Freedom from Assault Weapons Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2959 To remove assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices from circulation, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 23, 2019 Mr. SWALWELL of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To remove assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices from circulation, 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 ‘‘Freedom from Assault 4 Weapons Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 7 amended— 8 (1) by inserting after paragraph (29) the fol- 9 lowing: 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic pistol’ means any re- 1 peating pistol that— 2 ‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing 3 cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and 4 chamber the next round; and 5 ‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to 6 fire each cartridge. 7 ‘‘(31) The term ‘semiautomatic shotgun’ means any 8 repeating shotgun that— 9 ‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing 10 cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and 11 chamber the next round; and 12 ‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to 13 fire each cartridge.’’; and 14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 15 ‘‘(36) The term ‘semiautomatic assault weapon’ 16 means any of the following, regardless of country of manu- 17 facture or caliber of ammunition accepted: 18 ‘‘(A) A semiautomatic rifle that has the capac- 19 ity to accept a detachable magazine and any 1 of the 20 following: 21 ‘‘(i) A pistol grip. 22 ‘‘(ii) A forward grip. 23 ‘‘(iii) A folding, telescoping, or detachable 24 stock, or is otherwise foldable or adjustable in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 2959 IH a manner that operates to reduce the length, 1 size, or any other dimension, or otherwise en- 2 hances the concealability, of the weapon. 3 ‘‘(iv) A grenade launcher. 4 ‘‘(v) A barrel shroud. 5 ‘‘(vi) A threaded barrel. 6 ‘‘(B) A semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed 7 magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 8 rounds, except for an attached tubular device de- 9 signed to accept, and capable of operating only with, 10 .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. 11 ‘‘(C) Any part, combination of parts, compo- 12 nent, device, attachment, or accessory that is de- 13 signed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of 14 a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiauto- 15 matic rifle into a machinegun. 16 ‘‘(D) A semiautomatic pistol that has the ca- 17 pacity to accept a detachable magazine and any 1 of 18 the following: 19 ‘‘(i) A threaded barrel. 20 ‘‘(ii) A second pistol grip. 21 ‘‘(iii) A barrel shroud. 22 ‘‘(iv) The capacity to accept a detachable 23 magazine at some location outside of the pistol 24 grip. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(v) A semiautomatic version of an auto- 1 matic firearm. 2 ‘‘(vi) A manufactured weight of 50 ounces 3 or more when unloaded. 4 ‘‘(vii) A stabilizing brace or similar compo- 5 nent. 6 ‘‘(E) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed maga- 7 zine that has the capacity to accept more than 10 8 rounds. 9 ‘‘(F) A semiautomatic shotgun that has any 1 10 of the following: 11 ‘‘(i) A folding, telescoping, or detachable 12 stock. 