Raise the Age Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2368 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2368

 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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2025

 Mr. Ivey (for himself, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Amo, Ms. Ansari,
Ms. Barragan, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bera, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Boyle of
 Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr.
 Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Clarke of
 New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Mr. Correa,
      Mr. Costa, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of
 Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell,
  Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Foster, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr.
Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Garcia
of Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs.
  Hayes, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms.
 Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New
     York, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Larson of
   Connecticut, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr.
     Magaziner, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms.
McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGarvey, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Min,
  Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Mr.
Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Pallone, Mr.
Panetta, Mr. Peters, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Salinas,
    Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Scholten, Mr. David Scott of
     Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Smith of
 Washington, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Suozzi,
Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Ms.
 Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas,
    Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of
    Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr.
 Whitesides, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Soto, Mr. Latimer, and Mr.
 Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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.

    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 ``Raise the Age Act of 2025''.

SEC. 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.''.

SEC. 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.
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