Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act

Bill: 115-s-1916
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2017-10-04
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a trigger crank, a bump-fire device, or any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun.</p> <p>The bill does not prohibit, with respect to such firearm accessories, the importation or manufacture for, sale or transfer to, or possession by a federal, state, or local government.</p> <p>A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both.</p> <UL> </UL>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1916 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 4, 2017 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Markey , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Casey , Mr. Reed , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Carper , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Coons , Mr. Franken , Mr. Booker , Ms. Harris , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Leahy , Ms. Warren , Mr. Schumer , Ms. Cantwell , Mrs. McCaskill , Mr. Nelson , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Udall , and Mr. Kaine ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act . 2. Prohibition on possession of certain firearm accessories Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 922, by inserting after subsection (u) the following: (v) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), on and after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a trigger crank, a bump-fire device, or any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun. (2) This subsection does not apply with respect to the importation for, manufacture for, sale to, transfer to, or possession by or under the authority of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or a State, or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof. ; and (2) in section 924(a)(2), by striking , or (o) and inserting (o), or (v) .