SMITH of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. 

TAKAI, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. PASCRELL, and Mr. PETERS) introduced 

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


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A BILL 

To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity 

ammunition feeding devices, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Large Capacity Ammu5 nition Feeding Device Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OR POSSESSION OF 

7 LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DE8 VICES. 

9 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 

10 States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (29) 

11 the following: 

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

13 device’— 

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

15 or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can 

16 be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 

17 10 rounds of ammunition; but 

18 ‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular de19 vice designed to accept, and capable of operating 

20 only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.’’. 

21 (b) PROHIBITIONS.—Section 922 of such title is 

22 amended by inserting after subsection (u) the following: 


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1 ‘‘(v)(1)(A)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), it shall 

2 be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large 

3 capacity ammunition feeding device. 

4 ‘‘(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply to the possession of 

5 a large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise law6 fully possessed within the United States on or before the 

7 date of the enactment of this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to import 

9 or bring into the United States a large capacity ammuni10 tion feeding device. 

11 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 

12 ‘‘(A) a manufacture for, transfer to, or posses13 sion by the United States or a department or agency 

14 of the United States or a State or a department, 

15 agency, or political subdivision of a State, or a 

16 transfer to or possession by a law enforcement offi17 cer employed by such an entity for purposes of law 

18 enforcement (whether on or off duty); 

19 ‘‘(B) a transfer to a licensee under title I of the 

20 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of estab21 lishing and maintaining an on-site physical protec22 tion system and security organization required by 

23 Federal law, or possession by an employee or con24 tractor of such a licensee on-site for such purposes 


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1 or off-site for purposes of licensee-authorized train2 ing or transportation of nuclear materials; 

3 ‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is re4 tired from service with a law enforcement agency 

5 and is not otherwise prohibited from receiving am6 munition, of a large capacity ammunition feeding de7 vice transferred to the individual by the agency upon 

8 that retirement; or 

9 ‘‘(D) a manufacture, transfer, or possession of 

10 a large capacity ammunition feeding device by a li11 censed manufacturer or licensed importer for the 

12 purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by 

13 the Attorney General.’’. 

14 (c) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(v) shall 

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

18 years, or both.’’. 

19 (d) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS.—Section 923(i) of 

20 such title is amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘A large capacity ammunition feeding device manufac22 tured after the date of the enactment of this sentence shall 

23 be identified by a serial number that clearly shows that 

24 the device was manufactured after such date of enactment, 


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1 and such other identification as the Attorney General may 

2 by regulation prescribe.’’. 

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