Mass Shooter Prosecution Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4347 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4347 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for mass killings involving machineguns or certain semiautomatic weapons, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 23, 2023 Mr. Moulton (for himself and Ms. Escobar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for mass killings involving machineguns or certain semiautomatic 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 ``Mass Shooter Prosecution Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. MASS KILLINGS USING MACHINEGUNS OR COVERED SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPONS. (a) In General.--Chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2332i the following: ``Sec. 2332j. Mass killings using machineguns or covered semiautomatic weapons ``(a) Whoever kills 3 or more people in a single incident using a machinegun or a covered semiautomatic weapon in a circumstance described in subsection (b), shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life. ``(b) A circumstance described in this subsection is any one of the following: ``(1) The mail or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce was used in furtherance of the offense. ``(2) The machinegun or covered semiautomatic weapon used in the commission of the offense was transported in interstate or foreign commerce. ``(3) The perpetrator traveled in or caused another to travel in interstate or foreign commerce in furtherance of the offense. ``(4) The offense occurred wit