I don't remember if this has already been posted or not. I know it has been brought up, but don't remember seeing the full text of the bill. Damn, it names just about every gun made.
Text of H.R. 6257: Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008
>
> http://www.govtrack .us/congress/ billtext. xpd?bill= h110-6257 HR
> 6257 IH 110th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6257 To reinstate the Public
> Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act.
>
> IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
>
> June 12, 2008
>
> Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. FERGUSON, and Mr. SHAYS)
> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
> the Judiciary
>
> A BILL
>
> To reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use
> Protection Act.
>
> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
> States of America in Congress assembled,
>
> SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
>
> This Act may be cited as the ‘Assault Weapons Ban
> Reauthorization Act of 2008’.
>
> SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF
> CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.
>
> (a) RESTRICTION- Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is
> amended by adding after subsection (u) the following:
>
> ‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to manufacture,
> transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon.
>
> ‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession or transfer
> of any semiautomatic assault weapon otherwise lawfully possessed under
> Federal law on the date of the enactment of this subsection.
>
> ‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
>
> ‘(A) any of the firearms, or replicas or duplicates of the
> firearms, specified in appendix A to this section, as such firearms
> were manufactured on October 1, 1993;
>
> ‘(B) any firearm that--
>
> ‘(i) is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action;
>
> ‘(ii) has been rendered permanently inoperable; or
>
> ‘(iii) is an antique firearm;
>
> ‘(C) any semiautomatic rifle that cannot accept a detachable
> magazine that holds more than 5 rounds of ammunition; or
>
> ‘(D) any semiautomatic shotgun that cannot hold more than 5
> rounds of ammunition in a fixed or detachable magazine.
>
> The fact that a firearm is not listed in appendix A shall not be
> construed to mean that paragraph (1) applies to such firearm. No
> firearm exempted by this subsection may be deleted from appendix A so
> long as this subsection is in effect.
>
> ‘(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
>
> ‘(A) the manufacture for, transfer to, or possession by the
> United States or a department or agency of the United States
> (including the United States Armed Forces and, under regulations
> pursuant to title 50, United States Code, the National Guard and
> Reserve), or a State or a department, agency, or political subdivision
> of a State, or a transfer to or possession by a law enforcement
> officer employed by such an entity for purposes of law enforcement
> (whether on or off duty);
>
> ‘(B) the transfer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic
> Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of establishing and maintaining an
> on-site physical protection system and security organization required
> by Federal law, or possession by an employee or contractor of such
> licensee on-site for such purposes or off-site for purposes of
> licensee-authorized training or transportation of nuclear materials;
>
> ‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is retired from
> service with a law enforcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited
> from receiving a firearm, of a semiautomatic assault weapon
> transferred to the individual by the agency upon such retirement; or
>
> ‘(D) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic
> assault weapon by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for the
> purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the
> Secretary.’.
>
> (b) DEFINITION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPON- Section 921(a) of
> title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after paragraph
> (29) the
> following:
>
> ‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic assault weapon’
> means--
>
> ‘(A) any of the firearms, or copies or duplicates of the
> firearms in any caliber, known as--
>
> ‘(i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies Avtomat
> Kalashnikovs (all models);
>
> ‘(ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries UZI and Galil;
>
> ‘(iii) Beretta Ar70 (SC-70);
>
> ‘(iv) Colt AR-15;
>
> ‘(v) Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC;
>
> ‘(vi) SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, and M-12;
>
> ‘(vii) Steyr AUG;
>
> ‘(viii) INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9 and TEC-22; and
>
> ‘(ix) revolving cylinder shotguns, such as (or similar to) the
> Street Sweeper and Striker 12;
>
> ‘(B) a semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept a
> detachable magazine and has at least 2 of--
>
> ‘(i) a folding or telescoping stock;
>
> ‘(ii) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the
> action of the weapon;
>
> ‘(iii) a bayonet mount;
>
> ‘(iv) a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to
> accommodate a flash suppressor; and
>
> ‘(v) a grenade launcher;
>
> ‘(C) a semiautomatic pistol that has an ability to accept a
> detachable magazine and has at least 2 of--
>
> ‘(i) an ammunition magazine that attaches to the pistol outside
> of the pistol grip;
>
> ‘(ii) a threaded barrel capable of accepting a barrel extender,
> flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer;
>
> ‘(iii) a shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely
> encircles, the barrel and that permits the shooter to hold the firearm
> with the nontrigger hand without being burned;
>
> ‘(iv) a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more when the pistol
> is unloaded; and
>
> ‘(v) a semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm; and
>
> ‘(D) a semiautomatic shotgun that has at least 2 of--
>
> ‘(i) a folding or telescoping stock;
>
> ‘(ii) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the
> action of the weapon;
>
> ‘(iii) a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5 rounds; and
>
> ‘(iv) an ability to accept a detachable magazine.’.
