Keep Americans Safe Act

Summary

Makes it illegal to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess large-capacity ammunition feeding devices that hold, or can be readily restored to hold, more than 15 rounds, while preserving devices lawfully possessed on enactment and creating several law-enforcement, government, and testing exceptions. It adds this new prohibition to existing federal criminal penalty and seizure/forfeiture rules and allows state and local governments to use Byrne grant funds to pay compensation in buy‑back programs for these devices.

• Creates a federal ban on importing, selling, manufacturing, transferring, or possessing ammunition feeding devices that hold more than 15 rounds (with a limited grandfather exception).
• Defines "large capacity ammunition feeding device" by function and capacity, not by brand or model.
• Provides multiple exceptions for government entities, qualified law enforcement (including campus officers), Atomic Energy Act licensees, certain retired officers, and authorized testing by licensed manufacturers/importers.
• Adds the new offense to existing federal penalty and asset forfeiture provisions, making violations subject to current criminal penalties and seizure rules.
• Permits Byrne formula grant funds to be used to compensate people who turn in large-capacity devices in buy‑back programs.
• Does not create a new appropriation; it only changes criminal and grant-use authorities.
• Includes a severability clause to preserve the remainder of the law if part is held unconstitutional.