13 ‘‘(ii) A pistol grip. 14 ‘‘(iii) A fixed magazine with the capacity to 15 accept more than 5 rounds. 16 ‘‘(iv) The ability to accept a detachable 17 magazine. 18 ‘‘(v) A forward grip. 19 ‘‘(vi) A grenade launcher. 20 ‘‘(G) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder. 21 ‘‘(H) All of the following rifles, copies, dupli- 22 cates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capa- 23 bility of any such weapon thereof: 24 ‘‘(i) All AK types, including the following: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(I) AK, AK47, AK47S, AK–74, 1 AKM, AKS, ARM, MAK90, MISR, 2 NHM90, NHM91, Rock River Arms LAR– 3 47, SA85, SA93, Vector Arms AK–47, 4 VEPR, WASR–10, and WUM. 5 ‘‘(II) IZHMASH Saiga AK. 6 ‘‘(III) MAADI AK47 and ARM. 7 ‘‘(IV) Norinco 56S, 56S2, 84S, and 8 86S. 9 ‘‘(V) Poly Technologies AK47 and 10 AKS. 11 ‘‘(ii) All AR types, including the following: 12 ‘‘(I) AR–10. 13 ‘‘(II) AR–15. 14 ‘‘(III) Alexander Arms Overmatch 15 Plus 16. 16 ‘‘(IV) Armalite M15 22LR Carbine. 17 ‘‘(V) Armalite M15–T. 18 ‘‘(VI) Barrett REC7. 19 ‘‘(VII) Beretta AR–70. 20 ‘‘(VIII) Black Rain Ordnance Recon 21 Scout. 22 ‘‘(IX) Bushmaster ACR. 23 ‘‘(X) Bushmaster Carbon 15. 24 ‘‘(XI) Bushmaster MOE series. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(XII) Bushmaster XM15. 1 ‘‘(XIII) Chiappa Firearms MFour ri- 2 fles. 3 ‘‘(XIV) Colt Match Target rifles. 4 ‘‘(XV) CORE Rifle Systems CORE15 5 rifles. 6 ‘‘(XVI) Daniel Defense M4A1 rifles. 7 ‘‘(XVII) Devil Dog Arms 15 Series ri- 8 fles. 9 ‘‘(XVIII) Diamondback DB15 rifles. 10 ‘‘(XIX) DoubleStar AR rifles. 11 ‘‘(XX) DPMS Tactical rifles. 12 ‘‘(XXI) DSA Inc. ZM–4 Carbine. 13 ‘‘(XXII) Heckler & Koch MR556. 14 ‘‘(XXIII) High Standard HSA–15 ri- 15 fles. 16 ‘‘(XXIV) Jesse James Nomad AR–15 17 rifle. 18 ‘‘(XXV) Knight’s Armament SR–15. 19 ‘‘(XXVI) Lancer L15 rifles. 20 ‘‘(XXVII) MGI Hydra Series rifles. 21 ‘‘(XXVIII) Mossberg MMR Tactical 22 rifles. 23 ‘‘(XXIX) Noreen Firearms BN 36 24 rifle. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 7 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(XXX) Olympic Arms. 1 ‘‘(XXXI) POF USA P415. 2 ‘‘(XXXII) Precision Firearms AR ri- 3 fles. 4 ‘‘(XXXIII) Remington R–15 rifles. 5 ‘‘(XXXIV) Rhino Arms AR rifles. 6 ‘‘(XXXV) Rock River Arms LAR–15. 7 ‘‘(XXXVI) Sig Sauer SIG516 rifles 8 and MCX rifles. 9 ‘‘(XXXVII) SKS with a detachable 10 magazine. 11 ‘‘(XXXVIII) Smith & Wesson M&P15 12 rifles. 13 ‘‘(XXXIX) Stag Arms AR rifles. 14 ‘‘(XL) Sturm, Ruger & Co. SR556 15 and AR–556 rifles. 16 ‘‘(XLI) Uselton Arms Air-Lite M–4 17 rifles. 18 ‘‘(XLII) Windham Weaponry AR ri- 19 fles. 20 ‘‘(XLIII) WMD Guns Big Beast. 21 ‘‘(XLIV) Yankee Hill Machine Com- 22 pany, Inc. YHM–15 rifles. 23 ‘‘(iii) Barrett M107A1. 24 ‘‘(iv) Barrett M82A1. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 8 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(v) Beretta CX4 Storm. 1 ‘‘(vi) Calico Liberty Series. 2 ‘‘(vii) CETME Sporter. 3 ‘‘(viii) Daewoo K–1, K–2, Max 1, Max 2, 4 AR 100, and AR 110C. 5 ‘‘(ix) Fabrique Nationale/FN Herstal 6 FAL, LAR, 22 FNC, 308 Match, L1A1 7 Sporter, PS90, SCAR, and FS2000. 8 ‘‘(x) Feather Industries AT–9. 9 ‘‘(xi) Galil Model AR and Model ARM. 10 ‘‘(xii) Hi-Point Carbine. 11 ‘‘(xiii) HK–91, HK–93, HK–94, HK– 12 PSG–1, and HK USC. 13 ‘‘(xiv) IWI TAVOR, Galil ACE rifle. 14 ‘‘(xv) Kel-Tec Sub-2000, SU–16, and 15 RFB. 16 ‘‘(xvi) SIG AMT, SIG PE–57, Sig Sauer 17 SG 550, Sig Sauer SG 551, and SIG MCX. 18 ‘‘(xvii) Springfield Armory SAR–48. 