,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ag1        
#bjbc,ms4 ,titus 7for herself1 ,mr4     
,kildee1 and ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means1 and in addition to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
regulate bump stocks in the same manner 
as machineguns4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,closing the   
,bump ,stock ,loophole ,act of #bjbc4   
#b4 ,bump stocks  7a7 ,in general       
,section #ehde of the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf is amended--  7#a7 in   
subsection 7a71 by striking and 7#h7 a  
destructive device4 and inserting 7#h7 a
 destructive device2 and 7#i7 a bump    
stock42 and  7#b7 by adding at the end  

the following new subsections3  7n7     
,bump stock ,the term bump stock means  
any of the following3 7#a7 ,any manual1 
power-driven1 or electronic device that 
is designed such that when the device is
 attached to a semiautomatic weapon1 the
 device eliminates the need for the     
operator of a semiautomatic weapon to   
make a separate movement for each       
individual function of the trigger and--
  7,a7 materially increases the rate of 
fire of the semiautomatic weapon1 or    
7,b7 approximates the action or rate of 
fire of a machinegun4  7#b7 ,any part or
 combination of parts that is designed  
and functions to eliminate the need for 
the operator of a semiautomatic weapon  
to make a separate movement for each    
individual function of the trigger and--
 7,a7 materially increases the rate of  
fire of a semiautomatic weapon1 or  7,b7
 approximates the action or rate of fire
 of a machinegun4  7#c7 ,any            
semiautomatic weapon that has been      
modified in any way that eliminates the 

need for the operator of the            
semiautomatic weapon to make a separate 
movement for each individual function of
 the trigger and--  7,a7 materially     
increases the rate of fire of the       
semiautomatic weapon1 or  7,b7          
approximates the action or rate of fire 
of a machinegun4  7o7 ,semiautomatic    
weapon ,the term semiautomatic weapon   
means any repeating weapon that-- 7#a7  
utilizes a portion of the energy of a   
firing cartridge or shell to extract the
 fired cartridge case or shell casing   
and chamber the next round1 and  7#b7   
requires a separate function of the     
trigger to fire each cartridge or shell4
  4  7b7 ,amendments to title #ah1      
,united ,states ,code  7#a7 ,section    
#iba7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended--  7,a7 in paragraph  
7#c71 by striking muffler or firearm    
silencer and inserting muffler1 firearm 
silencer1 or bump stock2 and  7,b7 by   
adding at the end the following3  7#ch7 
,the term bump stock has the meaning    

given such term in section #ehde7n7 of  
the ,national ,firearms ,act 7#bf       
,u4,s4,c4 #ehde7n774  4  7#b7 ,section  
#ibb of title #ah1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended--  7,a7 in each of    
subsections 7a77#d7 and 7b77#d71 by     
inserting bump stock1 before machinegun2
 and  7,b7 in subsection 7o7--  7i7 in  
paragraph 7#a71 by inserting or bump    
stock before the period2 and  7ii7 in   
paragraph 7#b7--  7,i7 in subparagraph  
7,a71 by striking or at the end2  7,,ii7
 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking the  
period and inserting 2 or2 and  7,,iii7 
by adding at the end the following3     
7,c7 the otherwise lawful possession of 
a bump stock that1 on or before the date
 that is #a year after the date of the  
enactment of this subparagraph1 is      
registered to the possessor in          
accordance with section #ehda of the    
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4  4   
7c7 ,effective date  7#a7 ,in general   
,the amendments made by this section    
shall take effect on the date of the    

enactment of this ,act4  7#b7           
,application to possession on date of   
enactment ,notwithstanding paragraph    
7#a71 any person on the date of the     
enactment of this ,act possessing a bump
 stock as defined in section #ehde7n7 of
 the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf  
7as amended by this ,act7 shall1 not    
later than the date that is #a year     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 register such bump stock in       
accordance with section #ehda of the    
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf and   
include with such registration the      
information required under section      
#ehda7;a7 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 a bump
 stock described in this ,act on any    
date that is #a year or less after the  

enactment of this ,act4