S 803 · in committee · significant
Keep Americans Safe Act
- criminal justice
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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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would serial numbering and tracking of ammunition magazines be enforced across thousands of gun dealers and private sellers?
- 02
What evidence supports that limiting magazine capacity reduces harm compared to other policy approaches to public safety?
- 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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Sponsor · D-HI
Mazie K. Hirono
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
24/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-27
Joining the bill

Elizabeth Warren
D-MA · original

Richard Blumenthal
D-CT · original

Christopher A. Coons
D-DE · original

Richard J. Durbin
D-IL · original

Tammy Duckworth
D-IL · original

Martin Heinrich
D-NM · original

Amy Klobuchar
D-MN · original

Angus S. King Jr.
I-ME · original

Tim Kaine
D-VA · original

Chris Van Hollen
D-MD · original

Peter Welch
D-VT · original

Sheldon Whitehouse
D-RI · original
+ 12 more
Legislative timeline
2025-02-27 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-02-27 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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