,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajgf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1    
#bjbe,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,peters1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,ms4         
,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4          
,heinrich1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 
,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4       
,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 and ,mr4      
,markey7 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 machinegun conversion  
devices4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,preventing ,illegal
 ,weapons ,trafficking ,act of #bjbe4   
#b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7   
the term machinegun has the meaning     
given the term in section #ehde of the  
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf2 and  
7#b7 the term machinegun conversion     
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 machinegun4  #c4 ,prevention and
 interception strategy  7a7 ,strategy   
7#a7 ,in general ,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 machinegun conversion    
devices4  7#b7 ,contents ,the strategy  
described in paragraph 7#a7 shall       
include plans to optimize-- 7,a7 the    
capacity of ,federal law enforcement    
agencies to detect1 intercept1 and seize
 machinegun conversion devices2  7,b7   
the coordination between ,state and     
local law enforcement agencies and      
,federal law enforcement agencies1      
including the ,bureau of ,alcohol1      
,tobacco1 ,firearms1 and ,explosives1   
the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation1 
,homeland ,security ,investigations1 and
 ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border            

,protection1 when machinegun conversion 
devices are seized at ports of entry2   
7,c7 efforts by the ,bureau of ,alcohol1
 ,tobacco1 ,firearms1 and ,explosives to
 collaborate with ,state and local law  
enforcement agencies to identify and    
trace machinegun conversion devices used
 in crimes1 including identifying the   
source of the device1 whether from a    
foreign country or the ,united ,states2 
7,d7 training programs provided by      
,federal law enforcement agencies to aid
 ,state and local law enforcement       
agencies in identifying machinegun      
conversion devices2  7,e7 the           
investigation and collection of data    
regarding the origins of machinegun     
conversion 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,f7   
the capacity of ,federal law enforcement
 agencies1 including the ,bureau of     
,alcohol1 ,tobacco1 ,firearms1 and      

,explosives1 the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation1 and ,homeland ,security 
,investigations1 to detect1 intercept1  
and seize domestically produced         
machinegun conversion devices1 including
 machinegun conversion 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 machinegun conversion 
devices in the annual firearms          
trafficking report announced by the     
,president on ,april #g1 #bjba1         
including-- 7#a7 the number of crimes in
 which machinegun conversion devices are
 used2 and  7#b7 whether the machinegun 
conversion devices recovered from crimes
 described in paragraph 7#a7 are        
manufactured in the ,united ,states or a
 foreign country4