I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9207 
To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2022 
Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Ms. TITUS, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. PETERS, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. CARSON, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. MICHAEL F. 
DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. DAVID 
SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. EVANS, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. PIN-
GREE, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. RUSH, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CASE, Mr. BEYER, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. 
JACKSON
LEE, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. LEE of California, 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. TAKANO, 
Mr. LYNCH, Mr. CORREA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. SCAN-
LON, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. ADAMS, 
Mr. 
PANETTA, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, 
Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, 
Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 
MALONEY of New York, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. LARSEN 
of Washington, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. GARCIA 
of Texas, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mrs. DEMINGS, 
Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. PORTER, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. WAT-
SON COLEMAN, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. JACOBS of California, Mr. CROW, 
Mr. JONES, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. CHU, 
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. DEAN, Mr. POCAN, Mr. BERA, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. MCEACHIN, and Mr. BOW-
MAN) 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 by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(38) 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. 
‘‘(39) The term ‘qualified law enforcement officer’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 926B.’’. 
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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 
enforcement (whether on or off-duty), or a sale or 
transfer to or possession by a campus law enforce-
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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 
feeding device by a licensed manufacturer or licensed 
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importer for the purposes of testing or experimen-
tation authorized by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), the term 
‘campus law enforcement officer’ means an individual who 
is— 
‘‘(A) employed by a private institution of higher 
education that is eligible for funding under title IV 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or investiga-
tion of crime involving injury to persons or property, 
including apprehension or detention of persons for 
such crimes; 
‘‘(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local law 
to carry a firearm, execute search warrants, and 
make arrests; and 
‘‘(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified by 
a government entity as a law enforcement officer.’’. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE CAPAC-
ITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section 923(i) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘A large capacity ammunition feeding 
device manufactured after the date of enactment of the 
Keep Americans Safe Act shall be identified by a serial 
number and the date on which the device was manufac-
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tured or made, legibly and conspicuously engraved or cast 
on the device, and such other identification as the Attor-
ney General shall by regulations prescribe.’’. 
(c) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF LARGE CAPACITY 
AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section 924(d) of title 
18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Any firearm or ammu-
nition involved in’’ and inserting ‘‘Any fire-
arm or ammunition or large capacity am-
munition feeding device involved in’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or (k)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(k), or (v)’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘any firearm or am-
munition intended’’ and inserting ‘‘any 
firearm or ammunition or large capacity 
ammunition feeding device intended’’; and 
(B) in the second and third sentences, by 
inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammunition feeding 
device’’ after ‘‘firearms or ammunition’’ each 
place the term appears; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 
large capacity ammunition feeding device’’ after 
‘‘firearms or ammunition’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or 
large capacity ammunition feeding devices’’ 
after ‘‘firearms or quantities of ammunition’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting ‘‘922(v),’’ 
after ‘‘922(n),’’. 
SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 
Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘or (q)’’ and inserting ‘‘(q), or 
(v)’’. 
SEC. 5. USE OF BYRNE GRANTS FOR BUY-BACK PROGRAMS 
FOR LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEED-
ING DEVICES. 
Section 501(a)(1) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) Compensation for surrendered large 
capacity ammunition feeding devices, as that 
term is defined in section 921 of title 18, 
United States Code, under buy-back programs 
for large capacity ammunition feeding devices.’’. 
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SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 
this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-
tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 
by this Act, and the application of such provision or 
amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be af-
fected thereby. 
Æ 
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