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The bill aims to reduce high-rate shootings and improve tracking by classifying and restricting high-rate modifications, but it does so by imposing registration costs and criminal penalties that restrict private possession while preserving access for government agencies.
General public — The bill bans devices and modifications that materially increase a semiautomatic firearm's rate of fire, which should reduce the risk and potential severity of high-rate shootings and improve public safety.
Federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies — Reclassifying modified semiautomatic firearms as NFA items creates a federal registration and tax framework, improving tracking and accountability for these weapons.
Owners of lawfully modified semiautomatic firearms (pre-enactment) — Those who comply with the bill's registration requirements can legally retain and transfer their qualifying firearms under the new framework rather than being forced to surrender them.
Manufacturers, sellers, and owners — The bill makes possession, sale, and manufacture of many devices and modified firearms illegal, risking criminalization and prosecution of previously lawful behavior.
Private owners of pre-enactment modified semiautomatic firearms — Owners must register qualifying firearms within 120 days, creating paperwork, potential tax liability, and other compliance costs and risks if they fail to meet the deadline.
Private citizens vs. government entities — The bill exempts federal, State, Tribal, and local government entities, allowing government agencies to retain access to certain devices and modified firearms while restricting civilians, creating unequal access.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Bans and reclassifies devices, parts, and semiautomatic firearms that materially increase rate of fire as NFA items and requires registration of existing modified firearms within 120 days.
Prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, receipt, or possession in interstate or foreign commerce of devices, parts, and semiautomatic firearms that materially increase the rate of fire or approximate machinegun action, and requires owners to register semiautomatic firearms that were modified before enactment. It adds a new definition of “semiautomatic firearm” for federal gun statutes and reclassifies such modified semiautomatic firearms as National Firearms Act (NFA) items subject to registration and NFA rules. The ban and registration requirement take effect 120 days after enactment; federal, State, Tribal, and local government possessions and transfers are exempt. The change also amends the Internal Revenue Code classification to place modified semiautomatic firearms under NFA regulation.
Introduced April 9, 2025 by Alice Costandina Titus · Last progress April 9, 2025