I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1296 
To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear 
arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2019 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. 
BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. 
JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, 
Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 
COOPER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs. CRAIG, Mr. CRIST, Mr. 
CROW, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of 
California, Ms. DEAN, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, 
Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. 
DOGGETT, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. 
GOMEZ, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HAS-
TINGS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HECK, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. HIMES, 
Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACK-
SON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. KIRK-
PATRICK, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LAWSON 
of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. TED LIEU 
of California, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 
MALINOWSKI, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SEAN PAT-
RICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Ms. 
MOORE, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mrs. 
MURPHY, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. 
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PHILLIPS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. 
RICHMOND, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. RUIZ, 
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of 
Georgia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 
TONKO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRONE, Mr. 
VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. WILSON of 
Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CASE, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. 
PETERS, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 
Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. 
LEVIN of California, Mr. EVANS, and Mr. LOEBSACK) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to 
keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assault Weapons Ban 
of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting after paragraph (29) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic pistol’ means any re-
peating pistol that— 
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‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing 
cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and 
chamber the next round; and 
‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to 
fire each cartridge. 
‘‘(31) The term ‘semiautomatic shotgun’ means any 
repeating shotgun that— 
‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing 
cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and 
chamber the next round; and 
‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to 
fire each cartridge.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(36) The term ‘semiautomatic assault weapon’ 
means any of the following, regardless of country of manu-
facture or caliber of ammunition accepted: 
‘‘(A) A semiautomatic rifle that has the capac-
ity to accept a detachable magazine and any one of 
the following: 
‘‘(i) A pistol grip. 
‘‘(ii) A forward grip. 
‘‘(iii) A folding, telescoping, or detachable 
stock, or is otherwise foldable or adjustable in 
a manner that operates to reduce the length, 
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size, or any other dimension, or otherwise en-
hances the concealability, of the weapon. 
‘‘(iv) A grenade launcher. 
‘‘(v) A barrel shroud. 
‘‘(vi) A threaded barrel. 
‘‘(B) A semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed 
magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 
rounds, except for an attached tubular device de-
signed to accept, and capable of operating only with, 
.22 caliber rimfire ammunition. 
‘‘(C) Any part, combination of parts, compo-
nent, device, attachment, or accessory that is de-
signed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of 
a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiauto-
matic rifle into a machinegun. 
‘‘(D) A semiautomatic pistol that has the ca-
pacity to accept a detachable magazine and any one 
of the following: 
‘‘(i) A threaded barrel. 
‘‘(ii) A second pistol grip. 
‘‘(iii) A barrel shroud. 
‘‘(iv) The capacity to accept a detachable 
magazine at some location outside of the pistol 
grip. 
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‘‘(v) A semiautomatic version of an auto-
matic firearm. 
‘‘(vi) A manufactured weight of 50 ounces 
or more when unloaded. 
‘‘(vii) A stabilizing brace or similar compo-
nent. 
‘‘(E) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed maga-
zine that has the capacity to accept more than 10 
rounds. 
‘‘(F) A semiautomatic shotgun that has any one 
of the following: 
‘‘(i) A folding, telescoping, or detachable 
stock. 
‘‘(ii) A pistol grip. 
‘‘(iii) A fixed magazine with the capacity to 
accept more than 5 rounds. 
‘‘(iv) The ability to accept a detachable 
magazine. 
‘‘(v) A forward grip. 
‘‘(vi) A grenade launcher. 
‘‘(G) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder. 
‘‘(H) All of the following rifles, copies, dupli-
cates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capa-
bility of any such weapon thereof: 
‘‘(i) All AK types, including the following: 
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‘‘(I) AK, AK–47, AK–47S, AK–74, 
AKM, 
AKS, 
ARM, 
MAK90, 
MISR, 
NHM90, NHM91, Rock River Arms LAR– 
47, SA85, SA93, Vector Arms AK–47, 
VEPR, WASR–10, and WUM. 
‘‘(II) IZHMASH Saiga AK. 
‘‘(III) MAADI AK–47 and ARM. 
‘‘(IV) Norinco 56S, 56S2, 84S, and 
86S. 
‘‘(V) Poly Technologies AK–47 and 
AKS. 
‘‘(ii) All AR types, including the following: 
‘‘(I) AR–10. 
‘‘(II) AR–15. 
‘‘(III) Alexander Arms Overmatch 
Plus 16. 
‘‘(IV) Armalite M15 22LR Carbine. 
‘‘(V) Armalite M15–T. 
‘‘(VI) Barrett REC7. 
‘‘(VII) Beretta AR–70. 
‘‘(VIII) Black Rain Ordnance Recon 
Scout. 
‘‘(IX) Bushmaster ACR. 
‘‘(X) Bushmaster Carbon 15. 
‘‘(XI) Bushmaster MOE series. 
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‘‘(XII) Bushmaster XM15. 
‘‘(XIII) Chiappa Firearms MFour ri-
fles. 
‘‘(XIV) Colt Match Target rifles. 
‘‘(XV) CORE Rifle Systems CORE15 
rifles. 
‘‘(XVI) Daniel Defense M4A1 rifles. 
‘‘(XVII) Devil Dog Arms 15 Series ri-
fles. 
‘‘(XVIII) Diamondback DB15 rifles. 
‘‘(XIX) DoubleStar AR rifles. 
‘‘(XX) DPMS Tactical rifles. 
‘‘(XXI) DSA Inc. ZM–4 Carbine. 
‘‘(XXII) Heckler & Koch MR556. 
‘‘(XXIII) High Standard HSA–15 ri-
fles. 
‘‘(XXIV) Jesse James Nomad AR–15 
rifle. 
‘‘(XXV) Knight’s Armament SR–15. 
‘‘(XXVI) Lancer L15 rifles. 
‘‘(XXVII) MGI Hydra Series rifles. 
‘‘(XXVIII) Mossberg MMR Tactical 
rifles. 
‘‘(XXIX) Noreen Firearms BN 36 
rifle. 
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‘‘(XXX) Olympic Arms. 
‘‘(XXXI) POF USA P415. 
‘‘(XXXII) Precision Firearms AR ri-
fles. 
‘‘(XXXIII) Remington R–15 rifles. 
‘‘(XXXIV) Rhino Arms AR rifles. 
‘‘(XXXV) Rock River Arms LAR–15. 
‘‘(XXXVI) Sig Sauer SIG516 rifles 
and MCX rifles. 
‘‘(XXXVII) SKS with a detachable 
magazine. 
‘‘(XXXVIII) Smith & Wesson M&P15 
rifles. 
‘‘(XXXIX) Stag Arms AR rifles. 
‘‘(XL) Sturm, Ruger & Co. SR556 
and AR–556 rifles. 
‘‘(XLI) Uselton Arms Air-Lite M–4 
rifles. 
‘‘(XLII) Windham Weaponry AR ri-
fles. 
‘‘(XLIII) WMD Guns Big Beast. 
‘‘(XLIV) Yankee Hill Machine Com-
pany, Inc. YHM–15 rifles. 
‘‘(iii) Barrett M107A1. 
‘‘(iv) Barrett M82A1. 
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