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Union Calendar No. 749 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3269 
[Report No. 118–917, Part I] 
To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in 
technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2023 
Mr. STANTON
(for himself, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. 
STAUBER, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. CORREA, and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. MILLS, Ms. LEE of Florida, Mr. 
RUTHERFORD, Mr. ISSA, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, 
Mrs. HINSON, Mr. GUEST, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. STEUBE, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. FRY, Mr. CRANE, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. 
HUNT, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. BURLISON, Mr. EZELL, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
CLINE, Mr. NEHLS, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, Mr. VASQUEZ, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. HERN, Mr. LUTTRELL, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 
FLOOD, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. 
MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. ZINKE, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. CAREY, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. 
LAHOOD, Ms. MALOY, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. OGLES, Mrs. 
MILLER of West Virginia, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. DAVIDSON, Ms. WILD, Mr. 
GOODEN of Texas, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 
Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. FERGUSON, and Ms. PEREZ 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 11, 2023] 
A BILL 
To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advance-
ments in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Law Enforcement Inno-
vate to De-Escalate Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN LESS-THAN-LETHAL PRO-
JECTILE 
DEVICES 
FROM 
RESTRICTIONS 
UNDER TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the 2nd sentence of paragraph (3), by in-
serting ‘‘or a less-than-lethal projectile device’’ before 
the period; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(38) The term ‘less-than-lethal projectile device’ 
means a device with a bore or multiple bores, that— 
‘‘(A) is not designed or intended to expel a pro-
jectile at a velocity exceeding 500 feet per second by 
any means; and 
‘‘(B) is designed or intended to be used in a 
manner that is not likely to cause death or serious 
bodily injury.’’. 
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SEC. 3. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN LESS-THAN-LETHAL PRO-
JECTILE DEVICES FROM FIREARMS AND AM-
MUNITION TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4182 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection 
(d) as subsection (e) and by inserting after subsection (c) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) LESS-THAN-LETHAL PROJECTILE DEVICES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by section 
4181 shall not apply to— 
‘‘(A) any less-than-lethal projectile device, 
‘‘(B) any device contained on the most re-
cent list made available by the Secretary under 
paragraph (3)(B), and 
‘‘(C) any shell or cartridge that meets the 
requirement of paragraph (2)(B) and is designed 
for use in a device referred to in subparagraph 
(A) or (B). 
‘‘(2) LESS-THAN-LETHAL PROJECTILE DEVICE.— 
The term ‘less-than-lethal projectile device’ means a 
device with a bore or multiple bores, that— 
‘‘(A) is not designed or intended to expel a 
projectile at a velocity exceeding 500 feet per sec-
ond by any means, and 
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‘‘(B) is designed or intended to be used in 
a manner that is not likely to cause death or se-
rious bodily injury. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REVIEW OF NEW AND EMERGING 
TECHNOLOGIES.— 
‘‘(A) LIST OF LESS-THAN-LETHAL PROJEC-
TILE DEVICES.—The Secretary shall make pub-
licly available a list of devices that the Secretary 
has determined are described in paragraph (2) 
and shall update such list annually to take into 
account new devices. 
‘‘(B) LIST OF NON-LETHAL DEVICES THE 
PROJECTILES OF WHICH EXCEED 500 FEET PER 
SECOND.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make publicly available a list of devices 
that the Secretary has determined are not 
described in paragraph (2) but would be so 
described if such paragraph were applied 
without regard to subparagraph (A) thereof, 
and shall update such list annually to take 
into account new devices. 
‘‘(ii) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary shall annually submit a written re-
port to the Committee on Ways and Means 
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