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ESSION
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To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mrs. F
EINSTEIN
(for herself, Mr. M
URPHY
, Mr. B
LUMENTHAL
, Mr. S
CHU
-
MER
, Mr. D
URBIN
, Mrs. M
URRAY
, Mr. R
EED
, Mr. C
ARPER
, Mr. M
ENEN
-
DEZ
, Mr. C
ARDIN
, Ms. K
LOBUCHAR
, Mr. W
HITEHOUSE
, Mrs. G
ILLI
-
BRAND
, Mr. S
CHATZ
, Ms. H
IRONO
, Ms. W
ARREN
, Mr. M
ARKEY
, Mr. B
OOKER
, Mr. V
AN
H
OLLEN
, Ms. D
UCKWORTH
, Ms. H
ARRIS
, Mr. C
ASEY
, Mr. S
ANDERS
, Ms. S
MITH
, Mr. W
YDEN
, Ms. H
ASSAN
, Mrs. S
HAHEEN
, and Mr. W
ARNER
) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assault Weapons Ban
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of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
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(a) I
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G
ENERAL
.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United
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States Code, is amended—
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(1) by inserting after paragraph (29) the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic pistol’ means any re-
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peating pistol that—
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‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing
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cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and
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chamber the next round; and
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‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to
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fire each cartridge.
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‘‘(31) The term ‘semiautomatic shotgun’ means any
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repeating shotgun that—
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‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing
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cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and
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chamber the next round; and
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‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to
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fire each cartridge.’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(36) The term ‘semiautomatic assault weapon’
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means any of the following, regardless of country of manu-
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facture or caliber of ammunition accepted:
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‘‘(A) A semiautomatic rifle that has the capac-
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ity to accept a detachable magazine and any 1 of the
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following:
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‘‘(i) A pistol grip.
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‘‘(ii) A forward grip.
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‘‘(iii) A folding, telescoping, or detachable
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stock, or is otherwise foldable or adjustable in
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a manner that operates to reduce the length,
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size, or any other dimension, or otherwise en-
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hances the concealability, of the weapon.
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‘‘(iv) A grenade launcher.
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‘‘(v) A barrel shroud.
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‘‘(vi) A threaded barrel.
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‘‘(B) A semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed
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magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10
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rounds, except for an attached tubular device de-
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signed to accept, and capable of operating only with,
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.22 caliber rimfire ammunition.
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‘‘(C) Any part, combination of parts, compo-
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nent, device, attachment, or accessory that is de-
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signed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of
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a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiauto-
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matic rifle into a machinegun.
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‘‘(D) A semiautomatic pistol that has the ca-
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pacity to accept a detachable magazine and any 1 of
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the following:
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‘‘(i) A threaded barrel.
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‘‘(ii) A second pistol grip.
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