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S. 1945: Keep Americans Safe Act

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S. 1945: Keep Americans Safe Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-10-05 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6366-6367)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-10-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6366-6367) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Keep Americans Safe Act

Plain summary

Keep Americans Safe Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). The bill does not prohibit, with respect to an LCAFD: importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and possession by a retired law enforcement officer. The bill permits continued possession of, but prohibits sale or transfer of, a grandfathered LCAFD. Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification and the date of manufacture. The bill also amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender an LCAFD under a buy-back program.

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Official text

Keep Americans Safe Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · 29 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Tina Smith (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)

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A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-s1945 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115