S 32 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act

Introduced Jan 25, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 25, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 25, 2011
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit: (1) the transfer or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, except for its lawful possession within the United States on or before the date of this Act's enactment; and (2) the importation or bringing into the United States of such a device.

Sets forth exceptions to such ban.

Sets penalties for violations.

Requires a large capacity ammunition feeding device manufactured after this Act's enactment to be identified by a serial number that clearly shows that the device was manufactured after enactment and such other identification as the Attorney General may prescribe.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2011 to Dec 21, 2012, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Al Franken	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-RI	Jack Reed	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-MA	John F. Kerry	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand		Jan 26, 2011
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Sep 10, 2012
D-RI	Sheldon Whitehouse		Dec 17, 2012
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski		Dec 19, 2012
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV		Dec 20, 2012
D-IA	Tom Harkin		Dec 20, 2012

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Actions 2

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Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate
Jan 25, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 308	Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act	Identical bill	Feb 7, 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

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Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate

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