>
> (c) PENALTIES-
>
> (1) VIOLATION OF SECTION 922(v)- Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18,
> United States Code, is amended by striking ‘or (q) of section
> 922’ and inserting ‘(r), or (v) of section 922’.
>
> (2) USE OR POSSESSION DURING CRIME OF VIOLENCE OR DRUG TRAFFICKING
> CRIME- Section 924(c)(1)(B) (i) of title 18, United States Code, is
> amended by inserting ‘or semiautomatic assault weapon,’
> after ‘short-barreled shotgun,’.
>
> (d) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS- Section
> 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
> end the following: ‘The serial number of any semiautomatic
> assault weapon manufactured after the date of the enactment of this
> sentence shall clearly show the date on which the weapon was
> manufactured.’.
>
> SEC. 3. BAN OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.
>
> (a) PROHIBITION- Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as
> amended by section 2(a), is amended by adding after subsection (v) the
> following:
>
> ‘(w)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be
> unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity
> ammunition feeding device.
>
> ‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession or transfer
> of any large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise lawfully
> possessed on or before the date of the enactment of this subsection.
>
> ‘(3) This subsection shall not apply to--
>
> ‘(A) the manufacture for, transfer to, or possession by the
> United States or a department or agency of the United States
> (including the United States Armed Forces and, under regulations
> pursuant to title 50, United States Code, the National Guard and
> Reserve), or a State or a department, agency, or political subdivision
> of a State, or a transfer to or possession by a law enforcement
> officer employed by such an entity for purposes of law enforcement
> (whether on or off duty);
>
> ‘(B) the transfer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic
> Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of establishing and maintaining an
> on-site physical protection system and security organization required
> by Federal law, or possession by an employee or contractor of such
> licensee on-site for such purposes or off-site for purposes of
> licensee-authorized training or transportation of nuclear materials;
>
> ‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is retired from
> service with a law enforcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited
> from receiving ammunition, of a large capacity ammunition feeding
> device transferred to the individual by the agency upon such
> retirement; or
>
> ‘(D) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of any large
> capacity ammunition feeding device by a licensed manufacturer or
> licensed importer for the purposes of testing or experimentation
> authorized by the Secretary.’.
>
> ‘(4) If a person charged with violating paragraph (1) asserts
> that paragraph (1) does not apply to such person because of paragraph
> (2) or (3), the Government shall have the burden of proof to show that
> such paragraph (1) applies to such person. The lack of a serial number
> as described in section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, shall
> be a presumption that the large capacity ammunition feeding device is
> not subject to the prohibition of possession in paragraph (1).’.
>
> (b) DEFINITION OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE- Section
> 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 2(b), is
> amended by adding after paragraph (30) the following:
>
> ‘(31) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feeding
> device’--
>
> ‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device
> manufactured after the date of enactment of the Violent Crime Control
> and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 that has a capacity of, or that can be
> readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of
> ammunition; but
>
> ‘(B) does not include an attached tubular device designed to
> accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire
> ammunition.’.
>
> (c) PENALTY- Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, as
> amended by section 2(c), is amended by striking ‘or (v)’
> and inserting ‘(v), or (w)’.
>
> (d) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING
> DEVICES- Section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by
> section 2(d), is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘A
> large capacity ammunition feeding device manufactured after the date
> of the enactment of this sentence shall be identified by a serial
> number that clearly shows that the device was manufactured or imported
> after the effective date of this subsection, and such other
> identification as the Attorney General may by regulation
prescribe.’.
>
> SEC. 4. STUDY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>
> (a) STUDY- The Attorney General shall investigate and study the effect
> of this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and in particular
> shall determine their impact, if any, on violent and drug trafficking
crime.
> The study shall be conducted over a period of 18 months, commencing 12
> months after the date of enactment of this Act.
>
> (b) REPORT- Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of
> this Act, the Attorney General shall prepare and submit to the
> Congress a report setting forth in detail the findings and
> determinations made in the study under subsection (a).
>
> SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
>
> This Act and the amendments made by this Act--
>
> (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
>
> (2) are repealed effective as of the date that is 10 years after that
> date.
>
> SEC. 6. APPENDIX A TO SECTION 922 OF TITLE 18.
