SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MINIMUM AGE AT WHICH A PERSON 
MAY BE TRANSFERRED, OR POSSESS OR OWN, 
A SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPON, WITH 
EXCEPTIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER BY FEDERAL FIRE-
ARMS LICENSEE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 922(b)(1) of title 
18, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1)(A) any firearm or ammunition to any indi-
vidual who the licensee knows or has reasonable 
cause to believe has not attained 18 years of age; 
‘‘(B) any semiautomatic assault weapon 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 assault weapon 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;’’. 
(2) SWORN STATEMENT.—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 ‘‘in the case of 
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a semiautomatic assault weapon, I am at least 21 
years of age or a qualified individual (as defined in 
section 921(a)(31) of title 18, United States Code), 
in the case of a firearm other than a semiautomatic 
assault weapon, a shotgun or a rifle, I am at least 
21 years of age, or that, in the case of a shotgun 
or a rifle, I am at least 18 years of age’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER BY OTHERS; PROHI-
BITION ON POSSESSION OR OWNERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(aa) It shall be unlawful— 
‘‘(1) for any person not licensed under section 
923, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, 
to transfer a semiautomatic assault weapon to an in-
dividual who has not attained 21 years of age and 
is not a qualified individual; or 
‘‘(2) for an individual who has not attained 21 
years of age and is not a qualified individual to pos-
sess or own a semiautomatic assault weapon in or 
affecting interstate or foreign commerce.’’. 
(2) PENALTIES.—Section 924 of such title is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘(8)(A) 
Whoever 
knowingly 
violates 
section 
922(aa)(1) shall be fined not more than $50,000 (or, in 
the case of the second or a subsequent such offense, not 
more than $250,000), imprisoned not more than 5 years, 
or both. 
‘‘(B) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa)(2) 
shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned not more 
than 5 years, or both.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘or 
(k)’’ and inserting ‘‘(k), or (aa)’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPON.—Sec-
tion 921(a) of such title is amended by inserting 
after paragraph (29) the following: 
‘‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic assault weapon’ 
means any semiautomatic assault weapon, as defined in 
section 921(a)(30) of this title, as included in the enact-
ment of the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use 
Protection Act without regard to the repeal of such Act. 
‘‘(31) The term ‘qualified individual’ means— 
‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces on active 
duty; and 
‘‘(B) a qualified law enforcement officer (as de-
fined in section 926B(c)(1).’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to conduct engaged in after the 
90-day period that begins with the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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