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S 803 · in committee · significant

Keep Americans Safe Act

What this bill does

  • Creates a federal crime for importing, selling, making, or possessing large-capacity ammunition magazines.
  • Exempts law enforcement, nuclear security personnel, and retired officers from the prohibition.
  • Requires serial numbers on new magazines and allows buyback programs funded by existing federal grants.

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  1. 01

    How would serial numbering and tracking of ammunition magazines be enforced across thousands of gun dealers and private sellers?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports that limiting magazine capacity reduces harm compared to other policy approaches to public safety?

  3. 03

    Which groups besides law enforcement would be affected by the import and possession ban, and how would compliance be monitored?

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Mazie K. Hirono

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Introduced 2025-02-27

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-27 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  2. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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