Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB8461
Legislation Overview
Title: To amend the Arms Export Control Act relating to export licenses for firearm silencers.
Subject: International affairs: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad: Firearms and explosives: Licensing and registrations: Military assistance, sales, and agreements: Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents: Trade restrictions: Foreign aid and international relief
Description: Prohibits the President from approving or issuing a license to export firearm silencers unless the recipient end-user of the firearm silencers is the government of a foreign country or any person acting on behalf of such government.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Last Action Date: September 30, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8461/all-info
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Jimmy Panetta (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 0% (1 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Sep 30, 2020 | Introduced in House |
| House | Sep 30, 2020 | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 29 2020 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Foreign Affairs
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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