,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abhc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #c1     
#bjbe,mr4 ,hagerty 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,gallego7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to modernize ,federal firearms 
laws to account for advancements in     
technology and less-than-lethal weapons1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,innovate to ,de-,escalate              
,modernization ,act4  #b4 ,exemption of 
certain less-than-lethal projectile     
devices from restrictions under title   
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code  7a7 ,in     
general ,section #iba7;a7 of title #ah1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in the second sentence of paragraph    
7#c71 by inserting or a less-than-lethal
 projectile device before the period2   
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#ch7 7,a7 ,the term        
less-than-lethal projectile device means

 a device that-- 7i7 is not designed or 
intended to expel1 and may not be       
readily converted to accept and         
discharge-- 7,i7 ammunition commonly    
used in handguns1 rifles1 or shotguns2  
or  7,,ii7 any other projectile at a    
velocity exceeding #ejj feet per second2
  7ii7 is designed and intended to be   
used in a manner that is not likely to  
cause death or serious bodily injury2   
and  7iii7 does not accept1 and is not  
able to be readily modified to accept1  
an ammunition feeding device-- 7,i7     
loaded through the inside of a pistol   
grip2 or  7,,ii7 commonly used in       
semiautomatic firearms4  7,b7 ,if a     
person requests that the ,attorney      
,general determine whether a device     
satisfies the definition of             
less-than-lethal projectile device under
 subparagraph 7,a71 the ,attorney       
,general shall make the determination   
not later than #ij days after the date  
on which the ,attorney ,general receives
 the device pursuant to the request4  4