I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 717 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms 
licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles 
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 
JANUARY 23, 2019 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 
Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. FUDGE, 
Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. 
JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KING of 
New York, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. MAST, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. 
MCBATH, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 
RICHMOND, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. VEASEY, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. YARMUTH, and Mr. MCGOVERN) 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 to a person under 21 years 
of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel 
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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’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE 
SELLING OR DELIVERING CERTAIN SEMI-
AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE RIFLES TO A PER-
SON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE, WITH EXCEP-
TIONS. 
(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 that has 
or accepts a magazine 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 qualified individual; or 
‘‘(C) if the firearm or ammunition is not a 
semiautomatic centerfire rifle described in subpara-
graph (B) and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or 
ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual 
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who the licensee 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 ‘‘in the case of a semiauto-
matic centerfire rifle that has or accepts a magazine with 
a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, I am at least 21 years of 
age or a qualified individual (as defined in section 
921(a)(30) of title 18, United States Code), in the case 
of a firearm other than a semiautomatic centerfire rifle 
that has or accepts a magazine with a capacity exceeding 
5 rounds, 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’’. 
(c) QUALIFIED
INDIVIDUAL
DEFINED.—Section 
921(a) of such title is amended by inserting after para-
graph (29) the following: 
‘‘(30) The term ‘qualified individual’ means— 
‘‘(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.’’. 
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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 
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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