,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dfjf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #be1     
#bjbb,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,peters1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mrs4        
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,markey1   
,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4      
,padilla1 ,ms4 ,smith1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to address the importation and         
proliferation of firearm modification   
devices4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,preventing ,illegal
 ,weapons ,trafficking ,act of #bjbb4   
#b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7   
the term firearm modification device    
means any part designed and intended    
solely and exclusively1 or combination  
of parts designed and intended1 for use 
in converting a weapon into a           
machinegun2 and  7#b7 the term          
machinegun has the meaning given the    
term in section #ehde of the ,internal  

,revenue ,code of #aihf4  #c4           
,prevention and interception strategy   
7a7 ,strategy ,not later than #abj days 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,attorney ,general1 the       
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 and  
the ,secretary of the ,treasury shall   
develop and implement a strategy to     
prevent or intercept the importation or 
trafficking of firearm modification     
devices1 including by-- 7#a7 improving  
the capacity of ,federal law enforcement
 agencies to detect1 intercept1 and     
seize firearm modification devices2     
7#b7 increasing the coordination between
 ,state and local law enforcement       
agencies and ,federal law enforcement   
agencies1 including the ,bureau of      
,alcohol1 ,tobacco1 ,firearms and       
,explosives1 the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation1 ,homeland ,security     
,investigations1 and ,u4,s4 ,customs and
 ,border ,protection1 when firearm      
modification devices are seized at ports
 of entry2  7#c7 ensuring that the      

,bureau of ,alcohol1 ,tobacco1 ,firearms
 and ,explosives collaborates with      
,state and local law enforcement        
agencies to identify and trace firearm  
modification devices used in crimes1    
including identifying the source of the 
device1 whether from a foreign country  
or the ,united ,states2  7#d7           
investigating and collecting data       
regarding the origins of firearm        
modification devices that are seized at 
ports of entry or recovered by law      
enforcement agencies in the ,united     
,states in order to identify patterns   
and detect vulnerabilities2 and  7#e7   
improving the capacity of ,federal law  
enforcement agencies1 including the     
,bureau of ,alcohol1 ,tobacco1 ,firearms
 and ,explosives1 the ,federal ,bureau  
of ,investigation1 and ,homeland        
,security ,investigations1 to detect1   
intercept1 and seize domestically       
produced firearm modification devices1  
including firearm modification devices  
produced using #c;,d printing           

technology4  7b7 ,reports  7#a7 ,initial
 report ,not later than #abj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,attorney ,general1 the ,secretary of   
,homeland ,security1 and the ,secretary 
of the ,treasury shall submit a report  
on the strategy developed and           
implemented under subsection 7a71 which 
shall include relevant statistical      
information1 to-- 7,a7 the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary of the ,senate2  7,b7   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs of the       
,senate2  7,c7 the ,committee on the    
,judiciary of the ,house of             
,representatives2 and  7,d7 the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security of the
 ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7      
,periodic updates ,not less frequently  
than once every #b years1 the ,attorney 
,general1 the ,secretary of ,homeland   
,security1 and the ,secretary of the    
,treasury shall submit to the           
congressional committees described in   
paragraph 7#a7 an update to the report  

submitted under that paragraph that     
describes progress made on the          
implementation of the strategy developed
 under subsection 7a74  #d4 ,forfeiture 
of proceeds from machinegun violations  
,section #ehgb of the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf is amended-- 7#a7 in    
subsection 7a71 by inserting 1 and any  
proceeds derived from the illegal       
trafficking of a machinegun1 after      
provisions of this chapter2 and  7#b7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7c7  
,illegal trafficking of a machinegun    
,for purposes of subsection 7a71 the    
term illegal trafficking of a machinegun
 means the making1 manufacture1         
importation1 exportation1 or transfer of
 a machinegun in violation of the       
provisions of this chapter or any       
regulations prescribed under this       
chapter4  4  #e4 ,gun trafficking report
 ,the ,attorney ,general shall include  
information about firearm modification  
devices in the annual firearms          
trafficking report announced by the     

,president on ,april #g1 #bjba1         
including-- 7#a7 the number of crimes in
 which firearm modification devices are 
used2 and  7#b7 whether the firearm     
modification devices recovered from     
crimes described in paragraph 7#a7 are  
manufactured in the ,united ,states or a
 foreign country4