19 ‘‘(xviii) Steyr AUG. 20 ‘‘(xix) Sturm, Ruger & Co. Mini-14 Tac- 21 tical Rifle M–14/20CF. 22 ‘‘(xx) All Thompson rifles, including the 23 following: 24 ‘‘(I) Thompson M1SB. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 9 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(II) Thompson T1100D. 1 ‘‘(III) Thompson T150D. 2 ‘‘(IV) Thompson T1B. 3 ‘‘(V) Thompson T1B100D. 4 ‘‘(VI) Thompson T1B50D. 5 ‘‘(VII) Thompson T1BSB. 6 ‘‘(VIII) Thompson T1–C. 7 ‘‘(IX) Thompson T1D. 8 ‘‘(X) Thompson T1SB. 9 ‘‘(XI) Thompson T5. 10 ‘‘(XII) Thompson T5100D. 11 ‘‘(XIII) Thompson TM1. 12 ‘‘(XIV) Thompson TM1C. 13 ‘‘(xxi) UMAREX UZI rifle. 14 ‘‘(xxii) UZI Mini Carbine, UZI Model A 15 Carbine, and UZI Model B Carbine. 16 ‘‘(xxiii) Valmet M62S, M71S, and M78. 17 ‘‘(xxiv) Vector Arms UZI Type. 18 ‘‘(xxv) Weaver Arms Nighthawk. 19 ‘‘(xxvi) Wilkinson Arms Linda Carbine. 20 ‘‘(I) All of the following pistols, copies, dupli- 21 cates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capa- 22 bility of any such weapon thereof: 23 ‘‘(i) All AK–47 types, including the fol- 24 lowing: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 10 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(I) Centurion 39 AK pistol. 1 ‘‘(II) CZ Scorpion pistol. 2 ‘‘(III) Draco AK–47 pistol. 3 ‘‘(IV) HCR AK–47 pistol. 4 ‘‘(V) IO Inc. Hellpup AK–47 pistol. 5 ‘‘(VI) Krinkov pistol. 6 ‘‘(VII) Mini Draco AK–47 pistol. 7 ‘‘(VIII) PAP M92 pistol. 8 ‘‘(IX) Yugo Krebs Krink pistol. 9 ‘‘(ii) All AR–15 types, including the fol- 10 lowing: 11 ‘‘(I) American Spirit AR–15 pistol. 12 ‘‘(II) Bushmaster Carbon 15 pistol. 13 ‘‘(III) Chiappa Firearms M4 Pistol 14 GEN II. 15 ‘‘(IV) CORE Rifle Systems CORE15 16 Roscoe pistol. 17 ‘‘(V) Daniel Defense MK18 pistol. 18 ‘‘(VI) DoubleStar Corporation AR pis- 19 tol. 20 ‘‘(VII) DPMS AR–15 pistol. 21 ‘‘(VIII) Jesse James Nomad AR–15 22 pistol. 23 ‘‘(IX) Olympic Arms AR–15 pistol. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 11 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(X) Osprey Armament MK–18 pis- 1 tol. 2 ‘‘(XI) POF USA AR pistols. 3 ‘‘(XII) Rock River Arms LAR 15 pis- 4 tol. 5 ‘‘(XIII) Uselton Arms Air-Lite M–4 6 pistol. 7 ‘‘(iii) Calico Liberty pistols. 8 ‘‘(iv) DSA SA58 PKP FAL pistol. 9 ‘‘(v) Encom MP–9 and MP–45. 10 ‘‘(vi) Heckler & Koch model SP–89 pistol. 11 ‘‘(vii) Intratec AB–10, TEC–22 Scorpion, 12 TEC–9, and TEC–DC9. 13 ‘‘(viii) IWI Galil Ace pistol, UZI PRO pis- 14 tol. 15 ‘‘(ix) Kel-Tec PLR 16 pistol. 16 ‘‘(x) The following MAC types: 17 ‘‘(I) MAC–10. 18 ‘‘(II) MAC–11. 19 ‘‘(III) Masterpiece Arms MPA A930 20 Mini Pistol, MPA460 Pistol, MPA Tactical 21 Pistol, and MPA Mini Tactical Pistol. 22 ‘‘(IV) Military Armament Corp. 23 Ingram M–11. 24 ‘‘(V) Velocity Arms VMAC. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 12 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(xi) Sig Sauer P556 pistol. 1 ‘‘(xii) Sites Spectre. 2 ‘‘(xiii) All Thompson types, including the 3 following: 4 ‘‘(I) Thompson TA510D. 5 ‘‘(II) Thompson TA5. 6 ‘‘(xiv) All UZI types, including Micro-UZI. 7 ‘‘(J) All of the following shotguns, copies, dupli- 8 cates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capa- 9 bility of any such weapon thereof: 10 ‘‘(i) DERYA Anakon MC–1980, Anakon 11 SD12. 12 ‘‘(ii) Doruk Lethal shotguns. 13 ‘‘(iii) Franchi LAW–12 and SPAS 12. 14 ‘‘(iv) All IZHMASH Saiga 12 types, in- 15 cluding the following: 16 ‘‘(I) IZHMASH Saiga 12. 