GOSAFE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2790 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2790 To amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the possession of certain firearms, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2025 Mrs. McBath (for herself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Frost, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Gottheimer, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Sewell, and Mr. Casten) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the possession of certain firearms, 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 ``Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion Act'' or the ``GOSAFE Act''. SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS. (a) Definitions.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(39) The term `semi-automatic firearm' means any firearm that-- ``(A) upon initiating the firing sequence, fires the first chambered cartridge and uses a portion of the energy of the firing cartridge to-- ``(i) extract the expended cartridge case; ``(ii) chamber the next round; and ``(iii) prepare the firing mechanism to fire again; ``(B) requires a separate pull, release, push, or initiation of the trigger to fire each cartridge; and ``(C) is not a machinegun. ``(40) The term `cycle the a