,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ad1       
#bjai,mr4 ,deutch introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf to subject to the       
requirements of the ,national ,firearms 
,act any semiautomatic rifle that has   
the capacity to accept a detachable     
magazine4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,national ,firearms 
,amendments ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,semiautomatic rifle with capacity to   
accept detachable magazine treated as   
firearm under ,national ,firearms ,act  
7a7 ,in general ,section #ehde7;a7 of   
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is
 amended--  7#a7 by striking 2 and 7#h7 
a destructive device4 and inserting 2   
7#h7 a destructive device2 and 7#i7 a   
semiautomatic rifle or shotgun that has 
the capacity to accept a detachable     
ammunition feeding device41 and  7#b7 by

 adding at the end the following3 ,the  
term detachable ammunition feeding      
device means an ammunition feeding      
device that can be removed from a       
firearm without disassembly of the      
firearm action4 ,the term ammunition    
feeding device means a magazine1 belt1  
drum1 feed strip1 or similar device1 but
 does not include an attached tubular   
device which is only capable of         
operating with 4#bb caliber rimfire     
ammunition4 ,the term semiautomatic     
rifle or shotgun means any repeating    
rifle or shotgun which utilizes a       
portion of the energy of a firing       
cartridge to extract the fired cartridge
 case and chamber the next round1 and   
which requires a separate pull of the   
trigger to fire each cartridge4  7b7    
,applicability ,any person who1 on the  
date of the enactment of this ,act1     
lawfully owns or possesses a            
semiautomatic rifle or shotgun 7as      
defined in section #ehde7;a7 of such    
,code1 as amended by this ,act7 that has

 the capacity to accept a detachable    
ammunition feeding device 7as defined in
 such section7 shall1 not later than    
#abj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 register the semiautomatic  
rifle or shotgun in accordance with     
section #ehda of such ,code4 ,such      
registration shall become a part of the 
,national ,firearms ,registration and   
,transfer ,record required to be        
maintained by such section4 ,the        
prohibition on possession of an         
unregistered firearm under section #ehfa
 of such ,code shall not apply to       
possession of such a semiautomatic rifle
 or shotgun that has the capacity to    
accept such a detachable ammunition     
feeding device on any date that is #abj 
days or less after the enactment of this
 ,act4  7c7 ,authorization of           
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the ,bureau of       
,alcohol1 ,tobacco1 ,firearms1 and      
,explosives such sums as are necessary  
to carry out this ,act4