17 ‘‘(II) IZHMASH Saiga 12S. 18 ‘‘(III) IZHMASH Saiga 12S EXP– 19 01. 20 ‘‘(IV) IZHMASH Saiga 12K. 21 ‘‘(V) IZHMASH Saiga 12K–030. 22 ‘‘(VI) IZHMASH Saiga 12K–040 23 Taktika. 24 ‘‘(v) Streetsweeper. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 13 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(vi) Striker 12. 1 ‘‘(K) All belt-fed semiautomatic firearms, in- 2 cluding TNW M2HB and FN M2495. 3 ‘‘(L) Any combination of parts from which a 4 firearm described in subparagraphs (A) through (K) 5 can be assembled. 6 ‘‘(M) The frame or receiver of a rifle or shot- 7 gun described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (F), 8 (G), (H), (J), or (K). 9 ‘‘(37) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feeding 10 device’— 11 ‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, 12 or similar device, including any such device joined or 13 coupled with another in any manner, that has an 14 overall capacity of, or that can be readily restored, 15 changed, or converted to accept, more than 10 16 rounds of ammunition; and 17 ‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular de- 18 vice designed to accept, and capable of operating 19 only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. 20 ‘‘(38) The term ‘barrel shroud’— 21 ‘‘(A) means a shroud that is attached to, or 22 partially or completely encircles, the barrel of a fire- 23 arm so that the shroud protects the user of the fire- 24 arm from heat generated by the barrel; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 14 •HR 2959 IH ‘‘(B) does not include— 1 ‘‘(i) a slide that partially or completely en- 2 closes the barrel; or 3 ‘‘(ii) an extension of the stock along the 4 bottom of the barrel which does not encircle or 5 substantially encircle the barrel. 6 ‘‘(39) The term ‘detachable magazine’ means an am- 7 munition feeding device that can be removed from a fire- 8 arm without disassembly of the firearm action. 9 ‘‘(40) The term ‘fixed magazine’ means an ammuni- 10 tion feeding device that is permanently fixed to the firearm 11 in such a manner that it cannot be removed without dis- 12 assembly of the firearm. 13 ‘‘(41) The term ‘folding, telescoping, or detachable 14 stock’ means a stock that folds, telescopes, detaches or 15 otherwise operates to reduce the length, size, or any other 16 dimension, or otherwise enhances the concealability, of a 17 firearm. 18 ‘‘(42) The term ‘forward grip’ means a grip located 19 forward of the trigger that functions as a pistol grip. 20 ‘‘(43) The term ‘grenade launcher’ means an attach- 21 ment for use on a firearm that is designed to propel a 22 grenade or other similar destructive device. 23 ‘‘(44) The term ‘permanently inoperable’ means a 24 firearm which is incapable of discharging a shot by means 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2959.IH H2959 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 15 •HR 2959 IH of an explosive and incapable of being readily restored to 1 a firing condition. 2 ‘‘(45) The term ‘pistol grip’ means a grip, a thumb- 3 hole stock or Thordsen-type grip or stock, or any other 4 characteristic that can function as a grip. 5 ‘‘(46) The term ‘threaded barrel’ means a feature or 6 characteristic that is designed in such a manner to allow 7 for the attachment of a device such as a firearm silencer [Text truncated for display. 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