PSI Sci
New here? Follow the money and the votes · Not sure of your district? Find your U.S. House member · Find your state legislators

Before you vote › Federal bills

H.R. 2790: GOSAFE Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-04-09 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

federal

What does this mean?

Official title

GOSAFE Act

Plain summary

Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion Act or the GOSAFE Act This bill establishes a framework to regulate gas-operated semiautomatic firearms and large capacity ammunition feeding devices under federal firearms laws. First, the bill generally prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, receipt, or possession of a firearm that is or is modified to operate as a prohibited gas-operated semiautomatic firearm; a combination of parts that modify or can be assembled into a prohibited gas-operated semiautomatic firearm, or that produce an unlawful gas-operated semiautomatic cycling action; a device or combination of parts designed to materially increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm; or a firearm that is modified to materially increase the rate of fire. Second, the bill generally prohibits (1) the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or receipt of a large capacity ammunition feeding device; or (2) the possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device manufactured after the date of enactment. A violation is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 12 months, or both, for each violation. In addition, an individual who possesses a prohibited gas-operated semiautomatic firearm during a federal felony offense is subject to additional penalties—a fine, a mandatory minimum prison term of two years, or both. Finally, the bill allows a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender gas-operated semiautomatic firearms and large capacity ammunition feeding devices under a buy-back program.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.

A “Nay” vote

If it is not passed, current law stays as it is.

PSI Sci description of the legislative step (not an opinion).

What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

GOSAFE Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

AI explanation – may be wrong, check the official text

No AI explanation yet. It takes up to a minute to write and is then saved for everyone.

Limited to a few requests an hour per person.

The strongest published arguments

Arguments for (supporters)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Arguments against (opponents)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Alternatives

Needs sources: no published alternatives yet (for example a different bill, a law instead of an amendment, or keeping current law). We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] · 85 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Sean Casten (D-IL), Becca Balint (D-VT), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Dave Min (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Luz M. Rivas (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Kelly Morrison (D-MN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), James A. Himes (D-CT), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), George Latimer (D-NY), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Derek Tran (D-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and 25 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Words on this page, explained (1)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

Plain meanings written from linked sources. All words.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong119-hr2790 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills