I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 65 
To prevent children’s access to firearms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2013 
Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prevent children’s access to firearms. 
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 ‘‘Child Gun Safety and 
Gun Access Prevention Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASING YOUTH GUN SAFETY BY RAISING THE 
AGE OF HANDGUN ELIGIBILITY AND PROHIB-
ITING YOUTH FROM POSSESSING SEMIAUTO-
MATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS. 
Section 922(x) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘juvenile’’ and inserting 
‘‘person who is less than 21 years of age’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) a semiautomatic assault weapon; or 
‘‘(D) a large capacity ammunition feeding de-
vice.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a juvenile’’ and inserting 
‘‘less than 21 years of age’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(D) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) a semiautomatic assault weapon; or 
‘‘(D) a large capacity ammunition feeding 
device.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘tem-
porary’’ before ‘‘possession’’; 
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(4) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘juvenile’’ 
and inserting ‘‘person who is less than 21 years of 
age’’; 
(5) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘juvenile; 
or’’ and inserting ‘‘person who is less than 21 years 
of age;’’; 
(6) by striking subparagraph (D) of paragraph 
(3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(D) the possession of a handgun or ammuni-
tion by a person who is less than 21 years of age 
taken in defense of that person or other persons 
against an intruder into the residence of that person 
or a residence in which that person is an invited 
guest; or’’; 
(7) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(E) a temporary transfer of a handgun or am-
munition to a person who is at least 18 years of age 
and less than 21 years of age, or the temporary use 
or possession of a handgun or ammunition by a per-
son who is at least 18 years of age and less than 21 
years of age, if the handgun and ammunition are 
possessed and used by the person— 
‘‘(i) in the course of employment, in the 
course of ranching or farming related to activi-
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ties at the residence of the person (or on prop-
erty used for ranching or farming at which the 
person, with the permission of the property 
owner or lessee, is performing activities related 
to the operation of the farm or ranch), target 
practice, hunting, or a course of instruction in 
the safe and lawful use of a handgun; and 
‘‘(ii) in accordance with State and local 
law.’’; and 
(8) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘juvenile’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘person who is 
less than 21 years of age’’. 
SEC. 3. ENHANCED PENALTY FOR YOUTH POSSESSION OF 
HANDGUNS AND SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT 
WEAPONS AND FOR THE TRANSFER OF SUCH 
WEAPONS TO YOUTH. 
Section 924(a)(6) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6)(A) A juvenile who violates section 922(x) shall 
be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both, and for a second or subsequent violation, 
or for a first violation committed after an adjudication of 
delinquency or after a State or Federal conviction for an 
act that, if committed by an adult, would be a serious vio-
lent felony (as defined in section 3559(c) of this title), 
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