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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7115 

To prohibit the sale, acquisition, distribution in commerce, or import into 

the United States of certain firearm receiver castings or blanks, assault 

weapon parts kits, and machinegun parts kits and the marketing or 

advertising of such castings or blanks and kits on any medium of electronic communications, to require homemade firearms to have serial 

numbers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 2, 2018 

Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. SIRES, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. 

KHANNA, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. SOTO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 

KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. RUSH) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 

the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To prohibit the sale, acquisition, distribution in commerce, 

or import into the United States of certain firearm receiver castings or blanks, assault weapon parts kits, and 

machinegun parts kits and the marketing or advertising 

of such castings or blanks and kits on any medium 

of electronic communications, to require homemade firearms to have serial numbers, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘3–D Firearms Prohibi5 tions Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DO-IT-YOURSELF ASSAULT WEAPON BAN. 

7 (a) BANNED HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS.—Notwith8 standing section 3(a)(5)(E) of the Consumer Product 

9 Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)(E)), the following shall 

10 be considered banned hazardous products under section 

11 8 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2057): 

12 (1) A firearm receiver casting or firearm re13 ceiver blank or unfinished handgun frame that— 

14 (A) at the point of sale does not meet the 

15 definition of a firearm in section 921(a) of title 

16 18, United States Code; and 

17 (B) after purchase by a consumer, can be 

18 completed by the consumer to the point at 

19 which such casting or blank functions as a fire20 arm frame or receiver for a semiautomatic as21 sault weapon or machinegun or the frame of a 

22 handgun. 

23 (2) An assault weapon parts kit. 

24 (3) A machinegun parts kit. 


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1 (b) ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (a) shall be treated 

2 as a ban under section 19 of the Consumer Product Safety 

3 Act (15 U.S.C. 2068). 

4 (c) CONSULTATION.—In enforcing this section, the 

5 Consumer Product Safety Commission shall periodically 

6 consult with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

7 and Explosives regarding effective strategies for and 

8 methods of enforcement. 

9 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF ADVERTISING DO-IT-YOURSELF 

10 ASSAULT WEAPONS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful to market or 

12 advertise, on any medium of electronic communications, 

13 including over the Internet, for the sale of any of the fol14 lowing: 

15 (1) A firearm receiver casting or firearm re16 ceiver blank or unfinished handgun frame that— 

17 (A) at the point of sale does not meet the 

18 definition of a firearm in section 921(a) of title 

19 18, United States Code; and 

20 (B) after purchase by a consumer, can be 

21 completed by the consumer to the point at 

22 which such casting or blank functions as a fire23 arm frame or receiver for a semiautomatic as24 sault weapon or machinegun or the frame of a 

25 handgun. 


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1 (2) An assault weapon parts kit. 

2 (3) A machinegun parts kit. 

3 (b) ENFORCEMENT BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COM4 MISSION.—A violation of subsection (a) shall be treated 

5 as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive 

6 act or practice described under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the 

7 Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 

8 The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this section 

9 in the same manner, by the same means, and with the 

10 same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all appli11 cable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commis12 sion Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and 

13 made a part of this Act. 

14 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing contained in 

15 this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the 

16 Federal Trade Commission under any other provision of 

17 law. 

18 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT THAT HOMEMADE FIREARMS HAVE 

19 SERIAL NUMBERS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

21 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 923 the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘§ 923A. Serial numbers for homemade firearms 

24 ‘‘(a) REQUEST.—A person who has attained 18 years 

25 of age and desires to make a firearm, or obtain a unique 


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1 serial number or other identifying mark for a firearm, may 

2 request a licensed dealer to issue a unique serial number 

3 or other identifying mark for the firearm, which request 

4 shall describe the firearm involved, and state whether the 

5 firearm will be (or is) a handgun. 

6 ‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) TREATMENT OF REQUEST AS TRANSFER

8 PROPOSAL.—A request made of a licensed dealer 

9 pursuant to subsection (a) with respect to a firearm 

10 shall be treated as a proposed transfer of the fire11 arm from the licensed dealer to the applicant, for 

12 purposes of section 922(t) of this title and section 

13 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, 

14 except that the Firearms Transaction Record in15 volved shall indicate that what is being transferred 

16 is a serial number and not a firearm. 

