Raise the Age Act of 2023

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2870 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles or semiautomatic centerfire shotguns 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 APRIL 26, 2023 Mr. IVEY (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CROW, Mr. CORREA, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. EVANS, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MFUME, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. SA- LINAS, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TRONE, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Ms. PORTER, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Ms. CROCKETT, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. STE- VENS, Mr. COSTA, Ms. BALINT, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. CHU, Ms. MENG, and Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE) 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 or semiautomatic centerfire shotguns to a person under 21 years of age, with excep- VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:41 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2870.IH H2870 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 2870 IH tions for active duty military personnel and full-time law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Raise the Age Act of 4 2023’’. 5 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE 6 SELLING OR DELIVERING CERTAIN SEMI- 7 AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE RIFLES OR SEMI- 8 AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE SHOTGUNS TO A 9 PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE, WITH EX- 10 CEPTIONS. 11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, 12 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 13 ‘‘(1)(A) any firearm or ammunition to any indi- 14 vidual who the licensee knows or has reasonable 15 cause to believe has not attained 18 years of age; 16 ‘‘(B) any semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semi- 17 automatic centerfire shotgun that has, or has the ca- 18 pacity to accept, an ammunition feeding device with 19 a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, to any individual who 20 the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe 21 has not attained 21 years of age and is not a quali- 22 fied individual; or 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:41 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2870.IH H2870 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 2870 IH ‘‘(C) if the firearm or ammunition is not a 1 semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic 2 centerfire shotgun described in subparagraph (B) 3 and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition 4 for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the li- 5 censee knows or has reasonable cause to believe has 6 not attained 21 years of age;’’. 7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 922(c)(1) 8 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘in the case of any 9 firearm’’ and all that follows through ‘‘eighteen years or 10 more of age’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) in the case of a semiauto- 11 matic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire shotgun 12 that has, or has the capacity to accept, an ammunition 13 feeding device with a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, I am 14 at least 21 years of age or a qualified individual (as de- 15 fined in section 921(a)(30) of title 18, United States 16 Code), (2) in the case of a firearm other than a shotgun, 17 a rifle, or such a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semi- 18 automatic centerfire shotgun, I am at least 21 years of 19 age, or (3) in the case of any other shotgun or rifle, I 20 am at least 18 years of age.’’. 21 (c) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—Section 22 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the 23 following: 24 ‘‘(38) The term ‘qualified individual’ means— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:41 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2870.IH H2870 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 2870 IH ‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces on active 1 duty; and 2 ‘‘(B) a full-time employee of the United States, 3 a State, or a political subdivision of a State who in 4 the course of his or her official duties is authorized 5 to carry a firearm. 6 ‘‘(39) The term ‘ammunition feeding device’ means 7 a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device, but 8 does not include an attached tubular device which is only 9 capable of operating with .22 caliber rimfire ammuni- 10 tion.’’. 11 SEC. 3. OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES- 12 TIGATION’S PUBLIC ACCESS LINE. 13 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 14 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal 15 Bureau of Investigation (in this section referred to as the 16 ‘‘FBI’’) shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 17 of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 18 House of Representatives a report regarding operation of 19 the FBI’s public access line. 20 (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report required by 21 subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following: 22 (1) A description of the protocols and proce- 23 dures in effect with respect to information-sharing 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:41 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2870.IH H2870 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HR 2870 IH between the public access line and the field offices 1 of the FBI. 2 (2) Recommendations for improving the proto- 3 cols and procedures to improve the information-shar- 4 ing. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:41 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2870.IH H2870 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB