119-hr2105

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2105 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2105

 To address the importation and proliferation of machinegun conversion 
 devices.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 14, 2025

 Mr. Casten (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mrs. 
 Watson Coleman, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Titus, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. 
 Stevens, Mr. Neguse, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. Balint, Ms. 
Velazquez, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Chu, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, 
 Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
 Goldman of New York, Ms. Brown, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. 
 Krishnamoorthi, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Connolly, and Ms. 
 Brownley) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the 
 Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently 
 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To address the importation and proliferation of machinegun conversion 
 devices.

 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 ``Preventing Illegal Weapons 
Trafficking Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act--

    (1) the term ``machinegun'' has the meaning given the term 
 ``machine gun'' in 

section 5845 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
 1986; and

    (2) the term ``machinegun conversion device'' means any 
 part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or 
 combination of parts designed and intended, for use in 
 converting a weapon into a machinegun.

SEC. 3. PREVENTION AND INTERCEPTION STRATEGY.

    (a) Strategy.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
 enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of 
 Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
 develop and implement a strategy to prevent or intercept the 
 importation or trafficking of machinegun conversion devices.

    (2) Contents.--The strategy described in paragraph

    (1) shall include plans to optimize--
        (A) the capacity of Federal law enforcement 
 agencies to detect, intercept, and seize machinegun 
 conversion devices;
        (B) the coordination between State and local law 
 enforcement agencies and Federal law enforcement 
 agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
 Firearms, and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of 
 Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and 
 U.S. Customs and Border Protection, when machinegun 
 conversion devices are seized at ports of entry;
            (C) efforts by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
 Firearms, and Explosives to collaborate with State and 
 local law enforcement agencies to identify and trace 
 machinegun conversion devices used in crimes, including 
 identifying the source of the device, whether from a 
 foreign country or the United States;
            (D) training programs provided by Federal law 
 enforcement agencies to aid State and local law 
 enforcement agencies in identifying machinegun 
 conversion devices;
        (E) the investigation and collection of data 
 regarding the origins of machinegun conversion devices 
 that are seized at ports of entry or recovered by law 
 enforcement agencies in the United States in order to 
 identify patterns and detect vulnerabilities; and
        (F) the capacity of Federal law enforcement 
 agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
 Firearms, and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of 
 Investigation, and Homeland Security Investigations, to 
 detect, intercept, and seize domestically produced 
 machinegun conversion devices, including machinegun 
 conversion devices produced using 3D printing 
 technology.

    (b) Reports.--

    (1) Initial report.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
 of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary 
 of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
 submit a report on the strategy developed and implemented under 
 subsection

    (a) , which shall include relevant statistical 
 information, to--
        (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
        (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
 Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
            (C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
 Representatives; and
            (D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
 of Representatives.

    (2) Periodic updates.--Not less frequently than once every 
 2 years, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland 
 Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the 
 congressional committees described in paragraph

    (1) an update 
 to the report submitted under that paragraph that describes 
 progress made on the implementation of the strategy developed 
 under subsection

    (a) .

SEC. 4. FORFEITURE OF PROCEEDS FROM MACHINE GUN VIOLATIONS.

 

Section 5872 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , by inserting ``, and any proceeds 
 derived from the illegal trafficking of a machine gun,'' after 
 ``provisions of this chapter''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (c) Illegal Trafficking of a Machine Gun.--For purposes of 
subsection

    (a) , the term `illegal trafficking of a machine gun' means 
the making, manufacture, importation, exportation, or transfer of a 
machine gun in violation of the provisions of this chapter or any 
regulations prescribed under this chapter.''.

SEC. 5. GUN TRAFFICKING REPORT.

 The Attorney General shall include information about machinegun 
conversion devices in the annual firearms trafficking report announced 
by the President on April 7, 2021, including--

    (1) the number of crimes in which machinegun conversion 
 devices are used; and

    (2) whether the machinegun conversion devices recovered 
 from crimes described in paragraph

    (1) are manufactured in the 
 United States or a foreign country.
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