>
> Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at
> the end the following appendix:
>
Text of H.R. 6257: Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008
>
> http://www.govtrack .us/congress/ billtext. xpd?bill= h110-6257 HR
> 6257 IH 110th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6257 To reinstate the Public
> Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act.
>
> IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
>
> June 12, 2008
>
> Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. FERGUSON, and Mr. SHAYS)
> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
> the Judiciary
>
> A BILL
>
> To reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use
> Protection Act.
>
> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
> States of America in Congress assembled,
>
> SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
>
> This Act may be cited as the ‘Assault Weapons Ban
> Reauthorization Act of 2008’.
>
> SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF
> CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.
>
> (a) RESTRICTION- Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is
> amended by adding after subsection (u) the following:
>
> ‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to manufacture,
> transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon.
>
> ‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession or transfer
> of any semiautomatic assault weapon otherwise lawfully possessed under
> Federal law on the date of the enactment of this subsection.
>
> ‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
>
> ‘(A) any of the firearms, or replicas or duplicates of the
> firearms, specified in appendix A to this section, as such firearms
> were manufactured on October 1, 1993;
>
> ‘(B) any firearm that--
>
> ‘(i) is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action;
>
> ‘(ii) has been rendered permanently inoperable; or
>
> ‘(iii) is an antique firearm;
>
> ‘(C) any semiautomatic rifle that cannot accept a detachable
> magazine that holds more than 5 rounds of ammunition; or
>
> ‘(D) any semiautomatic shotgun that cannot hold more than 5
> rounds of ammunition in a fixed or detachable magazine.
>
> The fact that a firearm is not listed in appendix A shall not be
> construed to mean that paragraph (1) applies to such firearm. No
> firearm exempted by this subsection may be deleted from appendix A so
> long as this subsection is in effect.
>
> ‘(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
>
> ‘(A) the manufacture for, transfer to, or possession by the
> United States or a department or agency of the United States
> (including the United States Armed Forces and, under regulations
> pursuant to title 50, United States Code, the National Guard and
> Reserve), or a State or a department, agency, or political subdivision
> of a State, or a transfer to or possession by a law enforcement
> officer employed by such an entity for purposes of law enforcement
> (whether on or off duty);
>
> ‘(B) the transfer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic
> Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of establishing and maintaining an
> on-site physical protection system and security organization required
> by Federal law, or possession by an employee or contractor of such
> licensee on-site for such purposes or off-site for purposes of
> licensee-authorized training or transportation of nuclear materials;
>
> ‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is retired from
> service with a law enforcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited
> from receiving a firearm, of a semiautomatic assault weapon
> transferred to the individual by the agency upon such retirement; or
>
> ‘(D) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic
> assault weapon by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for the
> purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the
> Secretary.’.
>
> (b) DEFINITION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPON- Section 921(a) of
> title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after paragraph
> (29) the
> following:
>
> ‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic assault weapon’
> means--
>
> ‘(A) any of the firearms, or copies or duplicates of the
> firearms in any caliber, known as--
>
> ‘(i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies Avtomat
> Kalashnikovs (all models);
>
> ‘(ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries UZI and Galil;
>
> ‘(iii) Beretta Ar70 (SC-70);
>
> ‘(iv) Colt AR-15;
>
> ‘(v) Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC;
>
> ‘(vi) SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, and M-12;
>
> ‘(vii) Steyr AUG;
>
> ‘(viii) INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9 and TEC-22; and
>
> ‘(ix) revolving cylinder shotguns, such as (or similar to) the
> Street Sweeper and Striker 12;
>
> ‘(B) a semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept a
> detachable magazine and has at least 2 of--
>
> ‘(i) a folding or telescoping stock;
>
> ‘(ii) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the
> action of the weapon;
>
> ‘(iii) a bayonet mount;
>
> ‘(iv) a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to
> accommodate a flash suppressor; and
>
> ‘(v) a grenade launcher;
>
> ‘(C) a semiautomatic pistol that has an ability to accept a
> detachable magazine and has at least 2 of--
>
> ‘(i) an ammunition magazine that attaches to the pistol outside
> of the pistol grip;
>
> ‘(ii) a threaded barrel capable of accepting a barrel extender,
> flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer;
>
> ‘(iii) a shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely
> encircles, the barrel and that permits the shooter to hold the firearm
> with the nontrigger hand without being burned;
>
> ‘(iv) a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more when the pistol
> is unloaded; and
>
> ‘(v) a semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm; and
>
> ‘(D) a semiautomatic shotgun that has at least 2 of--
>
> ‘(i) a folding or telescoping stock;
>
> ‘(ii) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the
> action of the weapon;
>
> ‘(iii) a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5 rounds; and
>
> ‘(iv) an ability to accept a detachable magazine.’.
