I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 717 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 JANUARY 23, 2019 Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of Cali- fornia, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. MAST, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. VEASEY, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. YARMUTH, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:26 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H717.IH H717 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 717 IH 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 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE 5 SELLING OR DELIVERING CERTAIN SEMI- 6 AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE RIFLES TO A PER- 7 SON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE, WITH EXCEP- 8 TIONS. 9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, 10 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 11 ‘‘(1)(A) any firearm or ammunition to any indi- 12 vidual who the licensee knows or has reasonable 13 cause to believe has not attained 18 years of age; 14 ‘‘(B) any semiautomatic centerfire rifle that has 15 or accepts a magazine with a capacity exceeding 5 16 rounds, to any individual who the licensee knows or 17 has reasonable cause to believe has not attained 21 18 years of age and is not a qualified individual; or 19 ‘‘(C) if the firearm or ammunition is not a 20 semiautomatic centerfire rifle described in subpara- 21 graph (B) and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or 22 ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:26 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H717.IH H717 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 717 IH who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to 1 believe has not attained 21 years of age;’’. 2 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 922(c)(1) 3 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘in the case of any 4 firearm’’ and all that follows through ‘‘eighteen years or 5 more of age’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of a semiauto- 6 matic centerfire rifle that has or accepts a magazine with 7 a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, I am at least 21 years of 8 age or a qualified individual (as defined in section 9 921(a)(30) of title 18, United States Code), in the case 10 of a firearm other than a semiautomatic centerfire rifle 11 that has or accepts a magazine with a capacity exceeding 12 5 rounds, a shotgun or a rifle, I am at least 21 years 13 of age, or that, in the case of a shotgun or a rifle, I am 14 at least 18 years of age’’. 15 (c) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—Section 16 921(a) of such title is amended by inserting after para- 17 graph (29) the following: 18 ‘‘(30) The term ‘qualified individual’ means— 19 ‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces on active 20 duty; and 21 ‘‘(B) a full-time employee of the United States, 22 a State, or a political subdivision of a State who in 23 the course of his or her official duties is authorized 24 to carry a firearm.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:26 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H717.IH H717 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 717 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 04:26 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H717.IH H717 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS