Age 21 Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Age 21 Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Energy, Agriculture.
Who Benefits and How
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors 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, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors 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 Age 21 Act.
- Section id2C942ED2DEB641CA88F981DC6E3825D2: 2. Prohibition on purchase of certain firearms by individuals under 21 years of age Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by inserting...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Age 21 Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Energy, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
This bill, Age 21 Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Coons, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
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
ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun or a semiautomatic assault weapon
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