3.0.0 3299 2023-01-11T13:49:43Z 2023-01-11T13:49:43Z House HR 2021-05-18 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 18, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. DEMINGS:H.R. 3299 .Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, clause 1[Page H2541]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2021-11-09T16:09:50Z Referred to 2021-05-18T14:05:05Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-05-18T14:05:10Z Ghost Guns Are Guns Act 117 1454 HR 2021-04-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS NICS Denial Notification Act of 2021 117 1769 HR 2021-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2021 117 2466 HR 2021-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2021-11-09 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2021-05-18 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2021-05-18 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2021-05-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-05-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000627 Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] Val Demings D FL Butler 10 N T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 5 2021-05-18 True E000297 Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] Adriano Espaillat D NY 13 2021-05-18 True Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 2021-05-18 True J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2021-05-18 True N000191 Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] Joe Neguse D CO 2 2021-05-18 True D000610 Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] Theodore Deutch D FL E. 22 2021-05-18 True D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2021-05-18 True S001201 Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] Thomas Suozzi D NY R. 3 2021-05-20 False K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2021-07-22 False P000593 Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] Ed Perlmutter D CO 7 2021-07-28 False S001205 Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] Mary Scanlon D PA Gay 5 2021-09-20 False C001084 Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] David Cicilline D RI N. 1 2022-02-15 False Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2021-05-18 Introduced in House 2022-03-14T15:52:05Z Protecting Our Communities Act

This expands the types of parts, weapons, and devices that are subject to regulation under federal firearms laws. The bill also establishes a notification requirement following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.

Specifically, the bill

  • includes as a firearm any combination of parts designed or intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled;
  • adds armor-piercing, concealable weapons to the list of firearms subject to regulation under federal firearms laws; and
  • provides statutory authority for the regulation issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to classify bump-stock devices as machine guns for the purposes of federal firearms laws.

Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Justice to notify state and local law enforcement authorities following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.

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