S 407 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2015

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 5, 2015 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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 5, 2015
  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 2015

Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

Defines a "large capacity ammunition feeding device" to: (1) mean a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, helical feeding device, or similar device that has an overall capacity of, or that can be readily changed to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition; and (2) exclude an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.

Provides exemptions for: (1) devices lawfully possessed before this Act's enactment; (2) federal, state, and local agencies and law enforcement officers; (3) licensees under the Atomic Energy Act for on-site security, off-site training, and transportation of nuclear materials; and (4) authorized testing or experimentation by a licensed firearms manufacturer or importer.

Requires a device manufactured after this Act's enactment to be identified by a serial number and the date it was manufactured conspicuously engraved or cast on the device.

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

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants for buy-back programs for surrendered large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 5, 2015.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-RIJack ReedOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalFeb 5, 2015
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalFeb 5, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 5, 2015Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 5, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 752Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device ActRelated billMar 16, 2015

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Feb 5, 2015Introduced in Senate

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