Keep Americans Safe Act

Bill: 115-hr-4052
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2017-10-12
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Keep Americans Safe Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly transfer, possess, import, or bring into the United States a large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). </p> <p>It permits the continued possession of a grandfathered LCAFD. </p> <p>Additionally, the bill does not prohibit, with respect to an LCAFD:</p> <ul> <li> manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; </li> <li>transfer or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and </li> <li> possession by a retired law enforcement officer. </li> </ul> <p>A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both. </p> <p>Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification that clearly shows the device was manufactured after this bill's enactment.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4052 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 12, 2017 Ms. Esty of Connecticut (for herself, Ms. Titus , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Kihuen , Mr. Deutch , Ms. DeGette , Mr. Espaillat , Ms. Brownley of California , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Bass , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Himes , Ms. DeLauro , Mr. Peters , Mr. Cummings , Mr. Swalwell of California , Ms. Norton , Mr. Khanna , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Mr. Carbajal , Ms. Frankel of Florida , Mrs. Murphy of Florida , Mr. Payne , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Sarbanes , Mr. Nadler , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Langevin , Ms. Slaughter , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Aguilar , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Crowley , Ms. Pingree , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Tsongas , Mr. Sires , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Ms. Barragán , Mr. Sherman , Mr. McEachin , Ms. Lee , Mr. Courtney , Mr. Perlmutter , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Engel , Mr. Capuano , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Yarmuth , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Pallone , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mr. Kennedy , Ms. Speier , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Richmond , Mr. Schneider , Mrs. Davis of California , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Bera , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Higgins of New York , Ms. Adams , Mr. Ellison , Mr. Meeks , Ms. Matsui , Ms. Shea-Porter , Mrs. Demings , Ms. Fudge , and Ms. Roybal-Allard ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Americans Safe Act . 2. Prohibition on transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (a) Definition Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (29) the following: (30) The term large capacity ammunition feeding device — (A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition; but (B) does not include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. . (b) Prohibitions Section 922 of such title is amended by inserting after subsection (u) the following: (v) (1) (A) (i) Except as provided in clause (ii), it shall be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device. (ii) Clause (i) shall not apply to the possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise lawfully possessed within the United States on or before the date of the enactment of this subsection. (B) It shall be unlawful for any person to import or bring into the United States a large capacity ammunition feeding device. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— (A) a manufacture for, 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 subdivision of a State, or a transfer to or possession by a law enforcement officer employed by such an entity for purposes of law enforcement (whether on or off duty); (B) a transfer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of establishing and maintaining an on-site physical protection system and security organization required by Federal law, or possession by an employee or contractor of such a 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 retired from service with a law enforcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited from receiving ammunition, of a large capacity ammunition feeding device transferred to the individual by the agency upon that retirement; or (D) a manufacture, transfer, or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for the purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the Attorney General. . (c) Penalties Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: (8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(v) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. . (d) Identification markings Section 923(i) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: A large capacity ammunition feeding device manufactured after the date of the enactment of this sentence shall be identified by a serial number that clearly shows that the device was manufactured after such date of enactment, and such other identification as the Attorney General may by regulation prescribe. .