Bill > S2926

This bill, the Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2023, aims to prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of .50 caliber rifles, except for use by the United States government or for rifles that were lawfully possessed before the bill's enactment. It also includes these rifles under the National Firearms Act, requiring owners to register them within 12 months. Additionally, the bill amends the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to allow lawsuits against manufacturers or sellers who knowingly sell or transfer these rifles to prohibited individuals, such as significant foreign narcotics traffickers. The bill also expands the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to include these foreign narcotics traffickers and certain other foreign persons as prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms.