Assault Weapons Ban of 2021
ALB21406 F2P S.L.C. 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. ll To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES llllllllll Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. SCHU- MER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. WARREN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. KAINE, Mr. REED, Mr. WARNER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. PADILLA, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. GILLI- BRAND, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Ms. STABENOW) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on llllllllll A BILL To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assault Weapons Ban 5 of 2021’’. ALB21406 F2P S.L.C. 2 1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 3 States Code, is amended— 4 (1) by inserting after paragraph (29) the fol- 5 lowing: 6 ‘‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic pistol’ means any re- 7 peating pistol that— 8 ‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing 9 cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and 10 chamber the next round; and 11 ‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to 12 fire each cartridge.
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