[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3334]
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  SA 6129. Mr. HAGERTY (for himself and Mr. Gallego) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. INNOVATE TO DE-ESCALATE MODERNIZATION ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Innovate to De-Escalate Modernization Act''.
       (b) 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:
       ``(38)(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.''.
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