>
> (c) PENALTIES-
>
> (1) VIOLATION OF SECTION 922(v)- Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18,
> United States Code, is amended by striking ‘or (q) of section
> 922’ and inserting ‘(r), or (v) of section 922’.
>
> (2) USE OR POSSESSION DURING CRIME OF VIOLENCE OR DRUG TRAFFICKING
> CRIME- Section 924(c)(1)(B) (i) of title 18, United States Code, is
> amended by inserting ‘or semiautomatic assault weapon,’
> after ‘short-barreled shotgun,’.
>
> (d) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS- Section
> 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
> end the following: ‘The serial number of any semiautomatic
> assault weapon manufactured after the date of the enactment of this
> sentence shall clearly show the date on which the weapon was
> manufactured.’.
>
> SEC. 3. BAN OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.
>
> (a) PROHIBITION- Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as
> amended by section 2(a), is amended by adding after subsection (v) the
> following:
>
> ‘(w)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be
> unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity
> ammunition feeding device.
>
> ‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession or transfer
> of any large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise lawfully
> possessed on or before the date of the enactment of this subsection.
>
> ‘(3) This subsection shall not apply to--
>
> ‘(A) the manufacture for, transfer to, or possession by the
> United States or a department or agency of the United States
> (including the United States Armed Forces and, under regulations
> pursuant to title 50, United States Code, the National Guard and
> Reserve), or a State or a department, agency, or political subdivision
> of a State, or a transfer to or possession by a law enforcement
> officer employed by such an entity for purposes of law enforcement
> (whether on or off duty);
>
> ‘(B) the transfer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic
> Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of establishing and maintaining an
> on-site physical protection system and security organization required
> by Federal law, or possession by an employee or contractor of such
> licensee on-site for such purposes or off-site for purposes of
> licensee-authorized training or transportation of nuclear materials;
>
> ‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is retired from
> service with a law enforcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited
> from receiving ammunition, of a large capacity ammunition feeding
> device transferred to the individual by the agency upon such
> retirement; or
>
> ‘(D) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of any large
> capacity ammunition feeding device by a licensed manufacturer or
> licensed importer for the purposes of testing or experimentation
> authorized by the Secretary.’.
>
> ‘(4) If a person charged with violating paragraph (1) asserts
> that paragraph (1) does not apply to such person because of paragraph
> (2) or (3), the Government shall have the burden of proof to show that
> such paragraph (1) applies to such person. The lack of a serial number
> as described in section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, shall
> be a presumption that the large capacity ammunition feeding device is
> not subject to the prohibition of possession in paragraph (1).’.
>
> (b) DEFINITION OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE- Section
> 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 2(b), is
> amended by adding after paragraph (30) the following:
>
> ‘(31) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feeding
> device’--
>
> ‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device
> manufactured after the date of enactment of the Violent Crime Control
> and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 that has a capacity of, or that can be
> readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of
> ammunition; but
>
> ‘(B) does not include an attached tubular device designed to
> accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire
> ammunition.’.
>
> (c) PENALTY- Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, as
> amended by section 2(c), is amended by striking ‘or (v)’
> and inserting ‘(v), or (w)’.
>
> (d) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING
> DEVICES- Section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by
> section 2(d), is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘A
> large capacity ammunition feeding device manufactured after the date
> of the enactment of this sentence shall be identified by a serial
> number that clearly shows that the device was manufactured or imported
> after the effective date of this subsection, and such other
> identification as the Attorney General may by regulation
prescribe.’.
>
> SEC. 4. STUDY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>
> (a) STUDY- The Attorney General shall investigate and study the effect
> of this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and in particular
> shall determine their impact, if any, on violent and drug trafficking
crime.
> The study shall be conducted over a period of 18 months, commencing 12
> months after the date of enactment of this Act.
>
> (b) REPORT- Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of
> this Act, the Attorney General shall prepare and submit to the
> Congress a report setting forth in detail the findings and
> determinations made in the study under subsection (a).
>
> SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
>
> This Act and the amendments made by this Act--
>
> (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
>
> (2) are repealed effective as of the date that is 10 years after that
> date.
>
> SEC. 6. APPENDIX A TO SECTION 922 OF TITLE 18.
>
> Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at
> the end the following appendix:
>
