PROTECTION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT

Amendments

Enact (S. 397), S9087, S9114, S9189, S9190, S9191, S9192, S9195 [27JY], S9222, S9309, S9310, S9312, S9313 [28JY], S9375, S9377, S9379, S9382, S9384, S9547 [29JY]

Articles and editorials

Frist—Lawsuits Threaten Gun Supply, S9235 [28JY]

Gun Liability Control, S9218 [28JY]

Remembering Gun Control?, S3646 [14AP]

Senate Delays Action on Defense Bill, S9235, S9248 [28JY]

Senate Moves Closer To Shielding Gun Makers From Negligence Suits, S9218 [28JY]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see S. 397), S1513 [16FE]

Enact (S. 397): consideration (see H. Res. 493), H8845 [17OC]

Cloture motions

Enact (S. 397): motion to proceed, S8740 [22JY], S8908 [26JY], S9087 [27JY]

Letters

Expand definition of armor piercing ammunition and promulgate uniform testing standards of projectiles against body armor: Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, S9445 [29JY]

———James J. Fotis, Law Enforcement Alliance of America, S9445 [29JY]

Provisions: ABA, S9072 [27JY]

———Daniel J. Dell'Orto, Dept. of Defense, S9218 [28JY], S9395 [29JY]

———Jeffrey K. Reh, Beretta U.S.A. Corp., S8918 [26JY], S9093, S9113 [27JY]

———Lloyd Cutler, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (law firm), S9243 [28JY]

———Michael F. Golden, Smith & Wesson Corp., S9099 [27JY]

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S9224 [28JY], H9001 [20OC]

———several active and retired law enforcement officers, S9071 [27JY]

———several active and retired law enforcement officers and organizations, H8995 [20OC]

———several law professors, S9228-S9230 [28JY], S9392 [29JY], H9004 [20OC]

———several organizations, H9002-H9004 [20OC]

———Stephen Higgins and Rex Davis, H9002 [20OC]

Lists

Cosponsors of S. 397, provisions, S9061 [27JY]

Court decisions that support the militia interpretation of the second amendment to the Constitution on the right to keep and bear arms, H9009 [20OC]

Michigan organizations opposing H.R. 800, provisions, S4930 [11MY]

Motions

Enact (S. 397), S9230 [28JY]

Remarks in House

Enact (H.R. 800), H1951 [13AP], H6409 [25JY]

Enact (S. 397), H8821 [17OC], H8923 [19OC], H8990-H9011 [20OC], E2155 [24OC], E2162, E2164, E2171 [25OC], E2183 [27OC], E2216 [28OC]

———consideration (H. Res. 493), H8881-H8885 [18OC]

Firearms: exempt cases against dealers having a history of lost or stolen guns causing death or injury from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, H8993, H8994, H8996 [20OC]

———exempt cases against dealers selling to persons appearing on Federal terrorist watch list and violent gang list from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, H8999 [20OC]

———exempt cases involving child victims from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, H8996 [20OC]

———improve safety of handguns, E2216 [28OC]

———regulate sale and possession of armor piercing ammunition, H8997 [20OC]

Remarks in Senate

Congress: accomplishments of the 109th Congress, S9418 [29JY]

Enact (H.R. 800), S4930 [11MY]

Enact (S. 397), S1529, S1577 [16FE], S1694 [17FE], S2514 [11MR], S2842 [16MR], S3646 [14AP], S8530 [20JY], S8648 [21JY], S9087-S9106, S9109, S9111-S9115 [27JY], S9208-S9211, S9217-S9244, S9246-S9248 [28JY], S9374-S9398 [29JY], S9820 [8SE]

———motion to proceed, S8740 [22JY], S8908-S8918, S8920, S8923, S8929-S8932 [26JY], S9059, S9061-S9077, S9079-S9082, S9084-S9086 [27JY]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S9244 [28JY], S9384 [29JY]

Firearms: exempt cases against dealers having a history of lost or stolen guns causing death or injury from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, S9112, S9115 [27JY], S9242-S9244 [28JY]

———exempt cases involving child victims from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, S9098 [27JY], S9375-S9379 [29JY]

———exempt cases involving gross negligence or reckless conduct resulting in a proximate cause of death or injury from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, S9109 [27JY], S9222-S9230, S9242 [28JY], S9394 [29JY]

———exempt law enforcement officers from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, S9094, S9097 [27JY], S9384, S9385 [29JY]

———expand definition of armor piercing ammunition and promulgate uniform testing standards of projectiles against body armor, S9380-S9383 [29JY]

———instruct Attorney General to continue enforcement of current firearms laws and actions against violators including weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, S9115 [27JY]

———protect rights of child victims to secure damages from those who participate in the arming of criminals, S9377-S9379 [29JY]

———regulate sale and possession of armor piercing ammunition, S9382, S9383 [29JY]

———require provision of a child safety lock in connection with the transfer of a handgun, S9114 [27JY], S9217-S9222 [28JY], S9820 [8SE]

Senate: legislative priorities, S9097 [27JY]

Reports

FBI Preliminary Statistics Show 54 Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed in 2004: FBI, S9381 [29JY]

Washington State Gun Dealer Violations of Federal Law: ATF, H8993 [20OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of S. 397, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 493) (H. Rept. 109-248), H8845 [17OC]

Provisions: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 800) (H. Rept. 109-124), H4484 [14JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 493, consideration of S. 397, provisions, H8881 [18OC]

S. 397, provisions, S1529 [16FE], S9396-S9398 [29JY], H8990-H8992 [20OC]