119-hr923

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 923 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 923

To prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession 
 of .50 caliber rifles, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 4, 2025

Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Ramirez, 
 Ms. Norton, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Casar, Ms. 
 Brownley, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. 
Auchincloss, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Carbajal, and Mr. Vargas) 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 prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession 
 of .50 caliber rifles, 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 ``Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RIFLES CAPABLE OF FIRING .50 CALIBER AMMUNITION.

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

    (1) in 

section 922, by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (aa) Rifles Capable of Firing .50 Caliber Ammunition.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph

    (2) , it 
 shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, manufacture, 
 transfer, or possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign 
 commerce, a rifle capable of firing .50 caliber ammunition.
 ``

    (2) Exceptions.--
 ``
        (A) Government use.--Paragraph

    (1) shall not 
 apply to the importation for, manufacture for, sale to, 
 transfer to, or possession by the United States, a 
 department or agency of the United States, a State, or 
 a department, agency, or political subdivision of a 
 State, of a rifle capable of firing .50 caliber 
 ammunition.
 ``
        (B) Grandfathered rifles.--Paragraph

    (1) shall 
 not apply to the sale, transfer, or possession of any 
 rifle otherwise lawfully possessed on or before the 
 date of enactment of the Stop Arming Cartels Act of 
 2025.''; and

    (2) in 

section 924

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) , by striking ``or

    (q) '' and 
 inserting ``

    (q) , or

    (aa) ''.

    (b) Inclusion of Certain Rifles as Firearms Under National Firearms 
Act.--

    (1) In general.--

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 
 rifle which is capable of firing .50 caliber ammunition and is 
 lawfully possessed on or before the date of enactment of the 
 Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025''.

    (2) Effective date.--
        (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph
        (B) , the 
 amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on 
 the date which is 12 months after the date of enactment 
 of this Act.
        (B) Registration.--
            (i) In general.--Notwithstanding 
 subparagraph
        (A) or any other provision of law, 
 any person possessing a rifle which is capable 
 of firing .50 caliber ammunition which is not 
 registered to such person in the National 
 Firearms Registration and Transfer Record shall 
 register each such rifle so possessed with the 
 Secretary in such form and manner as the 
 Secretary may require within the 12-month 
 period immediately following the date of 
 enactment of this Act. No fee or tax shall be 
 imposed with respect to any registration 
 required under this subparagraph.
            (ii) Inclusion in registry.--Any 
 registration described in clause
            (i) shall 
 become a part of the National Firearms 
 Registration and Transfer Record. No 
 information or evidence required to be 
 submitted or retained by a natural person to 
 register a firearm under this subparagraph 
 shall be used, directly or indirectly, as 
 evidence against such person in any criminal 
 proceeding with respect to a prior or 
 concurrent violation of law.
            (C) === Definitions. ===
-In this paragraph:
            (i) National firearms registration and 
 transfer record.--The term ``National Firearms 
 Registration and Transfer Record'' means the 
 registry established pursuant to 

section 5841 
 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            (ii) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' has 
 the same meaning given such term under 

section 7701

    (a)

    (11)
        (B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
 1986.

SEC. 3. EXCEPTION TO COVERAGE UNDER PROTECTION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE IN 
 ARMS ACT.

 

Section 4

    (5)
        (A) of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act 
(15 U.S.C. 7903

    (5)
        (A) ) is amended--

    (1) in clause
            (v) , by striking ``or'' at the end;

    (2) in clause
            (vi) , by striking the period at the end and 
 inserting ``; or''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (vii) an action brought against a 
 manufacturer or seller that knowingly sells or 
 transfers a qualified product, or attempts or 
 conspires to do so, knowing or having 
 reasonable cause to believe that the 
 transaction is prohibited under 

section 805
            (c) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation 
 Act (21 U.S.C. 1904
            (c) ).''.

SEC. 4. FEDERAL FIREARM PROHIBITOR FOR SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN NARCOTICS 
 TRAFFICKERS AND CERTAIN OTHER FOREIGN PERSONS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 922
            (d) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (10) , by striking ``or'' at the end;

    (2) by redesignating paragraph

    (11) as paragraph

    (12) ;

    (3) by inserting after paragraph

    (10) the following:
 ``

    (11) is--
 ``
        (A) a significant foreign narcotics trafficker 
 publicly identified by the President in a report under 
 subsection

    (b) or

    (h)

    (1) of 

section 804 of the Foreign 
 Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1903); or
 ``
        (B) a foreign person designated by the Secretary 
 of the Treasury under 

section 805

    (b) of the Foreign 
 Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1904

    (b) ); 
 or''; and

    (4) in paragraph

    (12) , as so redesignated, by striking 
 ``

    (10) '' and inserting ``

    (11) ''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments Relating to NICS.--

Section 103 of the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (b)

    (2)
            (D) , by inserting ``or that 
 transfer of a firearm or ammunition to the individual would 
 violate subsection
            (d) (11) of such 

section 922'' after 
 ``

section 922 of title 18, United States Code,'';

    (2) in subsection

    (e)

    (1) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) , by inserting ``or to whom 
 transfer of a firearm would violate subsection
            (d) (11) of such 

section 922,'' after ``

section 922 of title 18, 
 United States Code or State law,'';
        (B) in subparagraph
            (C) , by inserting ``or that 
 transfer of a firearm or ammunition to the person would 
 violate subsection
            (d) (11) of such 

section 922,'' after 
 ``

section 922 of title 18, United States Code,'';
            (C) in subparagraph
        (F)
            (iii) 
            (I) , by striking ``

    (g) or

    (n) '' and inserting ``
            (d) (11) ,

    (g) , or

    (n) ''; and
            (D) in subparagraph
        (G)
            (i) , by striking ``

    (g) or

    (n) '' and inserting ``
            (d) (11) ,

    (g) , or

    (n) '';

    (3) in subsection

    (g) , by inserting ``or that transfer of a 
 firearm to a prospective transferee would violate subsection
            (d) (11) of such 

section 922,'' after ``

section 922 of title 18, 
 United States Code or State law,''; and

    (4) in subsection
            (i) (2) --
        (A) by striking ``persons,'' and inserting 
 ``persons who are''; and
        (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
 following: ``, or to whom transfer of a firearm would 
 violate subsection
            (d) (11) of such 

section 922''.

SEC. 5. ADDING RIFLES TO MULTIPLE FIREARM SALES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

 

Section 923

    (g)

    (3)
        (A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``pistols, or revolvers, or any combination of pistols and 
revolvers'' and inserting ``pistols, revolvers, or rifles, or any 
combination of pistols, revolvers, and rifles''.
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