Contact Congress about H.R. 2799: Closing the Bump Stock Loophole Act of 2025

People could not sell, make, import, transfer, receive, or keep bump stocks and similar rapid-fire devices after 120 days. Some already modified semiautomatic guns would have to be registered under the National Firearms Act.

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Closing the Bump Stock Loophole Act of 2025 is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Latest action on H.R. 2799: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people and businesses that own, sell, make, transfer, import, or receive bump stocks, rapid-fire parts, or semiautomatic guns changed to fire much faster. It also affects federal regulators and law enforcement because it gives them clearer rules for these devices. Government, state, tribal, and agency uses would stay exempt when done under proper authority.

Why this matters: This bill matters because it would move bump stocks and similar rapid-fire changes into stricter federal gun rules. Some items that may be less regulated now could become illegal to keep, sell, make, import, transfer, or receive after 120 days. Some already modified guns would have to be registered under the National Firearms Act. The bill could make enforcement clearer, but its effect on crime, safety, and lawful gun use is uncertain.

Key provisions in H.R. 2799

• Federal law would define semiautomatic firearm for the first time. The definition explains how the gun works and says it is not a machinegun.
• After 120 days, people could not import, sell, make, transfer, receive, or keep covered rapid-fire devices in interstate or foreign commerce. That means trade or activity crossing state or national lines, or affecting that trade.
• The bill covers separate devices, including bump-stock-type devices. It also covers parts or sets of parts that remove the need for a separate movement for each trigger function.
• People could not keep semiautomatic guns changed to fire much faster or act like machineguns unless they meet the bill's conditions.
• People who lawfully owned affected modified semiautomatic guns before the bill became law would have 120 days to register them. They would register under the National Firearms Act to keep them legally.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 2799

What is H.R. 2799?

People could not sell, make, import, transfer, receive, or keep bump stocks and similar rapid-fire devices after 120 days. Some already modified semiautomatic guns would have to be registered under the National Firearms Act.

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