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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 33 

To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding 

devices, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 22 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2013 

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CARPER, 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. REED, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. COONS, 

Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. MURPHY, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

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 of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OR POSSESSION OF 

2 LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DE3 VICES. 

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

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

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(30) The term ‘large capacity ammunition 

8 feeding device’— 

9 ‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed 

10 strip, or similar device, including any such de11 vice joined or coupled with another in any man12 ner, that has a capacity of, or that can be read13 ily restored or converted to accept, more than 

14 10 rounds of ammunition; and 

15 ‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular 

16 device designed to accept, and capable of oper17 ating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammuni18 tion.’’. 

19 (b) PROHIBITIONS.—Section 922 of title 18, United 

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

21 the following: 

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

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

24 capacity ammunition feeding device. 

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

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1 fully possessed within the United States on or before the 

2 date of the enactment of the Large Capacity Ammunition 

3 Feeding Device Act of 2013. 

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

5 or bring into the United States a large capacity ammuni6 tion feeding device. 

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

8 ‘‘(A) a manufacture for, transfer to, or posses9 sion by the United States or a department or agency 

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

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

12 transfer to or possession by a law enforcement offi13 cer employed by such an entity for purposes of law 

14 enforcement (whether on or off duty); 

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

16 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of estab17 lishing and maintaining an on-site physical protec18 tion system and security organization required by 

19 Federal law, or possession by an employee or con20 tractor of such a licensee on-site for such purposes 

21 or off-site for purposes of licensee-authorized train22 ing or transportation of nuclear materials; 

23 ‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is re24 tired from service with a law enforcement agency 

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1 munition, of a large capacity ammunition feeding de2 vice transferred to the individual by the agency upon 

3 that retirement; or 

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

5 a large capacity ammunition feeding device by a li6 censed manufacturer or licensed importer for the 

7 purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by 

8 the Attorney General.’’. 

9 (c) PENALTIES.—Section 924 of title 18, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

12 following: 

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

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

15 years, or both.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (d)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘Any firearm or ammu19 nition’’ and inserting ‘‘Any firearm, ammu20 nition, or large capacity ammunition feed21 ing device’’; 

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

23 ‘‘(k), or (v)’’; 

24 (iii) by striking ‘‘or any firearm or 

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1 arm, ammunition, or large capacity ammu2 nition feeding device’’; and 

3 (iv) by striking ‘‘firearms or ammuni4 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘firearms, ammunition, 

5 or large capacity ammunition feeding de6 vices’’ each place the term appears; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting 

8 ‘‘922(v),’’ after ‘‘922(n),’’. 

9 (d) IDENTIFICATION AND MARKINGS.—Section 

10 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘Licensed importers’’ and in12 serting the following: ‘‘(1) Licensed importers’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘(2) A large capacity ammunition feeding device 

15 manufactured by any person after the date of enactment 

16 of the Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act 

17 of 2013 shall be identified by a serial number and the date 

18 on which the device was manufactured, and such other 

19 identification as the Attorney General may by regulation 

20 prescribe.’’. 

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