Stop Home Manufacture of Ghost Guns Act of 2020
This bill prohibits and penalizes the transfer, possession, or purchase of a firearm manufacturing machine; this prohibition does not apply to licensed manufacturers. A firearm manufacturing machine is a device that is intended to make or convert a product into a frame or receiver for a firearm.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7468 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7468
To amend title 18, United States Code, to impose prohibitions relating
to machines designed for the manufacturing of frames or receivers for
firearms.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 1, 2020
Mr. Raskin (for himself and Mr. Cicilline) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to impose prohibitions relating
to machines designed for the manufacturing of frames or receivers for
firearms.
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 ``Stop Home Manufacture of Ghost Guns
Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO FIREARM MANUFACTURING MACHINES.
(a) Prohibitions.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(aa)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, in or affecting
interstate or foreign commerce, to transfer or offer to transfer to any
person other than a licensed manufacturer a firearm manufacturing
machine.
``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), it shall be
unlawful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer, in or
affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to possess or purchase a
firearm manufacturing machine.
``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a person who is engaged
in the business of selling manufacturing equipment to a licensed
manufacturer, and who possesses a firearm manufacturing machine with
the intent to transfer the machine to a licensed manufacturer.''.
(b) Definition of Firearm Manufacturing Machine.--Section 921(a) of
such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(36) The term `firearm manufacturing machine' means--
``(A) a device designed or redesigned, made or remade, and
intended to be used primarily to make, or convert a product
into, a frame or receiver for a firearm; and
``(B) any combination of parts designed or intended for use
in making a device described in subparagraph (A) and from which
such a device may be readily assembled.''.
(c) Penalties.--Section 924 of such title is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ``or (q)'' and
inserting ``(q), or (aa)'';
(2) in subsection (d)(1)--
(A) by inserting ``and any firearm manufacturing
machine involved in any knowing violation of section
922(aa),'' before ``shall be subject''; and
(B) by striking ``firearms or ammunition'' each
place it appears and inserting ``firearms, ammunition,
or firearm manufacturing machine''; and
(3) in subsection (d)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``firearms or
ammunition'' and inserting ``firearms, ammunition, and
firearm manufacturing machines''; and
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``firearms or
quantities of ammunition'' and inserting ``firearms,
quantities of ammunition, or firearm manufacturing
machines''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to conduct engaged in on or after January 1, 2022.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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