[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5088 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5088

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the transfer of a 
semiautomatic assault weapon to a person under 21 years of age, and to 
prohibit the possession or ownership of a semiautomatic assault weapon 
 by such a person, with exceptions for active duty military personnel 
                and full-time law enforcement employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2018

 Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the transfer of a 
semiautomatic assault weapon to a person under 21 years of age, and to 
prohibit the possession or ownership of a semiautomatic assault weapon 
 by such a person, with exceptions for active duty military personnel 
                and full-time law enforcement employees.

    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 ``No More Atrocities with Guns Act'' 
or the ``No MAGA Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MINIMUM AGE AT WHICH A PERSON MAY BE TRANSFERRED, 
              OR POSSESS OR OWN, A SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPON, WITH 
              EXCEPTIONS.

    (a) Prohibition on Transfer by Federal Firearms Licensee.--
            (1) In general.--Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, United 
        States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1)(A) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who 
        the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe has not 
        attained 18 years of age;
            ``(B) any semiautomatic assault weapon to any individual 
        who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe has 
        not attained 21 years of age and is not a qualified individual; 
        or
            ``(C) if the firearm or ammunition is not a semiautomatic 
        assault weapon and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or 
        ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the 
        licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe has not 
        attained 21 years of age;''.
            (2) Sworn statement.--Section 922(c)(1) of such title is 
        amended by striking ``in the case of any firearm'' and all that 
        follows through ``eighteen years or more of age'' and inserting 
        ``in the case of a semiautomatic assault weapon, I am at least 
        21 years of age or a qualified individual (as defined in 
        section 921(a)(31) of title 18, United States Code), in the 
        case of a firearm other than a semiautomatic assault weapon, a 
        shotgun or a rifle, I am at least 21 years of age, or that, in 
        the case of a shotgun or a rifle, I am at least 18 years of 
        age''.
    (b) Prohibition on Transfer by Others; Prohibition on Possession or 
Ownership.--
            (1) In general.--Section 922 of such title is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
    ``(aa) It shall be unlawful--
            ``(1) for any person not licensed under section 923, in or 
        affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to transfer a 
        semiautomatic assault weapon to an individual who has not 
        attained 21 years of age and is not a qualified individual; or
            ``(2) for an individual who has not attained 21 years of 
        age and is not a qualified individual to possess or own a 
        semiautomatic assault weapon in or affecting interstate or 
        foreign commerce.''.
            (2) Penalties.--Section 924 of such title is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
                following:
    ``(8)(A) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa)(1) shall be 
fined not more than $50,000 (or, in the case of the second or a 
subsequent such offense, not more than $250,000), imprisoned not more 
than 5 years, or both.
    ``(B) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa)(2) shall be fined 
not more than $5,000, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``or (k)'' 
                and inserting ``(k), or (aa)''.
    (c) Definitions.--
            (1) Semiautomatic assault weapon.--Section 921(a) of such 
        title is amended by inserting after paragraph (29) the 
        following:
    ``(30) The term `semiautomatic assault weapon' means any 
semiautomatic assault weapon, as defined in section 921(a)(30) of this 
title, as included in the enactment of the Public Safety and 
Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act without regard to the repeal 
of such Act.
    ``(31) The term `qualified individual' means--
            ``(A) a member of the Armed Forces on active duty; and
            ``(B) a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 
        section 926B(c)(1).''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to conduct engaged in after the 90-day period that begins with 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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