3.0.0 6257 2019-11-15T21:37:57Z 2019-11-15T21:37:57Z House H HR 2008-06-12 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2008-07-28T23:27:19Z Referred to 2008-06-12T14:04:25Z 2008-07-28 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2008-06-12 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2008-06-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1229) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 10 N C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. 0 2008-06-12 True F000443 Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7] MIKE FERGUSON R NJ 7 2008-06-12 True S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2008-06-12 True R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2008-06-18 False Crime and Law Enforcement Ammunition Assault weapons Congress Congressional reporting requirements Drug abuse Drug traffic Firearms control Governmental investigations Identification devices Sentences (Criminal procedure) Violence Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2008-06-12 Introduced in House 2008-07-09T14:41:28Z Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to reinstate, for 10 years, the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act's assault weapons ban to prohibit the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon or a large capacity ammunition feeding device. Specifies models and features of banned weapons.

Sets forth exceptions to such ban, including: (1) firearms or devices lawfully possessed under federal law on the date of enactment of this Act; (2) certain firearms, replicas, or duplicates listed in an appendix as they were manufactured on October 1, 1993; (3) any firearm that is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action and that has been rendered permanently inoperable or that is an antique firearm; (4) any semiautomatic rifle that cannot accept a detachable magazine that holds more than five rounds of ammunition; (5) any semiautomatic shotgun that cannot hold more than five rounds in a fixed or detachable magazine; and (6) firearms manufactured for, transferred to, or possessed by a federal, state, or local government agency or for law enforcement.

Requires the serial number of any weapon or device manufactured after enactment of this Act to clearly show the date of manufacture.

Directs the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on the effects of this Act on violent and drug trafficking crime.

]]> Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008 Display Title Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act. Introduced in House 2008-06-12T04:00:00Z 2008-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.