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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 407 

To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2015 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. WARREN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CARPER, Mr. DURBIN, 

Mr. REED, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. 

SCHUMER, Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. KAINE) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices. 

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 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 

8 amended by inserting after paragraph (29) the following: 

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

10 device’— 


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

2 helical feeding device, or similar device, including 

3 any such device joined or coupled with another in 

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

5 can be readily restored, changed, or converted to ac6 cept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition; and 

7 ‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular de8 vice designed to accept, and capable of operating 

9 only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. 

10 ‘‘(31) The term ‘qualified law enforcement officer’ 

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

12 SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION 

13 FEEDING DEVICES. 

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

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

16 the following: 

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

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

19 interstate or foreign commerce, a large capacity ammuni20 tion feeding device. 

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

22 of any large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise 

23 lawfully possessed on or before the date of enactment of 

24 the Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 

25 2015. 


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

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

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

4 or a department or agency of the United States or 

5 a State or a department, agency, or political subdivi6 sion of a State, or a sale or transfer to or possession 

7 by a qualified law enforcement officer employed by 

8 the United States or a department or agency of the 

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

10 or political subdivision of a State for purposes of law 

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

12 transfer to or possession by a campus law enforce13 ment officer for purposes of law enforcement (wheth14 er on or off-duty); 

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

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

17 1954 for purposes of establishing and maintaining 

18 an on-site physical protection system and security 

19 organization required by Federal law, or possession 

20 by an employee or contractor of such licensee on-site 

21 for such purposes or off-site for purposes of licensee22 authorized training or transportation of nuclear ma23 terials; 

24 ‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is re25 tired in good standing from service with a law enVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:38 Feb 14, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S407.IS S407

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1 forcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited 

2 from receiving ammunition, of a large capacity am3 munition feeding device— 

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

5 the agency upon such retirement; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or oth7 erwise obtained, for official use before such re8 tirement; or 

9 ‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, trans10 fer, or possession of any large capacity ammunition 

11 feeding device by a licensed manufacturer or licensed 

12 importer for the purposes of testing or experimen13 tation authorized by the Attorney General. 

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

15 ‘campus law enforcement officer’ means an individual who 

16 is— 

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

18 education that is eligible for funding under title IV 

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

20 1070 et seq.); 

21 ‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or investiga22 tion of crime involving injury to persons or property, 

23 including apprehension or detention of persons for 

24 such crimes; 


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

2 to carry a firearm, execute search warrants, and 

3 make arrests; and 

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

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

6 (b) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE CAPAC7 ITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section 923(i) of 

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

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

10 device manufactured after the date of enactment of the 

11 Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2015 

12 shall be identified by a serial number and the date on 

13 which the device was manufactured or made, legibly and 

14 conspicuously engraved or cast on the device, and such 

15 other identification as the Attorney General shall by regu16 lations prescribe.’’. 

17 (c) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF LARGE CAPACITY

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

19 18, United States Code, is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammu22 nition feeding device’’ after ‘‘firearm or ammu23 nition’’ each place the term appears; 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammu2 nition feeding device’’ after ‘‘firearms or ammu3 nition’’ each place the term appears; and 

4 (C) by striking ‘‘or (k)’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘(k), or (v)’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting ‘‘or large 

7 capacity ammunition feeding devices’’ after ‘‘fire8 arms or quantities of ammunition’’; and 

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

10 after ‘‘922(n),’’. 

11 SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 

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

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

14 (v)’’. 

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

16 FOR LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEED17 ING DEVICES. 

18 Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

19 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3751(a)(1)) is 

20 amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(H) 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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