3.0.0 1383 2025-12-05T07:53:08Z 2025-12-05T07:53:08Z Senate S S 2023-04-27 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1383 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-04-27T19:19:16Z 118 2985 HR 2023-04-27 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2023-04-27 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2023-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2023-04-27 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2023-04-27 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2023-04-27 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2023-04-27 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2023-04-27 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2023-04-27 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2023-04-27 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2023-04-27 True Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 2023-05-10T13:15:19Z

00 2023-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2023-11-13T11:34:27Z <p><strong></strong><b>Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2023 or the HEAR Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill establishes a new criminal offense for the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a firearm silencer or firearm muffler.</p> <p>The bill does not prohibit certain conduct with respect to a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, including the following: </p> <ul> <li>importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; and </li> <li>importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials. </li> </ul> <p>In addition, the bill requires the Department of Justice to establish and implement a buy-back program to purchase firearm silencers and firearm mufflers. States and local governments may use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender firearm silencers and firearm mufflers under this buy-back program.</p>

Display Title 45 2024-07-24T15:22:28Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:40:29Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:40:29Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 2023-05-09T03:28:51Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s1383is/xml/BILLS-118s1383is.xml 2023-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.