To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Trade, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ghost Guns and Untraceable Firearms Act of 2023.
- Section id7e0e6b49a3d84fcd8fdb00a198a78c51: 2. Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that— without the enactment of this Act, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has the...
- Section iddf155b575e4443fc92074545d5547419: 3. Requirement that all firearms be traceable Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (10), by adding at the end the...
- Section idf1925cf0aeeb45b9a3899b267034b615: 4. Modernization of the prohibition on undetectable firearms Section 922(p) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1)— in the matter...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Trade, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Feinstein, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any material that creates a magnetic field equivalent to or more than 3.7 ounces of 17–4 pH stainless steel. in paragraph (3)— in the first sentence, by inserting , including a prototype, after of a firearm
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