17 ‘‘(2) ISSUANCE OF SERIAL NUMBER.—A li18 censed dealer may issue to an applicant a unique se19 rial number and identifying mark for a firearm pur20 suant to such a request if, applying paragraph (1) 

21 of this subsection to the request, section 922(t) or 

22 other law would not prohibit the licensed dealer from 

23 transferring the firearm to the applicant. 

24 ‘‘(3) FEE AUTHORITY.—A licensed dealer may 

25 charge an applicant a fee for each serial number and 


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1 identifying mark assigned and issued under this sec2 tion, in an amount that is not more than the actual 

3 costs associated with assigning and issuing the serial 

4 number and identifying mark, and a fee for con5 tacting the national instant criminal background 

6 check system with respect to the applicant. 

7 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITIONS; REQUIREMENTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) BAN ON MAKING FIREARM BEFORE OB9 TAINING SERIAL NUMBER.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful 

11 for any person, in or affecting interstate or for12 eign commerce, to make a firearm, unless the 

13 person has obtained a serial number and identi14 fying mark for the firearm under this section. 

15 ‘‘(B) MAKE DEFINED.—In subparagraph 

16 (A), the term ‘make’ means produce, construct, 

17 or fabricate by any means. 

18 ‘‘(2) PRESENTATION OF FIREARM FOR WHICH

19 SERIAL NUMBER IS ISSUED FOR VERIFICATION BY

20 ISSUING DEALER.—Within 90 days after a person 

21 obtains a serial number and identifying mark for a 

22 firearm under this section, the person shall present 

23 the firearm to the licensed dealer who issued the se24 rial number and identifying mark. On presentation, 

25 the licensed dealer shall verify that the serial numVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:11 Nov 02, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7115.IH H7115

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1 ber has been stamped on or otherwise permanently 

2 affixed to the firearm and that the firearm matches 

3 the description provided by the person when the re4 quest for the serial number and identifying mark 

5 was made. 

6 ‘‘(3) BAN ON POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF

7 FIREARM WITHOUT SERIAL NUMBER.—It shall be 

8 unlawful for any person, in or affecting interstate or 

9 foreign commerce, to possess or transfer a firearm 

10 made after 1968 by a person who is not a licensed 

11 manufacturer, unless— 

12 ‘‘(A) a serial number and identifying mark 

13 for the firearm has been issued under this sec14 tion; 

15 ‘‘(B) within 10 days after the issuance, the 

16 serial number and identifying mark is stamped 

17 on or otherwise permanently affixed to the fire18 arm; and 

19 ‘‘(C) if the firearm is made from polymer 

20 plastic, 3.7 ounces of material type 17–4 PH 

21 stainless steel, on which the unique serial num22 ber or identifying mark is stamped or otherwise 

23 permanently affixed, are embedded within the 

24 plastic. 


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1 ‘‘(4) EXCEPTIONS.—This subsection shall not 

2 apply to— 

3 ‘‘(A) a firearm to which a serial number 

4 has been assigned pursuant to section 923 of 

5 this title or chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue 

6 Code of 1986; or 

7 ‘‘(B) a licensed manufacturer. 

8 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRACEABILITY SYS10 TEM.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 180 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of this section, the 

13 Attorney General shall, in consultation with li14 censed dealers, establish a system that enables 

15 the Attorney General to identify any licensed 

16 dealer who issues a serial number and identi17 fying mark pursuant to this section. 

18 ‘‘(B) STANDARDS.—The system estab19 lished under subparagraph (A) shall include 

20 standards for serial numbers issued pursuant to 

21 this section, which shall ensure that the serial 

22 numbers are at least as unique and capable of 

23 being traced, and at least as difficult to oblit24 erate, as serial numbers issued pursuant to sec25 tion 923(i). 


