S 33 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2013

Introduced Jan 22, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 22, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 22, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit: (1) the transfer or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, except for such a device lawfully possessed 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.

Exempts: (1) the transfer or possession of such a device by a federal, state, or local agency or law enforcement officer; (2) certain transfers to licensees under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; (3) possession of such a device transferred to an individual upon retirement from a law enforcement agency if such individual is not otherwise prohibited from receiving ammunition; and (4) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of such a device by a licensed manufacturer or importer for authorized testing or experimentation purposes.

Sets penalties for violations. Subjects devices used or involved in knowing violation of such Act to seizure and forfeiture.

Requires a large capacity ammunition feeding device manufactured after this Act's enactment to be identified by a serial number and the date it was manufactured.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2013 to May 7, 2013, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-MICarl LevinOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalJan 22, 2013
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 22, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 22, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 138Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device ActRelated billJan 25, 2013
S 691High-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban of 2013Related billApr 10, 2013

Subjects

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

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  1. Jan 22, 2013Introduced in Senate

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