[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4606 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4606
To address the importation and proliferation of firearm modification
devices.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 25, 2022
Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Feinstein,
Mr. Reed, Mr. Markey, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Smith,
and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To address the importation and proliferation of firearm modification
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 2022''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``firearm modification 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; and
(2) the term ``machinegun'' has the meaning given the term
in section 5845 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
SEC. 3. PREVENTION AND INTERCEPTION STRATEGY.
(a) Strategy.--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
firearm modification devices, including by--
(1) improving the capacity of Federal law enforcement
agencies to detect, intercept, and seize firearm modification
devices;
(2) increasing 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 firearm modification devices are seized at
ports of entry;
(3) ensuring that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives collaborates with State and local law
enforcement agencies to identify and trace firearm modification
devices used in crimes, including identifying the source of the
device, whether from a foreign country or the United States;
(4) investigating and collecting data regarding the origins
of firearm modification 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
(5) improving 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 firearm modification devices,
including firearm modification 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 firearm
modification devices in the annual firearms trafficking report
announced by the President on April 7, 2021, including--
(1) the number of crimes in which firearm modification
devices are used; and
(2) whether the firearm modification devices recovered from
crimes described in paragraph (1) are manufactured in the
United States or a foreign country.
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