FIRE Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The FIRE Act amends title 18 to block magazine-capacity restrictions. New section 926 language prohibits any federal officer or employee from prescribing or enforcing a regulation that limits or prohibits a firearm magazine based on capacity. New section 927 language provides that state or local laws imposing any limitation, prohibition, or penalty based on firearm magazine capacity have no force or effect. The bill also adds definitions: firearm magazine means a fixed or detachable device used to store and feed ammunition into a firearm, and capacity means the number of ammunition rounds that can be stored in the magazine. The amendments apply to conduct occurring 30 or more days after enactment.
Who Benefits and How
Firearm owners benefit because federal, state, and local magazine-capacity limits would be barred or preempted. Firearm magazine manufacturers benefit from a national rule against capacity-based restrictions. Firearm retailers benefit from reduced state and local variation in magazine-capacity limits. Second Amendment litigation advocates benefit from explicit federal statutory preemption language.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal law enforcement officials may not prescribe or enforce capacity-based magazine regulations. State governments lose force and effect for state magazine-capacity restrictions. Local governments lose force and effect for local magazine-capacity penalties. Gun violence prevention advocates lose state and local capacity-limit tools.
Key Provisions
- Prohibits federal officers and employees from prescribing or enforcing magazine-capacity restrictions.
- Blocks state and local magazine-capacity laws by giving them no force or effect.
- Defines firearm magazine as a fixed or detachable ammunition-feeding device.
- Defines capacity as the number of ammunition rounds stored in a magazine.
- Applies the amendments to conduct occurring 30 or more days after enactment.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Bars federal officials from prescribing or enforcing firearm magazine capacity limits, preempts state and local magazine-capacity restrictions, defines firearm magazine and capacity, and applies the rules to conduct 30 or more days after enactment.
Key Policy Areas
Firearms, Federal Preemption, Criminal Law
Primary Purpose
Bars federal officials from prescribing or enforcing firearm magazine capacity limits, preempts state and local magazine-capacity restrictions, defines firearm magazine and capacity, and applies the rules to conduct 30 or more days after enactment.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Firearm owners
- Firearm magazine manufacturers
- Firearm retailers
- Second Amendment litigation advocates
Identified Costs
- Federal law enforcement officials
- State governments
- Local governments
- Gun violence prevention advocates
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Wied (for himself, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Collins, …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Firearm magazine manufacturers, Firearm owners, Firearm retailers
Local governments, State governments
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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