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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB843

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Legislation Overview

Title: Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013

Subject: Congressional oversight: Firearms and explosives: Law enforcement administration and funding: Public contracts and procurement

Description: Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 - Prohibits a federal agency, other than the Department of Defense (DOD), during the six-month period beginning on the enactment of this Act, from purchasing during any month or possessing at any one time more rounds of ammunition than the monthly average of rounds of ammunition purchased by the agency between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2009. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on federal agency purchasing of ammunition.

Session: 113th Congress

Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Last Action Date: April 25, 2013

Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:SN00843:@@@L&summ2=m&

Companion Bill: HB1764

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Inhofe, James M.; Boozman, John;

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Apr 25, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced May 2 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: S

Committee Name: Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

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