US HB1266 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 89-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Broadens the definition of "firearm" for purposes of federal firearms laws. Specifically, it includes as a firearm any combination of parts designed and intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled.

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Title

Ghost Guns Are Guns Act

Sponsors

Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]
Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-03-25HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-02-14HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-02-14HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB3254 (Related) 2020-02-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB5717 (Related) 2020-03-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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