United States · Bill · S
S. 1887 (105th)
A bill to ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were manufactured before the ban became law.
Introduced
31 March 1998
Last action
31 March 1998 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Richard Durbin, Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]
Subjects
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Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends Federal criminal law to make it unlawful for any person to import a large capacity ammunition feeding device. Extends the ban on the transfer of such devices to those manufactured before enactment of the ban.
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Timeline
31 March 1998
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
31 March 1998
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 31 March 1998 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 31 March 1998
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 31 March 1998
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 31 March 1998
Sponsors
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1887
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1887
- us · 105-s-1887 · source updated 10 August 2026