[Report No. 119–472]
March 18, 2025
Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself and Mr. Correa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
January 30, 2026
Additional sponsors: Mr. Stauber, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Cline, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Rutherford, Ms. Perez, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Hunt, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Guest, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Carey, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Harrigan, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Fry, Mr. Onder, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Crane, Mr. Fallon, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Zinke, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Issa, Mr. Cuellar, Mrs. Hinson, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Burchett, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Vasquez, Mr. Mann, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ciscomani, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Knott, Mr. Moran, Mr. Gooden, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Begich, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Kim, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Kean, Mr. Stutzman, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Vindman, Mr. Calvert, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. Van Duyne, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Ms. Gillen, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Hern of Oklahoma, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Langworthy, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. Steube, Mr. Gray, Mr. Van Orden, Ms. Clarke of New York, and Mr. Moore of North Carolina
January 30, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic
For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 18, 2025
To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.
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 Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act
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Sec. 2. Exemption of certain less-than-lethal projectile devices from restrictions under title 18, United States Code
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in the second sentence of paragraph (3), by inserting or a less-than-lethal projectile device
before the period; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(39)
(A)
The term less-than-lethal projectile device means a device that—
(i)
is not designed or intended to expel and may not be readily converted to accept and discharge—
(I)
ammunition commonly used in handguns, rifles, or shotguns; or
(II)
any other projectile at a velocity exceeding 500 feet per second;
(ii)
is designed and intended to be used in a manner that is not likely to cause death or serious bodily injury; and
(iii)
does not accept, and is not able to be readily modified to accept, an ammunition feeding device—
(I)
loaded through the inside of a pistol grip; or
(II)
commonly used in semiautomatic firearms.
(B)
If a person requests that the Attorney General determine whether a device satisfies the definition of
less-than-lethal projectile deviceunder subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall make the determination not later than 90 days after the date on which the Attorney General receives the device pursuant to the request.