I 
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. 
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. SA-
LINAS, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, 
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TRONE, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, 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. STE-
VENS, 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 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal 
firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semi-
automatic centerfire rifles or semiautomatic centerfire 
shotguns to a person under 21 years of age, with excep-
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tions for active duty military personnel and full-time 
law enforcement officers, 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 ‘‘Raise the Age Act of 
2023’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE 
SELLING OR DELIVERING CERTAIN SEMI-
AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE RIFLES OR SEMI-
AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE SHOTGUNS TO A 
PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE, WITH EX-
CEPTIONS. 
(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 indi-
vidual who the licensee knows or has reasonable 
cause to believe has not attained 18 years of age; 
‘‘(B) any semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semi-
automatic centerfire shotgun that has, or has the ca-
pacity 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 quali-
fied individual; or 
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‘‘(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 li-
censee 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 semiauto-
matic 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 de-
fined 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 semi-
automatic 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— 
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‘‘(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 ammuni-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 3. OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES-
TIGATION’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 proce-
dures in effect with respect to information-sharing 
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between the public access line and the field offices 
of the FBI. 
(2) Recommendations for improving the proto-
cols and procedures to improve the information-shar-
ing. 
Æ 
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