[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 2189 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 403
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2189

                          [Report No. 119-472]

   To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in 
    technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2025

 Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself and Mr. Correa) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                            January 30, 2026

Additional sponsors: Mr. Stauber, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Veasey, 
   Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Cline, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. 
 Rutherford, Ms. Perez, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Hunt, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Guest, 
   Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Carey, Mr. 
 Grothman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Harrigan, Ms. 
 Johnson of Texas, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Fry, Mr. Onder, Mr. Evans of 
    Colorado, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Higgins of 
Louisiana, Mr. Crane, Mr. Fallon, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Zinke, 
Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Issa, Mr. Cuellar, Mrs. Hinson, Ms. Maloy, Mr. 
Yakym, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Burchett, 
   Ms. Tenney, Mr. Vasquez, Mr. Mann, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
   Ciscomani, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Knott, Mr. Moran, Mr. Gooden, Mrs. 
  Miller-Meeks, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Begich, 
   Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Kim, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
 Gottheimer, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Kean, Mr. Stutzman, Mrs. 
   Beatty, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Vindman, Mr. Calvert, Ms. 
Stevens, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. Van Duyne, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, 
      Ms. Gillen, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mr. Larson of 
Connecticut, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. 
   Kustoff, Mr. Hern of Oklahoma, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Langworthy, Mrs. 
 Houchin, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. Steube, Mr. Gray, Mr. Van Orden, Ms. 
          Clarke of New York, and Mr. Moore of North Carolina

                            January 30, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               18, 2025]

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                                 A BILL


 
   To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in 
    technology and less-than-lethal weapons, 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 ``Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-
Escalate Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN LESS-THAN-LETHAL PROJECTILE DEVICES FROM 
              RESTRICTIONS UNDER TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.

    Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (3), by inserting 
        ``or a less-than-lethal projectile device'' before the period; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(39)(A) The term `less-than-lethal projectile device' means a 
device that--
            ``(i) is not designed or intended to expel and may not be 
        readily converted to accept and discharge--
                    ``(I) ammunition commonly used in handguns, rifles, 
                or shotguns; or
                    ``(II) any other projectile at a velocity exceeding 
                500 feet per second;
            ``(ii) is designed and intended to be used in a manner that 
        is not likely to cause death or serious bodily injury; and
            ``(iii) does not accept, and is not able to be readily 
        modified to accept, an ammunition feeding device--
                    ``(I) loaded through the inside of a pistol grip; 
                or
                    ``(II) commonly used in semiautomatic firearms.
    ``(B) If a person requests that the Attorney General determine 
whether a device satisfies the definition of `less-than-lethal 
projectile device' under subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall 
make the determination not later than 90 days after the date on which 
the Attorney General receives the device pursuant to the request.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 403

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2189

                          [Report No. 119-472]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in 
    technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            January 30, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed