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To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the authority of States and localities to regulate conduct, or impose penalties or taxes, in relation to rifles or shotguns.
Summary
This bill amends federal law to restrict state and local authority to regulate rifles and shotguns. States and localities would be prohibited from imposing regulations, prohibitions, registration, or licensing requirements for rifles or shotguns that are more restrictive than federal law, or imposing taxes, fees, or penalties greater than those under federal law. The bill defines rifles and shotguns broadly to include parts, magazines, ammunition feeding devices, and stock designs. Any state or local law violating these restrictions would be void, and individuals may sue for damages and attorney's fees.
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- Jan 13, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 13, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 13, 2025
Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the authority of States and localities to regulate conduct, or impose penalties or taxes, in relation to rifles or shotguns.
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 “Second Amendment Guarantee Act” or the “SAGA Act”.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF STATES AND LOCALITIES TO REGULATE CONDUCT IN RELATION TO RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS.
Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking “No” and inserting “(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no”; and
(2) by adding after and below the end the following:
“(b)(1) A State or a political subdivision of a State may not impose any regulation, prohibition, or registration or licensing requirement with respect to the design, manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, possession, or marking of a rifle or shotgun that has moved in, or any such conduct that affects, interstate or foreign commerce, that is more restrictive, or impose any penalty, tax, fee, or charge with respect to such a rifle or shotgun or such conduct, in an amount greater, than is provided under Federal law. To the extent that a law of a State or political subdivision of a State, whether enacted before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this subsection, violates the preceding sentence, the law shall have no force or effect. For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘rifle or shotgun’ includes any part of a rifle or shotgun, any detachable magazine or ammunition feeding device, and any type of pistol grip or stock design.
“(2) In an action brought for damages or relief from a violation of paragraph (1), the court shall award the prevailing plaintiff a reasonable attorney’s fee in addition to any other damages or relief awarded.”. <all>
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