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On the recordFebruary 3, 2025
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 367 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 ``Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RIFLES CAPABLE OF FIRING .50 CALIBER AMMUNITION. (a) In General.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in section 922, by adding at the end the following: ``(aa) Rifles Capable of Firing .50 Caliber Ammunition.-- ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a rifle capable of firing .50 caliber ammunition. ``(2) Exceptions.-- ``(A) Government use.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the importation for, manufacture for, sale to, transfer to, or possession by the United States, a department or agency of the United States, a State, or a department, agency, or political subdivision of a State, of a rifle capable of firing .50 caliber ammunition.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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