HR 9207 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Keep Americans Safe Act

Introduced Oct 21, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Diana DeGette D-CO

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 21, 2022 Referred to the House 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.

IntroducedOct 21, 2022
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Keep Americans Safe Act

This bill establishes a new criminal offense for the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD).

The bill does not prohibit certain conduct with respect to an LCAFD, including the following:

importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments;
importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and
possession by a retired law enforcement officer.

The bill permits continued possession of, but prohibits sale or transfer of, a grandfathered LCAFD.

Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification and the date of manufacture.

Additionally, the bill allows a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender an LCAFD under a buy-back program.

Cosponsors 106

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 21, 2022 to Nov 16, 2022, with 103 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Ami Bera	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	J. Luis Correa	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NY	Mondaire Jones	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Sara Jacobs	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NV	Steven Horsford	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-LA	Troy A. Carter	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Oct 21, 2022
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Oct 28, 2022
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Oct 28, 2022
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Nov 16, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 21, 2022Introduced in House
Oct 21, 2022Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 5

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 736	Assault Weapons Ban of 2021	Related bill	Mar 11, 2021
S 1108	Keep Americans Safe Act	Related bill	Apr 14, 2021
HR 1808	Assault Weapons Ban of 2022	Related bill	Aug 1, 2022
HR 2510	Keep Americans Safe Act	Related bill	Oct 19, 2021
HR 7910	Protecting Our Kids Act	Related bill	Jun 9, 2022

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Oct 21, 2022Introduced in House

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