[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8461 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8461

 To amend the Arms Export Control Act relating to export licenses for 
                           firearm silencers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2020

 Mr. Panetta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Arms Export Control Act relating to export licenses for 
                           firearm silencers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EXPORT LICENSES FOR FIREARM 
              SILENCERS.

    Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(l) Requirements Relating to Export Licenses for Firearm 
Silencers.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the President may approve or otherwise issue a license for 
        the export of firearm silencers only if the recipient end-user 
        of the firearm silencers is the government of a foreign country 
        or any person acting on behalf of such government.
            ``(2) Firearm silencer defined.--In this subsection, the 
        term `firearm silencer' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 921(a)(24) of title 18, United States Code.''.
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