Protecting Our Communities Act
- Last Action
- 11/9/2021
Actions
- 2021-11-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- 2021-05-18Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-05-18Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-05-18Introduced in House
- 2021-05-18Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-18 (00)
Protecting Our Communities Act
This expands the types of parts, weapons, and devices that are subject to regulation under federal firearms laws. The bill also establishes a notification requirement following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.
Specifically, the bill
- includes as a firearm any combination of parts designed or intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled;
- adds armor-piercing, concealable weapons to the list of firearms subject to regulation under federal firearms laws; and
- provides statutory authority for the regulation issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to classify bump-stock devices as machine guns for the purposes of federal firearms laws.
Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Justice to notify state and local law enforcement authorities following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.
Cosponsors (12)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Joe Neguse (D-CO)
- Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
- Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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