[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7746 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7746

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve firearm destruction 
                   practices, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2024

Mr. Frost (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Amo, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. 
 Escobar, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Soto, Ms. Crockett, Ms. 
 Norton, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Casten, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Davis of 
 Illinois, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Ms. Pingree, Mrs. McBath, 
  Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Ryan, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. 
Kelly of Illinois) 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 improve firearm destruction 
                   practices, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Destroy Zombie Guns Act''.

SEC. 2. SAFE FIREARM DESTRUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(aa) It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business 
of destroying firearms, while destroying or aiding in the destruction 
of a firearm that has been shipped or transported in interstate or 
foreign commerce, to not destroy every component of the firearm.''.
    (b) Definition of ``Engaged in the Business'' as Applied to a 
Destroyer of Firearms.--Section 921(a)(21) of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (E);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (F) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(G) as applied to a destroyer of firearms, a person who 
        devotes time, attention, and labor to the destruction of 
        firearms or firearm components as a regular course of trade or 
        business to predominantly earn a profit through services 
        rendered to facilitate the destruction of a firearm or firearm 
        components.''.
    (c) Penalties.--Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(9)(A) Any person who violates section 922(aa) shall be fined 
under this title, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, in 
addition to any penalty imposed on the person under paragraph (2) of 
this subsection.
    ``(B) In addition to any penalty imposed under subparagraph (A) of 
this paragraph on a licensee under this chapter, the Attorney General 
may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend the license 
issued to the licensee in the case of the first violation of section 
922(aa), or, in the case of any subsequent violation, shall immediately 
revoke the license.''.
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