I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5470 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require a criminal 
background check to be conducted before a federally licensed firearms 
importer, manufacturer, or dealer may transfer a large capacity ammuni-
tion feeding device to a non-licensee, and to prohibit a semiautomatic 
assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding device from being 
so transferred until the Attorney General has verified that the prospective 
transferee has truthfully answered questions about whether the prospec-
tive transferee has been contacted recently by Federal law enforcement 
authorities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 14, 2016 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself and Ms. BROWN of Florida) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 
require a criminal background check to be conducted 
before a federally licensed firearms importer, manufac-
turer, or dealer may transfer a large capacity ammuni-
tion feeding device to a non-licensee, and to prohibit 
a semiautomatic assault weapon or large capacity ammu-
nition feeding device from being so transferred until the 
Attorney General has verified that the prospective trans-
feree has truthfully answered questions about whether 
the prospective transferee has been contacted recently 
by Federal law enforcement authorities. 
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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 ‘‘Stop Mass Killings 
By Violent Terrorists Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) In 2015, there were 64 shootings at elemen-
tary and secondary schools in the United States, and 
372 mass shootings, which claimed the lives of 475 
persons and left 1,870 victims injured. 
(2) More than 300,000 persons lost their lives 
as a result of gun violence during the period from 
2005 through 2015. 
(3) On June 13, 2016, in Orlando, Florida, 49 
persons were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in 
the history of the United States. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEES REQUIRED TO 
CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK 
BEFORE TRANSFER OF LARGE CAPACITY AM-
MUNITION 
FEEDING 
DEVICE 
TO 
NON-LI-
CENSEE. 
Section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) For purposes of this subsection: 
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‘‘(A) The term ‘firearm’ includes a large capac-
ity ammunition feeding device. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feed-
ing device’ has the meaning given in section 
921(a)(31) of this title, as in effect on the date of 
the enactment of the Violent Crime and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322).’’. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF SEMIAUTOMATIC 
ASSAULT WEAPON OR LARGE CAPACITY AM-
MUNITION FEEDING DEVICE BY FEDERALLY 
LICENSED FIREARMS IMPORTER, MANUFAC-
TURER, OR DEALER TO NON-LICENSEE UNTIL 
ANSWERS OF PROSPECTIVE TRANSFEREE TO 
QUESTIONS ABOUT EXISTENCE AND NATURE 
OF RECENT CONTACTS BY FEDERAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
AUTHORITIES 
HAVE 
BEEN 
VERIFIED. 
Section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, as 
amended by section 3 of this Act, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) The Attorney General shall ensure that the in-
formation required to be provided by a person not licensed 
under this chapter who is seeking to obtain a firearm from 
a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed 
dealer shall include written responses to such questions 
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as the Attorney General shall develop concerning the exist-
ence and nature of any contact the person has had with 
any Federal law enforcement authority in the prior 24 
months. 
‘‘(9) If the firearm is a semiautomatic assault weapon 
(as defined in section 921(a)(30) of this title, as in effect 
on the date of the enactment of the Violent Crime and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322)) or 
a large capacity ammunition feeding device— 
‘‘(A) paragraph (1)(B)(ii) of this subsection 
shall not apply; and 
‘‘(B) the system shall not indicate to the trans-
feror that the transferor may proceed with the 
transfer unless the Attorney General has verified the 
truthfulness of the written responses given by such 
other person to the questions referred to in para-
graph (8) of this subsection. 
‘‘(10) If a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, 
or licensed dealer has presented the prospective transferee 
of a semiautomatic assault weapon or large capacity am-
munition feeding device with the questions referred to in 
paragraph (8), and the prospective transferee refuses or 
fails to answer the questions in writing, the licensee shall 
submit to the Attorney General such information as the 
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prospective transferee has provided for further review or 
investigation.’’. 
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