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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3606 

To prohibit bump stocks and other devices designed to accelerate the rate 

of fire of a semiautomatic weapon. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 2, 2019 

Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Ms. TITUS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. KHANNA, 

Ms. NORTON, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 

Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mrs. HAYES, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 

WELCH, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. SHALALA, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. 

LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. 

MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. 

KELLY of Illinois, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. CASE, Mr. HASTINGS, and Ms. 

MENG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit bump stocks and other devices designed to 

accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic weapon. 

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 ‘‘High Speed Gunfire 

5 Prevention Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. BUMP STOCKS AND ACCELERATION DEVICES. 

2 (a) PROHIBITION.—Section 922 of title 18, United 

3 States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) by adding at the end of subsection (o) the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(3)(A) The term ‘machinegun’ means any 

7 weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be 

8 readily restored to shoot, automatically more than 

9 one shot, without manual reloading, by a single 

10 function of the trigger. The term shall also include 

11 the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part 

12 designed and intended solely and exclusively, or com13 bination of parts designed and intended, for use in 

14 converting a weapon into a machinegun, any com15 bination of parts from which a machinegun can be 

16 assembled if such parts are in the possession or 

17 under the control of a person, and any bump-stock18 type device, i.e., a device that allows a semiauto19 matic weapon to shoot more than one shot with a 

20 single pull of the trigger by harnessing the recoil en21 ergy of the semiautomatic weapon to which it is af22 fixed so that the trigger resets and continues firing 

23 without additional physical manipulation of the trig24 ger by the shooter. 

25 ‘‘(B) The term ‘automatically’ as it modifies 

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1 stored to shoot,’ means functioning as the result of 

2 a self-acting or self-regulating mechanism that al3 lows the firing of multiple rounds through a single 

4 function of the trigger; and ‘single function of the 

5 trigger’ means a single pull of the trigger and analo6 gous motions.’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(aa)(1) ACCELERATION DEVICES.—It shall be un9 lawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, ship, 

10 deliver, possess, transfer, or receive, in or affecting inter11 state or foreign commerce, any part, combination of parts, 

12 component, device, attachment, or accessory that is de13 signed and functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a 

14 semiautomatic firearm but not convert the semiautomatic 

15 firearm into a machinegun. 

16 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) of this subsection 

17 shall not apply to— 

18 ‘‘(A) the otherwise lawful possession of a device 

19 before the date that is 90 days after this subsection 

20 takes effect, provided that the device is destroyed or 

21 disposed of within that 90-day period; 

22 ‘‘(B) the importation, manufacture, possession, 

23 or receipt of such devices by or for, or shipment, 

24 sale, or transfer of such devices for or to, the United 

25 States, a department or agency of the United States, 


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1 a State, or a department, agency, or political sub2 division of a State, for the purposes of testing or ex3 perimentation authorized by the Attorney General; 

4 or 

5 ‘‘(C) a part that designed and functions to re6 place a part of a firearm that has been damaged or 

7 that has reduced functionality due to normal wear 

8 and tear, regardless of whether that part improves 

9 the performance or functionality of the firearm be10 yond its original performance and functionality.’’. 

11 (b) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a)(2) of such title is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘or (o)’’ and inserting ‘‘(o), or (aa)’’. 

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