[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3348 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3348

  To reinstate the prohibition on the possession or transfer of large 
      capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to strengthen that 
                              prohibition.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2005

Mrs. McCarthy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reinstate the prohibition on the possession or transfer of large 
      capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to strengthen that 
                              prohibition.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Large Capacity Ammunition 
Feeding Device Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF REPEALED CRIMINAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LARGE 
              CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.

    (a) Reinstatement of Provisions Wholly Repealed.--Sections 
921(a)(31) and 922(w), and the last sentence of section 923(i) of title 
18, United States Code, as in effect just before the repeal made by 
section 110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994, are hereby enacted into law.
    (b) Reinstatement of Provision Partially Repealed.--Section 
924(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
            ``(B) knowingly violates subsection (a)(4), (f), (k), (r), 
        or (w) of section 922;''.

SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING THE BAN ON THE POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF A LARGE 
              CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE.

    (a) Ban on Transfer of Semiautomatic Assault Weapon With Large 
Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device.--
            (1) In general.--Section 922 of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (y) the 
        following:
    ``(z) It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer a 
semiautomatic assault weapon with a large capacity ammunition feeding 
device.''.
            (2) Definition of semiautomatic assault weapon.--Section 
        921(a)(30) and Appendix A of section 922 of title 18, United 
        States Code, as in effect just before the repeal made by 
        section 110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
        Enforcement Act of 1994, are hereby enacted into law.
            (3) Penalties.--Section 924(a) of such title is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
    ``(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(z) shall be fined 
under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.''.
    (b) Certification Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--Section 922(w) of such title, as added by 
        section 2(a) of this Act, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by adding ``or'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (B); and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 
                        redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph 
                        (C); and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(4) It shall be unlawful for a licensed manufacturer, licensed 
importer, or licensed dealer who transfers a large capacity ammunition 
feeding device that was manufactured on or before the date of the 
enactment of this subsection, to fail to certify to the Attorney 
General before the end of the 60-day period that begins with the date 
of the transfer, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Attorney General, that the device was manufactured on or before the 
date of the enactment of this subsection.''.
            (2) Penalties.--Section 924(a) of such title, as amended by 
        subsection (a)(3) of this section, is amended by adding at the 
        end the following:
    ``(9) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(w)(4) shall be fined 
under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.''.
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