To prohibit the possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
United States115th CongressHR-3947House of Representatives
Updated: Oct 4, 2017
Summary
Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a trigger crank, a bump-fire device, or any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun. The bill does not prohibit, with respect to such firearm accessories, the importation or manufacture for, sale or transfer to, or possession by a federal, state, or local government. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both.
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Timeline
Latest companion bill action
S-1916: A bill to prohibit the possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories, and for other purposes.Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
House of Representatives
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
House of Representatives
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7763)
Introduced in House
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