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(b) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV-
ICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services $60,000,000 for each fiscal year for the 
purpose of conducting or supporting research on 
firearms safety or gun violence prevention, including 
conducting evaluations of the community violence 
intervention grant program authorized under section 
399V–8 of the Public Health Service Act (as added 
by section 901 of this Act). The amount authorized 
to be appropriated by the preceding sentence is in 
addition to any other amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated for such purpose. 
(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall submit a report to Con-
gress detailing how the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated under this section were used. 
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TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 1001. INCLUSION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAP-
ONS AS FIREARMS UNDER NATIONAL FIRE-
ARMS ACT. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES 
CODE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(v)(2) of title 18, 
United States Code, as added by section 512 of this 
Act, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘weapon otherwise law-
fully’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘weapon— 
‘‘(A) otherwise lawfully’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) registered under the National Fire-
arms Act.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date that 
is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 
1986.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5845(a) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘and (8) a destructive device’’ and inserting ‘‘(8) a 
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destructive device; and (9) a semiautomatic assault 
weapon (as defined in section 921(a) of title 18, 
United States Code) lawfully possessed on the date 
of enactment of the Gun Violence Prevention and 
Community Safety Act of 2023’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the amendments made by this sub-
section shall take effect on the date which is 12 
months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) REGISTRATION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A) or any other provision of 
law, any person possessing a semiauto-
matic assault weapon (as defined in section 
921(a) of title 18, United States Code) 
which is not registered to such person in 
the National Firearms Registration and 
Transfer Record shall register each such 
weapon so possessed with the Secretary in 
such form and manner as the Secretary 
may require within the 12-month period 
immediately following the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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(ii) INCLUSION
IN
REGISTRY.—Any 
registration described in clause (i) shall be-
come a part of the National Firearms Reg-
istration and Transfer Record. 
(C) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
(i) NATIONAL
FIREARMS
REGISTRA-
TION AND TRANSFER RECORD.—The term 
‘‘National 
Firearms 
Registration 
and 
Transfer Record’’ means the registry es-
tablished pursuant to section 5841 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(ii) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ has the same meaning given such 
term under section 7701(a)(11)(B) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
SEC. 1002. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or any amendment made 
by this Act, or any application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, 
the remainder of the provisions of this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act and the application of the provi-
sion or amendment to any other person or circumstance 
shall not be affected. 
Æ 
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