US HB1266 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

US Congress House Bill 1266 (Prior Session Legislation)

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.

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

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-02-14	House	Introduced 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.