118 HR 2870 IH: Raise the Age Act of 2023
U.S. House of Representatives
2023-04-26
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2870
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 26, 2023
Mr. Ivey (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Crow, Mr. Correa, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Evans, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Payne, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Trone, Ms. Velázquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Casten, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Ms. Porter, Mr. Allred, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. Crockett, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Peters, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Costa, Ms. Balint, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Chu, Ms. Meng, and Ms. Kamlager-Dove) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles or semiautomatic centerfire shotguns to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel and full-time law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
1.

Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Raise the Age Act of 2023”.
2.

Prohibition on Federal firearms licensee selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles or semiautomatic centerfire shotguns to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions
(a)

In general
Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“(1)
(A)
any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe has not attained 18 years of age;
(B)
any semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire shotgun that has, or has the capacity to accept, an ammunition feeding device with a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe has not attained 21 years of age and is not a qualified individual; or
(C)
if the firearm or ammunition is not a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire shotgun described in subparagraph (B) and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe has not attained 21 years of age;”.
(b)

Conforming amendment
Section 922(c)(1) of such title is amended by striking “in the case of any firearm” and all that follows through “eighteen years or more of age” and inserting “(1) in the case of a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire shotgun that has, or has the capacity to accept, an ammunition feeding device with a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, I am at least 21 years of age or a qualified individual (as defined in section 921(a)(30) of title 18, United States Code), (2) in the case of a firearm other than a shotgun, a rifle, or such a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire shotgun, I am at least 21 years of age, or (3) in the case of any other shotgun or rifle, I am at least 18 years of age.”.
(c)

Qualified individual defined
Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(38)
The term qualified individual means—
(A)
a member of the Armed Forces on active duty; and
(B)
a full-time employee of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State who in the course of his or her official duties is authorized to carry a firearm.
(39)
The term ammunition feeding device means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device, but does not include an attached tubular device which is only capable of operating with .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.”.
3.

Operation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Public Access Line
(a)

Report
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (in this section referred to as the “FBI”) shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report regarding operation of the FBI’s public access line.
(b)

Matters included
The report required by subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following:
(1)
A description of the protocols and procedures in effect with respect to information-sharing between the public access line and the field offices of the FBI.
(2)
Recommendations for improving the protocols and procedures to improve the information-sharing.