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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB142

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Legislation Overview

Title: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013

Subject: Business records: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Licensing and registrations: Retail and wholesale trades: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to require the licensing of ammunition dealers. Prohibits any person except a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from: (1) selling ammunition, with an exception for a sale of ammunition to a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer; or (2) engaging in the business of importing or manufacturing ammunition, or in the course of such business, from shipping, transporting, or receiving ammunition. Prohibits a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from: (1) transferring ammunition to a person without verifying the person's identity by examining a valid identification document containing a photograph of such person; or (2) selling or delivering any ammunition (currently, any armor-piercing ammunition) to any person unless the licensee notes in his records the person's name, age, and place of residence, if the person is an individual, or the person's identity and principal and local places of business, if the person is a business entity. Applies prohibitions applicable to the shipping or transport of firearms, and record-keeping requirements applicable to the importation, production, shipment, receipt, sale, or other disposition of firearms, to ammunition. Requires each licensee to: (1) prepare a report of multiple sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or otherwise disposes of more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition to an unlicensed person at one time or during any five consecutive business days; and (2) forward such report to the specified office and to the department of state police, the state law enforcement agency, or the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the sale took place by the close of business on the day the multiple sale occurs.

Session: 113th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

Last Action Date: January 25, 2013

Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN00142:@@@L&summ2=m&

Companion Bill: SB35

Sponsors

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42 sponsors: McCarthy, Carolyn; Bishop, Timothy H.; Capuano, Michael E.; Castor, Kathy; Chu, Judy; Cicilline, David N.; Conyers, John, Jr.; Courtney, Joe; Cummings, Elijah E.; DeGette, Diana; Doyle, Michael F.; Eshoo, Anna G.; Esty, Elizabeth H.; Grijalva, Raul M.; Hahn, Janice; Himes, James A.; Holt, Rush D.; Jackson-Lee, Sheila; Langevin, James R.; Larsen, Rick; Levin, Sander M.; Lofgren, Zoe; Lowey, Nita M.; Lynch, Stephen F.; Maloney, Carolyn B.; Markey, Edward J.; Matsui, Doris O.; McCollum, Betty; McGovern, James P.; Nadler, Jerrold; Norton, Eleanor Holmes; Pallone, Frank, Jr.; Pascrell, Bill, Jr.; Perlmutter, Ed; Pocan, Mark; Quigley, Mike; Sarbanes, John P.; Schwartz, Allyson Y.; Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"; Tierney, John F.; Van Hollen, Chris; Waxman, Henry A.;

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 10% (42 of 435)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jan 25, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
House Jan 3, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Jan 11 2013 federal link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

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