{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1808","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1808","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Assault Weapons Ban of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Assault Weapons Ban of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Assault Weapons Ban of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Assault Weapons Ban of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Assault Weapons Ban of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Assault Weapons Ban of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-03-11","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-07-29","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h410","question":"On Passage","title":"Assault Weapons Ban","result":"Passed","yea":217,"nay":213,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll410.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","date":"2022-08-01"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-07-29","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Assault Weapons Ban","result":"Failed","yea":207,"nay":220,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll409.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-07-29","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Assault Weapons Ban of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill makes it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD)."},{"k":"p","t":"The prohibition does not apply to a firearm that is (1) manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, except for certain shotguns; (2) permanently inoperable; (3) an antique; (4) only capable of firing rimfire ammunition; or (5) a rifle or shotgun specifically identified by make and model."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also exempts from the prohibition the following, with respect to a SAW or LCAFD:"},{"k":"li","t":"importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"possession by a retired law enforcement officer.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"The bill permits continued possession, sale, or transfer of a grandfathered SAW, which must be securely stored. A licensed gun dealer must conduct a background check prior to the sale or transfer of a grandfathered SAW between private parties."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill permits continued possession of, but prohibits sale or transfer of, a grandfathered LCAFD."},{"k":"p","t":"Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification. Newly manufactured SAWs and LCAFDs must display the date of manufacture."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also allows a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender a SAW or LCAFD under a buy-back program."}],"words":236},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends federal firearms law in title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices, with listed exceptions.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text/eh#HF375A34D0DB14DD2B1A1CE38F02E7C83"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text/eh#HF3105DFE6413494C9FCD7B98A6080DE0"}]},"core_areas":["Definitions of semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices","Prohibitions and exceptions for semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices","Background checks and storage rules for grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapons","Serial number and date-of-manufacture markings","Byrne grant use for buy-back programs"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds definitions to 18 U.S.C. 921(a) for \"semiautomatic assault weapon\" (by features, listed makes and models, and certain parts) and for \"large capacity ammunition feeding device\" (a device with a capacity of more than 15 rounds).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text/eh#HF375A34D0DB14DD2B1A1CE38F02E7C83"}},{"text":"Makes it unlawful to import, sell, manufacture, transfer or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon or a large capacity ammunition feeding device in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, with exceptions for lawfully possessed items on the date of enactment, certain government and law enforcement uses, and listed firearms.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text/eh#HF3105DFE6413494C9FCD7B98A6080DE0"}},{"text":"Requires that a semiautomatic assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding device manufactured after enactment carry a serial number and the date it was made, engraved or cast on it, with the serial number requirement for devices and the date requirement for both.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text/eh#HF3105DFE6413494C9FCD7B98A6080DE0"}},{"text":"Makes it unlawful, beginning 90 days after enactment, for unlicensed persons to transfer a grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon to another unlicensed person unless a licensed importer, manufacturer or dealer first takes custody of it and complies with the chapter's requirements.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text/eh#HD8B0CADAFD0C43F981E2135E0228176E"}},{"text":"Adds violations of the new subsections on assault weapons, large capacity ammunition feeding devices and secure storage to the offenses covered by the penalty provision in 18 U.S.C. 924(a)(1)(B).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text/eh#HF7E8CABD3EC748AE9246213F3548D2F4"}},{"text":"Adds compensation for surrendered semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices under buy-back programs to the permitted uses of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funds.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text/eh#H3F2D3B63BE084F2AAC2B15798727B6A9"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text/eh#HF3105DFE6413494C9FCD7B98A6080DE0"},"heading":"Restrictions on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices","effect":"Exempts the 2,223 entries in a new Appendix A, a list of firearms by make and model, as well as retired law enforcement officers' weapons from their agency or for official use, campus police at private colleges, security at facilities licensed under the Atomic Energy Act, and licensed manufacturers' testing that the Attorney General authorizes.","amount":null,"quote":"the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a firearm specified in Appendix A to this section, as such firearm was manufactured on the date of introduction of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text/eh#HD8B0CADAFD0C43F981E2135E0228176E"},"heading":"Background checks for transfers of grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapons","effect":"Exempts a temporary transfer of a grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon for target shooting at a licensed target facility or established range from the rule that a licensed dealer first take custody, if the weapon stays on the premises and the person receiving it is not known to be prohibited.","amount":null,"quote":"Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a temporary transfer of possession for the purpose of participating in target shooting in a licensed target facility or established range"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-07-29","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"desk"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-1808.png","v":"2ec2f2800d66","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1808, 117th Congress: Assault Weapons Ban of 2022. House: 217 Yea, 213 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 29 Jul 2022."}}