Hat tip to Cactusman

As expected:

H.R. 1859 - Anti-Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2007 -  was introduced in Congress by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy yesterday. She sure  didn't waste any time dancing on the dead bodies of the students and  professors at Virginia Tech.

Here is the text:

Anti-Large Capacity  Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)

110th  CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1859

To reinstate the prohibition on  the possession or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding  devices, and to strengthen that prohibition.

IN THE HOUSE OF  REPRESENTATIVES

April 16, 2007
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on  the Judiciary

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A  BILL
To reinstate the prohibition on the possession or transfer of large  capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to strengthen that  prohibition.

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  `Anti-Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2.  REINSTATEMENT OF REPEALED CRIMINAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LARGE CAPACITY  AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.

(a) Reinstatement of Provisions Wholly  Repealed- Sections 921(a)(31) and 922(w), and the last sentence of section  923(i) of title 18, United States Code, as in effect just before the repeal  made by section 110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement  Act of 1994, are hereby enacted into law.

(b) Reinstatement of Provision  Partially Repealed- Section 924(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code,  is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting  the following:

`(B) knowingly violates subsection (a)(4), (f),  (k), (r), or (w) of section 922;'.

SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING THE BAN ON  THE POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF A LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION  FEEDING DEVICE.

(a) Ban on Transfer of Semiautomatic Assault  Weapon With Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device-

(1) IN GENERAL-  Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after  subsection (z) the following:

`(aa) It shall be unlawful for any  person to transfer a semiautomatic assault weapon with a large  capacity ammunition feeding device.'.

(2) DEFINITION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC  ASSAULT WEAPON- Section 921(a)(30) and Appendix A of section 922 of title  18, United States Code, as in effect just before the repeal made by section  110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,  are hereby enacted into law.

(3) PENALTIES- Section 924(a) of such  title is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(8) Whoever  knowingly violates section 922(aa) shall be fined under this title,  imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.'.

(b) Certification  Requirement-

(1) IN GENERAL- Section 922(w) of such title, as added by  section 2(a) of this Act, is amended--

(A) in paragraph (3)--

(i)  by adding `or' at the end of subparagraph (B); and

(ii) by striking  subparagraph (C) and redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C);  and

(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting  the following:

`(4) It shall be unlawful for a licensed  manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer who transfers a large  capacity ammunition feeding device that was manufactured on or before the  date of the enactment of this subsection, to fail to certify to the  Attorney General before the end of the 60-day period that begins with the  date of the transfer, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the  Attorney General, that the device was manufactured on or before the  date of the enactment of this subsection.'.

(2) PENALTIES- Section  924(a) of such title, as amended by subsection (a)(3) of this section,  is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(9) Whoever knowingly  violates section 922(w)(4) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not  more than 5 years, or both.'.

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