Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2023
This bill requires the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and the Treasury to develop and implement a strategy to prevent or intercept the importation or trafficking of machinegun conversion devices. The term machinegun conversion device means parts or combinations of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun.
The bill also specifies that proceeds derived from the illegal trafficking of a machinegun are subject to seizure and forfeiture.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2909 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2909
To address the importation and proliferation of machinegun conversion
devices.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 26, 2023
Ms. Spanberger (for herself and Mr. Casten) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in
addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To address the importation and proliferation of machinegun conversion
devices.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Illegal Weapons
Trafficking Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``machinegun'' has the meaning given the term
in section 5845 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
(2) the term ``machinegun conversion device'' means any
part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or
combination of parts designed and intended, for use in
converting a weapon into a machinegun.
SEC. 3. PREVENTION AND INTERCEPTION STRATEGY.
(a) Strategy.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall
develop and implement a strategy to prevent or intercept the
importation or trafficking of machinegun conversion devices.
(2) Contents.--The strategy described in paragraph (1)
shall include plans to optimize--
(A) the capacity of Federal law enforcement
agencies to detect, intercept, and seize machinegun
conversion devices;
(B) the coordination between State and local law
enforcement agencies and Federal law enforcement
agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, when machinegun
conversion devices are seized at ports of entry;
(C) efforts by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives to collaborate with State and
local law enforcement agencies to identify and trace
machinegun conversion devices used in crimes, including
identifying the source of the device, whether from a
foreign country or the United States;
(D) training programs provided by Federal law
enforcement agencies to aid State and local law
enforcement agencies in identifying machinegun
conversion devices;
(E) the investigation and collection of data
regarding the origins of machinegun conversion devices
that are seized at ports of entry or recovered by law
enforcement agencies in the United States in order to
identify patterns and detect vulnerabilities; and
(F) the capacity of Federal law enforcement
agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and Homeland Security Investigations, to
detect, intercept, and seize domestically produced
machinegun conversion devices, including machinegun
conversion devices produced using 3D printing
technology.
(b) Reports.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than 120 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary
of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall
submit a report on the strategy developed and implemented under
subsection (a), which shall include relevant statistical
information, to--
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House
of Representatives.
(2) Periodic updates.--Not less frequently than once every
2 years, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the
congressional committees described in paragraph (1) an update
to the report submitted under that paragraph that describes
progress made on the implementation of the strategy developed
under subsection (a).
SEC. 4. FORFEITURE OF PROCEEDS FROM MACHINEGUN VIOLATIONS.
Section 5872 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, and any proceeds
derived from the illegal trafficking of a machinegun,'' after
``provisions of this chapter''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Illegal Trafficking of a Machinegun.--For purposes of
subsection (a), the term `illegal trafficking of a machinegun' means
the making, manufacture, importation, exportation, or transfer of a
machinegun in violation of the provisions of this chapter or any
regulations prescribed under this chapter.''.
SEC. 5. GUN TRAFFICKING REPORT.
The Attorney General shall include information about machinegun
conversion devices in the annual firearms trafficking report announced
by the President on April 7, 2021, including--
(1) the number of crimes in which machinegun conversion
devices are used; and
(2) whether the machinegun conversion devices recovered
from crimes described in paragraph (1) are manufactured in the
United States or a foreign country.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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