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To regulate the importation, manufacture, possession, sale or transfer of assault weapons, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. C

ICILLINE

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

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A BILL

To regulate the importation, manufacture, possession, sale or transfer of assault weapons, 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 2018’’.

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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

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(a) I

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ENERAL

.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United

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States Code, is amended—

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2(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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3‘‘(iii) A folding, telescoping, or detachable

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stock.

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‘‘(iv) A grenade launcher or rocket launch-

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er.

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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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‘‘(iii) A barrel shroud.

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‘‘(iv) The capacity to accept a detachable

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magazine at some location outside of the pistol

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grip.

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