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H.R. 2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-18 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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Official title

To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act This bill removes less-than-lethal projectile devices (e.g., certain TASERs) from regulation under the Gun Control Act. The term less-than-lethal projectile device means a device that (1) is not designed or intended to expel (and may not be readily converted to discharge) commonly used ammunition or projectiles exceeding a velocity of 500 feet per second; (2) is designed and intended to be used in a manner not likely to cause death or serious bodily injury; and (3) does not accept (and cannot be readily modified to accept) an ammunition feeding device. The bill also requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to determine whether a device satisfies the definition of a less-than-lethal projectile device within 90 days of a request.

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Official text

To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] · 95 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2189, Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act (2026-02-06)

Cosponsors on this site

J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Troy E. Nehls (R-TX), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Donald G. Davis (D-NC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY), Michael Guest (R-MS), Barry Moore (R-AL), Nick LaLota (R-NY), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Mike Carey (R-OH), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Russell Fry (R-SC), Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), Laurel M. Lee (R-FL), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Rudy Yakym III (R-IN), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Brad Knott (R-NC), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK), Mary E. Miller (R-IL) and 35 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr2189 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills