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Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2025
A bill to address the importation and proliferation of machinegun conversion devices.
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- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2025
This bill requires the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and the Treasury to develop and implement a strategy to prevent or intercept the importation or trafficking of machinegun conversion devices. The term machinegun conversion device means parts or combinations of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun.
The bill also specifies that proceeds derived from the illegal trafficking of a machinegun are subject to seizure and forfeiture.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Mar 14, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mar 14, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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