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H.R. 1037 (106th)

To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were manufactured before the ban became law.

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Introduced

9 March 1999

Last action

18 March 1999 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Sponsors

Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Blagojevich, Rod R. [D-IL-5], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Del. Underwood, Robert A. [D-GU-At Large], Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Rep. Barrett, Thomas M. [D-WI-5], Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11], Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11], Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. McCarthy, Karen [D-MO-5]

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Summary

Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: (1) prohibit the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices; (2) eliminate the exemption for the transfer of such devices lawfully possessed before enactment of the ban; and (3) expand the definition of such devices to include those manufactured on or before the date of enactment of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

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Timeline

  1. 9 March 1999

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 9 March 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 9 March 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 18 March 1999

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

    Source: Committee

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