I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1859 
To reinstate the prohibition on the possession or transfer of large capacity 
ammunition feeding devices, and to strengthen that prohibition. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2007 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To reinstate the prohibition on the possession or transfer 
of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to 
strengthen that prohibition. 
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 ‘‘Anti-Large Capacity 
Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF REPEALED CRIMINAL PROVI-
SIONS RELATING TO LARGE CAPACITY AM-
MUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. 
(a) REINSTATEMENT OF PROVISIONS WHOLLY RE-
PEALED.—Sections 921(a)(31) and 922(w), and the last 
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sentence of section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, 
as in effect just before the repeal made by section 
110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994, are hereby enacted into law. 
(b) REINSTATEMENT OF PROVISION PARTIALLY RE-
PEALED.—Section 924(a)(1) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) knowingly violates subsection (a)(4), (f), 
(k), (r), or (w) of section 922;’’. 
SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING THE BAN ON THE POSSESSION OR 
TRANSFER OF A LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNI-
TION FEEDING DEVICE. 
(a) BAN ON TRANSFER OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT 
WEAPON WITH LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING 
DEVICE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
subsection (z) the following: 
‘‘(aa) It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer 
a semiautomatic assault weapon with a large capacity am-
munition feeding device.’’. 
(2) DEFINITION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT 
WEAPON.—Section 921(a)(30) and Appendix A of 
section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as in ef-
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fect just before the repeal made by section 
110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994, are hereby enacted into 
law. 
(3) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa) 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 
10 years, or both.’’. 
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(w) of such title, 
as added by section 2(a) of this Act, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 
redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (C); and 
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(4) It shall be unlawful for a licensed manufacturer, 
licensed importer, or licensed dealer who transfers a large 
capacity ammunition feeding device that was manufac-
tured on or before the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, to fail to certify to the Attorney General before 
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the end of the 60-day period that begins with the date 
of the transfer, in accordance with regulations prescribed 
by the Attorney General, that the device was manufac-
tured on or before the date of the enactment of this sub-
section.’’. 
(2) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title, 
as amended by subsection (a)(3) of this section, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(w)(4) 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 
5 years, or both.’’. 
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