Raise the Age Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3015 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel and full-time law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 7, 2021 Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the following bill; which was re- ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semi- automatic centerfire rifles to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel and full-time law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Raise the Age Act’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3015.IH H3015 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3015 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE 1 SELLING OR DELIVERING CERTAIN SEMI- 2 AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE RIFLES TO A PER- 3 SON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE, WITH EXCEP- 4 TIONS. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, 6 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 7 ‘‘(1)(A) any firearm or ammunition to any indi- 8 vidual who the licensee knows or has reasonable 9 cause to believe has not attained 18 years of age; 10 ‘‘(B) any semiautomatic centerfire rifle that 11 has, or has the capacity to accept, an ammunition 12 feeding device with a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, to 13 any individual who the licensee knows or has reason- 14 able cause to believe has not attained 21 years of 15 age and is not a qualified individual; or 16 ‘‘(C) if the firearm or ammunition is not a 17 semiautomatic centerfire rifle described in subpara- 18 graph (B) and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or 19 ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual 20 who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to 21 believe has not attained 21 years of age;’’. 22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 922(c)(1) 23 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘in the case of any 24 firearm’’ and all that follows through ‘‘eighteen years or 25 more of age’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of a semiauto- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3015.IH H3015 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3015 IH matic centerfire rifle that has, or has the capacity to ac- 1 cept, an ammunition feeding device with a capacity exceed- 2 ing 5 rounds, I am at least 21 years of age or a qualified 3 individual (as defined in section 921(a)(30) of title 18, 4 United States Code), in the case of a firearm other than 5 a semiautomatic centerfire rifle that has, or has the capac- 6 ity to accept, an ammunition feeding device with a capac- 7 ity exceeding 5 rounds, a shotgun or a rifle, I am at least 8 21 years of age, or that, in the case of a shotgun or a 9 rifle, I am at least 18 years of age’’. 10 (c) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—Section 11 921(a) of such title is amended by inserting after para- 12 graph (29) the following: 13 ‘‘(30) The term ‘qualified individual’ means— 14 ‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces on active 15 duty; and 16 ‘‘(B) a full-time employee of the United States, 17 a State, or a political subdivision of a State who in 18 the course of his or her official duties is authorized 19 to carry a firearm. 20 ‘‘(31) The term ‘ammunition feeding device’ means 21 a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device, but 22 does not include an attached tubular device which is only 23 capable of operating with .22 caliber rimfire ammuni- 24 tion.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3015.IH H3015 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3015 IH SEC. 3. OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES- 1 TIGATION’S PUBLIC ACCESS LINE. 2 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 3 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal 4 Bureau of Investigation (in this section referred to as the 5 ‘‘FBI’’) shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 6 of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 7 House of Representatives a report regarding operation of 8 the FBI’s public access line. 9 (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report required by 10 subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following: 11 (1) A description of the protocols and proce- 12 dures in effect with respect to information-sharing 13 between the public access line and the field offices 14 of the FBI. 15 (2) Recommendations for improving the proto- 16 cols and procedures to improve the information-shar- 17 ing. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3015.IH H3015 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS