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<dc:title>118 HR 4347 IH: Mass Shooter Prosecution Act of 2023</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2023-06-23</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4347</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20230623">June 23, 2023</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="M001196">Mr. Moulton</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="E000299">Ms. Escobar</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for mass killings involving machineguns or certain semiautomatic weapons, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HFEDAF0CE43A74FC5962B8667CD1E2BF5" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H4607DD85D83D4681BC46BF6B9EBF64BE" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Mass Shooter Prosecution Act of 2023</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H233BD674D888400A94B1BB7E6BC1E69A"><enum>2.</enum><header>Mass killings using machineguns or covered semiautomatic weapons</header> <subsection id="HE363554A3B824FE682D276A8B06A13C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/113B">Chapter 113B</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2332i the following: </text>
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<section id="H3E1D40195F58448A93F1749B7E9A42A2"><enum>2332j.</enum><header>Mass killings using machineguns or covered semiautomatic weapons</header>
<subsection id="H5BAE34C1E7944B8BB172F9F57A222FAF"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever kills 3 or more people in a single incident using a machinegun or a covered semiautomatic weapon in a circumstance described in subsection (b), shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE6FB57F3752B4D919BEA8DF926FA06BC"><enum>(b)</enum><text>A circumstance described in this subsection is any one of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HF370309198AB4389AB38AA584A2C8874"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The mail or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce was used in furtherance of the offense.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HECB90769EF6D44DF8ACC574B4DA61DFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The machinegun or covered semiautomatic weapon used in the commission of the offense was transported in interstate or foreign commerce.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1D5328F1188478ABAD03810AA255348"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The perpetrator traveled in or caused another to travel in interstate or foreign commerce in furtherance of the offense.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34DD7C09223F45FFBE0A614F2E6F0C8F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The offense occurred within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E5E65684098402CA91BFC8FD1D45E90"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The offense otherwise occurred in or affected interstate or foreign commerce.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1E8B96740A62455CA936293C688DDC73"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2331 of chapter 113B is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA20FC099CDB40D6A68F672B8DEC41CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA9C33A3FC4304592B481B2A8C6F9B7F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBEE5AA30FE534C13A490C61E3283E291"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H202C4D8E848F4D68A7FFF4603E4D397C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H3EBF783DF3914601BB9BA6235F772E50"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>covered semiautomatic weapon</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H618BABC49DE34FAF8EEAD8EE71078AB3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>semiautomatic rifle that—</text> <clause id="H3F8BFC04EF20416CA85DA7629910DEAA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has a magazine that is not a fixed magazine; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H5921C6A114CC48E58267E3E143AF063D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does have any one of— </text> <subclause id="HE1D636EC6EFE43C9B66C776E4C04E8F1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a pistol grip;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H6FD0B9FF8C774BF2B1E846FA32BB9CF5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a forward grip; </text></subclause> <subclause id="HCA96F43686F341A28B5B1B821527BEFE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock, or is otherwise foldable or adjustable in a manner that operates to reduce the length, size, or any other dimension, or otherwise enhances the concealability, of the weapon;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H516BBD02C12E4F9DA08DADCE80D7B545"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a grenade launcher;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HEDF0F05EE8184183AB46F27366942742"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a barrel shroud; or </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H874F7D4F2E3443A39E215FB49AE56FF3"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>a threaded barrel; </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4BEE607DE49A4D95965660F8F2E229DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, except for an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD890C466414448E382B26A87331083B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm but not convert the semiautomatic firearm into a machinegun;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H17DB82E24EFA4174BB58A50AA7040A92"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a semiautomatic shotgun that— </text>
<clause id="HBFB5793CC20B44A887BAC2C2598A8B61"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has the capacity to utilize a magazine that is not a fixed magazine; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2068162FD4784AC5A33A21AC200222E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does have any one of—</text>
<subclause id="H8EE52CB2D05B405E87484F905C2FB0D5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H426BC987F3B3485697B5B9CF6691E445"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a pistol grip or bird's head grip;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H73F6B8633DC142C8818CBAA766043369"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9182B61AD1EC48D19BB903000567831B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the ability to accept a detachable magazine;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0556E6D3A2364DBCA4B8B664FA29884C"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a forward grip; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1655AAD3ED7B413EB1883A3BF753DE48"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>a grenade launcher; </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC730FC219EB9410FB08671797A3086DB"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any AK or AR type of weapon, including a rifle, copy, duplicate, variant, or altered facsimile with the capability of any such weapon; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A259F35D4F648C583C0974494D43A14"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any weapon that is substantially similar to a weapon described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) determined by the Attorney General pursuant to a rule, which shall be made on the record after opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the rulemaking procedures prescribed by subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 5; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFDBFC6A698E44E1BA621C6904596F3E2"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>machinegun</term> has the meaning given such term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/5845">section 5845(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC0E7A9BC01E74618B878C89A2D12B4E4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Providing material support</header><text>Section 2339A(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <quote>2332f,</quote> the following: <quote>2332j,</quote>. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCEF1486BF016464C9759F41817CD2592"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/113B">chapter 113B</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item related to section 2332i the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H1F5781316FEC4334B806FB906F7B4EF8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">2332j. Mass killings using machineguns or covered semiautomatic weapons. </toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H31B47E07F4024358926B9991618B292D"><enum>3.</enum><header>Report on charges filed for use of weapons of mass destruction and providing material support to terrorists</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">On the date that is one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report on each case in which the Department of Justice has filed charges under section 2332j or 2339a of title 18, United States Code, during the previous year, which shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H0CEFA3FF1F56405C9F80E41FADF9E153"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each case in which charges under section 2332j of title 18, United States Code, were filed—</text> <subparagraph id="HC07066E9D666449BBD89C419649C6AEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date of the alleged offense;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54043EA7BEB349659C6D2F33CD442873"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of individuals who were injured;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E082ABCCE704E37836C3BC461F188CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of fatalities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA368CE65F46E43F9ABF54DD098CEAD4B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the age, gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality of each individual charged under such section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H34637746369846C7B290FDE453E19481"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the weapon used in the alleged offense. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H616F54C9C8BC4877999C0F421C34EA47"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For each case in which charges under section 2339a of title 18, United States Code, were filed—</text> <subparagraph id="HC209D40DDA724EFC9CBD930344A2D705"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the type of support alleged to have been provided;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D1389281C314BEFA53716E26231AD30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to whom such support was alleged to have been provided; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCBC867C1A20D46AD80DA97634CDA7435"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the age, gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality of each individual charged under such section. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H7BD878D01E77420789A8713D2A4EC841"><enum>4.</enum><header>Inclusion of demographic information in reports concerning intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2519(2)(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <quote>order or extension,</quote> the following: <quote>, the age, gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality of each individual arrested,</quote>. </text></section> </legis-body></bill>

