Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB159
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 2017
Subject: Finance and financial sector: Banking and financial institutions regulation: Credit and credit markets: Firearms and explosives: Manufacturing: Retail and wholesale trades
Description: Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Department of Justice, or any other federal agency from using funds to carry out Operation Choke Point or any other program designed to discourage financial institutions from providing credit to, or processing payments for, dealers and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last Action Date: January 17, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/159/all-info
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Marco Rubio (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2017 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 1 2017 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
