I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1674 
To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2025 
Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Ms. TITUS, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. MULLIN, 
Mr. MCGARVEY, Ms. NORTON, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. NEAL, Mr. 
MRVAN, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. 
PETTERSEN, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. GOLD-
MAN of New York, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. CARSON, Ms. KELLY of 
Illinois, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Ms. TLAIB, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. CHU, 
Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. TONKO, Mr. SMITH 
of Washington, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CASAR, Ms. MORRISON, Mr. DAVIS of 
Illinois, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. BERA, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. BROWN, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. MATSUI, 
Ms. MCBRIDE, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. FIGURES, Mr. KEN-
NEDY of New York, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. AMO, Mr. GARCIA of California, 
Ms. ROSS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 
SUBRAMANYAM, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. DEXTER, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. 
TOKUDA, 
Mr. 
GOMEZ, 
Mr. 
MORELLE, 
Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, 
Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCOR-
MICK, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. BEYER, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. 
PLASKETT, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Ms. SCHOLTEN, 
Mr. VARGAS, Ms. MENG, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SE-
WELL, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 
KEATING, Mr. IVEY, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. PRESSLEY, 
Ms. SCHRIER, and Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
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A BILL 
To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices. 
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 ‘‘Keep Americans Safe 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting after paragraph (30) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(31) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feeding 
device’— 
‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, 
helical feeding device, or similar device, including 
any such device joined or coupled with another in 
any manner, that has an overall capacity of, or that 
can be readily restored, changed, or converted to ac-
cept, more than 15 rounds of ammunition; and 
‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular de-
vice designed to accept, and capable of operating 
only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(38) The term ‘qualified law enforcement officer’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 926B.’’. 
SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION 
FEEDING DEVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (u) 
the following: 
‘‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to import, 
sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce, a large capacity ammuni-
tion feeding device. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession 
of any large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise 
lawfully possessed on or before the date of enactment of 
the Keep Americans Safe Act. 
‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 
‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, sale 
to, transfer to, or possession by the United States 
or a department or agency of the United States or 
a State or a department, agency, or political subdivi-
sion of a State, or a sale or transfer to or possession 
by a qualified law enforcement officer employed by 
the United States or a department or agency of the 
United States or a State or a department, agency, 
or political subdivision of a State for purposes of law 
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enforcement (whether on or off-duty), or a sale or 
transfer to or possession by a campus law enforce-
ment officer for purposes of law enforcement (wheth-
er on or off-duty); 
‘‘(B) the importation for, or sale or transfer to 
a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for purposes of estab-
lishing and maintaining an on-site physical protec-
tion system and security organization required by 
Federal law, or possession by an employee or con-
tractor of such licensee on-site for such purposes or 
off-site for purposes of licensee-authorized training 
or transportation of nuclear materials; 
‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is re-
tired in good standing from service with a law en-
forcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited 
from receiving ammunition, of a large capacity am-
munition feeding device— 
‘‘(i) sold or transferred to the individual by 
the agency upon such retirement; or 
‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or oth-
erwise obtained, for official use before such re-
tirement; or 
‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, trans-
fer, or possession of any large capacity ammunition 
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