Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4606
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-07-25
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Crime prevention

Firearms and explosives

Government information and archives

Smuggling and trafficking
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill requires federal agencies to develop a strategy to address the trafficking of firearm modification devices that are used to convert weapons into machine guns. It also requires specific reporting on these devices, and it provides for the seizure and forfeiture of proceeds relating to machinegun trafficking.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4606 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 25, 2022 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Peters , Mr. Blumenthal , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Reed , Mr. Markey , Mr. Murphy , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Padilla , Ms. Smith , and Mr. Wyden ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To address the importation and proliferation of firearm modification devices.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2022 . 2. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term firearm modification device means any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun; and (2) the term machinegun has the meaning given the term in section 5845 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 3. Prevention and interception strategy (a) Strategy Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall develop and implement a strategy to prevent or intercept the importation or trafficking of firearm modification devices, including by— (1) improving the capacity of Federal law enforcement agencies to detect, intercept, and seize firearm modification devices; (2) increasing the coordination between State and local law enforcement agencies and Federal law enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, when firearm modification devices are seized at ports of entry; (3) ensuring that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives collaborates with State and local law enforcement agencies to identify and trace firearm modification devices used in crimes, including identifying the source of the device, whether from a foreign country or the United States; (4) investigating and collecting data regarding the origins of firearm modification devices that are seized at ports of entry or recovered by law enforcement agencies in the United States in order to identify patterns and detect vulnerabilities; and (5) improving the capacity of Federal law enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Homeland Security Investigations, to detect, intercept, and seize domestically produced firearm modification devices, including firearm modification devices produced using 3D printing technology. (b) Reports (1) Initial report Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report on the strategy developed and implemented under subsection (a), which shall include relevant statistical information, to— (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. (2) Periodic updates Not less frequently than once every 2 years, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the congressional committees described in paragraph (1) an update to the report submitted under that paragraph that describes progress made on the implementation of the strategy developed under subsection (a). 4. Forfeiture of proceeds from machinegun violations Section 5872 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting , and any proceeds derived from the illegal trafficking of a machinegun, after provisions of this chapter ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (c) Illegal trafficking of a machinegun For purposes of subsection (a), the term illegal trafficking of a machinegun means the making, manufacture, importation, exportation, or transfer of a machinegun in violation of the provisions of this chapter or any regulations prescribed under this chapter. . 5. Gun trafficking report The Attorney General shall include information about firearm modification devices in the annual firearms trafficking report announced by the President on April 7, 2021, including— (1) the number of crimes in which firearm modification devices are used; and (2) whether the firearm modification devices recovered from crimes described in paragraph (1) are manufactured in the United States or a foreign country.