Raise the Age Act of 2023

Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2870 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2870

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms 
 licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire 
rifles or semiautomatic centerfire shotguns to a person under 21 years 
  of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel and full-
         time law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2023

Mr. Ivey (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. 
 Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown, 
Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Crow, Mr. Correa, Mr. Davis of 
 Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. 
  Evans, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
      Jackson Lee, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Lee of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Payne, Mr. Pocan, 
 Mr. Quigley, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, 
   Mr. Schiff, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. 
 Trone, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. 
 Casten, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Ms. Porter, Mr. Allred, Mr. 
  Moskowitz, Ms. Crockett, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. 
Raskin, Mr. Peters, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Costa, Ms. 
    Balint, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Chu, Ms. Meng, and Ms. 
Kamlager-Dove) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms 
 licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire 
rifles or semiautomatic centerfire shotguns to a person under 21 years 
  of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel and full-
         time law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Raise the Age Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE SELLING OR DELIVERING 
              CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE RIFLES OR SEMIAUTOMATIC 
              CENTERFIRE SHOTGUNS TO A PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE, 
              WITH EXCEPTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1)(A) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who 
        the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe has not 
        attained 18 years of age;
            ``(B) any semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic 
        centerfire shotgun that has, or has the capacity to accept, an 
        ammunition feeding device with a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, 
        to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable 
        cause to believe has not attained 21 years of age and is not a 
        qualified individual; or
            ``(C) if the firearm or ammunition is not a semiautomatic 
        centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire shotgun described 
        in subparagraph (B) and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or 
        ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the 
        licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe has not 
        attained 21 years of age;''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 922(c)(1) of such title is 
amended by striking ``in the case of any firearm'' and all that follows 
through ``eighteen years or more of age'' and inserting ``(1) in the 
case of a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire 
shotgun that has, or has the capacity to accept, an ammunition feeding 
device with a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, I am at least 21 years of 
age or a qualified individual (as defined in section 921(a)(30) of 
title 18, United States Code), (2) in the case of a firearm other than 
a shotgun, a rifle, or such a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or 
semiautomatic centerfire shotgun, I am at least 21 years of age, or (3) 
in the case of any other shotgun or rifle, I am at least 18 years of 
age.''.
    (c) Qualified Individual Defined.--Section 921(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(38) The term `qualified individual' means--
            ``(A) a member of the Armed Forces on active duty; and
            ``(B) a full-time employee of the United States, a State, 
        or a political subdivision of a State who in the course of his 
        or her official duties is authorized to carry a firearm.
    ``(39) The term `ammunition feeding device' means a magazine, belt, 
drum, feed strip, or similar device, but does not include an attached 
tubular device which is only capable of operating with .22 caliber 
rimfire ammunition.''.

SEC. 3. OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION'S PUBLIC 
              ACCESS LINE.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (in 
this section referred to as the ``FBI'') shall submit to the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives a report regarding operation of the FBI's 
public access line.
    (b) Matters Included.--The report required by subsection (a) shall, 
at a minimum, include the following:
            (1) A description of the protocols and procedures in effect 
        with respect to information-sharing between the public access 
        line and the field offices of the FBI.
            (2) Recommendations for improving the protocols and 
        procedures to improve the information-sharing.
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