119-hr2799

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2799 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2799

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit machinegun 
conversion devices and illegal modifications of semiautomatic firearms, 
 and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 9, 2025

 Ms. Titus (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit machinegun 
conversion devices and illegal modifications of semiautomatic firearms, 
 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 ``Closing the Bump Stock Loophole Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--

    (1) in 

section 921

    (a) , by inserting after paragraph

    (30) the following:
 ``

    (31) The term `semiautomatic firearm' means any firearm that--
 ``
        (A) upon initiating the firing sequence, fires the first 
 chambered cartridge and uses a portion of the energy of the 
 firing cartridge to--
 ``
            (i) extract the expended cartridge case;
 ``
            (ii) chamber the next round; and
 ``
            (iii) prepare the firing mechanism to fire again;
 ``
        (B) requires a separate pull, release, push, or 
 initiation of the trigger to fire each cartridge; and
 ``
            (C) is not a machinegun.'';

    (2) in 

section 922, by inserting after subsection

    (u) the 
 following:
 ``
            (v) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs

    (3) and

    (4) , on and after 
the date that is 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, 
manufacture, transfer, receive, or possess, in or affecting interstate 
or foreign commerce--
 ``
        (A) any manual, power-driven, or electronic device 
 primarily designed, or redesigned, so that when the device is 
 attached to a semi-automatic firearm the device--
 ``
            (i) materially increases the rate of fire of the 
 firearm; or
 ``
            (ii) approximates the action or rate of fire of a 
 machinegun;
 ``
        (B) any device, part, or combination of parts, that is 
 designed or functions to materially increase the rate of fire 
 of a semi-automatic firearm, by eliminating the need for the 
 operator of the firearm to make a separate movement for each 
 individual function of the trigger; or
 ``
            (C) a semi-automatic firearm that has been modified in 
 any way that--
 ``
            (i) materially increases the rate of fire of the 
 firearm; or
 ``
            (ii) approximates the action or rate of fire of a 
 machinegun.
 ``

    (2) Except as provided in paragraph

    (3) , not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, any person who lawfully 
owns or possesses a semi-automatic firearm that was modified as 
described in paragraph

    (1)
            (C) before such date of enactment shall 
register the semiautomatic firearm in accordance with 

section 5841 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
 ``

    (3) This subsection does not apply with respect to the 
importation for, manufacture for, sale to, transfer to, or possession 
by or under the authority of, the United States or any department or 
agency thereof or a State or Tribe, or a department, agency, or 
political subdivision thereof.
 ``

    (4) Paragraph

    (1) shall not apply to any lawful transfer or 
possession of a semi-automatic firearm described in paragraph

    (1)
            (C) that--
 ``
        (A) was lawfully modified and possessed before the date 
 of enactment of this subsection; and
 ``
        (B) is registered in accordance with paragraph

    (2) .''; 
 and

    (3) in 

section 924

    (a)

    (2) , by striking ``, or

    (o) '' and 
 inserting ``

    (o) , or
            (v) ''.

    (b) Amendment to the National Firearms Act.--

Section 5845

    (a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and

    (8) a 
destructive device'' and inserting ``

    (8) a destructive device; and

    (9) a semi-automatic firearm, as defined in 

section 921 of title 18, United 
States Code, that is modified as described in 

section 922
            (v) (1)
            (C) of 
such title''.
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