S1531-119

In Committee

Assault Weapons Ban of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Apr 30, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Assault Weapons Ban of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Criminal Justice, Defense.

Who Benefits and How

energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HDC584421DD1B43E1BD50FD24702C2E16: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025.
  • Section HF375A34D0DB14DD2B1A1CE38F02E7C83: 2. Definitions Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The term semiautomatic pistol means any repeating...
  • Section HF3105DFE6413494C9FCD7B98A6080DE0: 3. Restrictions on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by inserting after...
  • Section HF7E8CABD3EC748AE9246213F3548D2F4: 4. Penalties Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking or (q) of section 922 and inserting (q), (r), (v), (w), or (aa) of...
  • Section HD8B0CADAFD0C43F981E2135E0228176E: 5. Background checks for transfers of grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapons Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Assault Weapons Ban of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Criminal Justice, Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, Assault Weapons Ban of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Criminal Justice Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 30, 2025

Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, …

Apr 30, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Apr 30, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Energy Criminal Justice Defense
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

3 terms
"chief law enforcement officer" §HD8B0CADAFD0C43F981E2135E0228176E

the chief of police, the sheriff, or an equivalent officer or the designee of any such individual

"campus law enforcement officer" §HF3105DFE6413494C9FCD7B98A6080DE0

an individual who is— (A)employed by a private institution of higher education that is eligible for funding under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.)

"belt-fed semiautomatic firearm" §HF375A34D0DB14DD2B1A1CE38F02E7C83

any repeating firearm that— (A)utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next round

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