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1 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION ON COMPLIANCE WITH, AND

2 ENFORCEMENT OF, THIS SECTION.—The Attorney 

3 General shall maintain, and make available on re4 quest, information on— 

5 ‘‘(A) the number of serial numbers and 

6 identifying marks issued under this section; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the number of arrests for violations 

8 of this section.’’. 

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

10 amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or section 

12 923A(c)’’ after ‘‘922’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the 

14 following: ‘‘For purposes of this paragraph, the 

15 issuance of a serial number and identifying mark for 

16 a firearm in violation of section 923A shall be con17 sidered a transfer of the firearm in violation of sec18 tion 922(t).’’. 

19 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

20 for chapter 44 of such title is amended by inserting after 

21 the item relating to section 923 the following: 

‘‘923A. Serial number requirement for homemade firearms.’’. 

22 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

23 (a) TERMS.—For purposes of this Act— 

24 (1) the term ‘‘ammunition feeding device’’ 

25 means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar 


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1 device, but does not include an attached tubular de2 vice designed to accept, and capable of operating 

3 only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition, and an 

4 ammunition feeding device shall be considered de5 tachable if the device can be removed from a firearm 

6 without disassembly of the firearm action; 

7 (2) the term ‘‘assault weapon parts kit’’ means 

8 any part or combination of parts designed and in9 tended to enable a consumer who possesses all such 

10 necessary parts to assemble a semiautomatic assault 

11 weapon; 

12 (3) the term ‘‘machinegun parts kit’’ means any 

13 part or combination of parts designed and intended 

14 to enable a consumer who possesses all such nec15 essary parts to assemble a machinegun or convert a 

16 firearm into a machinegun; 

17 (4) the term ‘‘semiautomatic assault weapon’’ 

18 means— 

19 (A) a semiautomatic rifle or semiautomatic 

20 shotgun that has the capacity to accept a de21 tachable ammunition feeding device; or 

22 (B) a semiautomatic pistol that has— 

23 (i) the capacity to accept a detachable 

24 ammunition feeding device; and 


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1 (ii) any one of the features described 

2 in subsection (b); 

3 (5) the term ‘‘machinegun’’ has the meaning 

4 given such term in section 5845(b) of the Internal 

5 Revenue Code of 1986; 

6 (6) the term ‘‘semiautomatic pistol’’ means any 

7 repeating pistol that utilizes a portion of the energy 

8 of a firing cartridge to extract the fixed cartridge 

9 case and chamber the next round and requires a 

10 separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge; 

11 (7) the term ‘‘semiautomatic rifle’’ has the 

12 meaning given such term in section 921(a)(28) of 

13 title 18, United States Code; and 

14 (8) the term ‘‘semiautomatic shotgun’’ means 

15 any repeating shotgun that utilizes a portion of the 

16 energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fixed car17 tridge case and chamber the next round and requires 

18 a separate pull of a trigger to fire each cartridge. 

19 (b) SPECIAL FEATURES OF A SEMIAUTOMATIC PIS20 TOL.—The special features described in subsection 

21 (a)(3)(B)(ii) are— 

22 (1) an ammunition magazine that attaches to 

23 the pistol outside of the pistol grip; 


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1 (2) a threaded barrel capable of accepting a 

2 barrel extender, flash suppressor, forward handgrip, 

3 or silencer; 

4 (3) a shroud that is attached to, or partially or 

5 completely encircles, the barrel and that permits the 

6 shooter to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand 

7 without being burned; 

8 (4) a second hand grip; 

9 (5) a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or 

10 more when the pistol is unloaded; and 

11 (6) a semiautomatic version of an automatic 

12 firearm. 

13 SEC. 6. CONSTRUCTION. 

14 Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting the 

15 ability of a State to enact more restrictive gun-related 

16 laws, or bans on firearm receiver castings, firearm receiver 

17 blanks, assault weapon parts kits, or machinegun parts 

18 kits. 

19 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

21 (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act, shall 

22 take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

23 this Act. 

24 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsections (a), (b), and (d), and 

25 the second sentence of subsection (c)(2), of section 923A 


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1 of title 18, United States Code, as added by the amend2 ment made by section 4(a) of this Act, shall take effect 

3 on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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