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Protecting Our Kids Act
This bill makes various changes to federal firearms laws, including to establish new criminal offenses and to expand the types of weapons and devices that are subject to regulation.
Among the changes, the bill
generally prohibits the sale or transfer of certain semiautomatic firearms to individuals who are under 21 years of age;
establishes new federal criminal offenses for gun trafficking and related conduct;
establishes a federal statutory framework to regulate ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers);
establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels;
subjects bump stocks to regulation under federal firearms laws;
generally prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, and possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices; and
requires the Department of Justice to report on the demographic data of persons who are determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm based on a background check performed by the national instant criminal background check system.
People & committees
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] · D–NY
Legislative record
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Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 204 (Roll no. 245). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5364-5367)
House roll call 245 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 204 (Roll no. 245).
House roll call 245 · Individual votesOn motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 198 - 228 (Roll no. 244).
House roll call 244 · Individual votesThe previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
Mr. Hudson moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H5393-5395)
On Retaining Title VII Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 380 - 47 (Roll no. 243). (consideration: CR H5392-5393)
House roll call 243 · Individual votesOn Retaining Title VI Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 207 (Roll no. 242). (consideration: CR H5392)
House roll call 242 · Individual votesOn Retaining Title V Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 194 (Roll no. 241). (consideration: CR H5391)
House roll call 241 · Individual votesOn Retaining Title IV Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 205 (Roll no. 240). (consideration: CR H5390-5391)
House roll call 240 · Individual votesOn Retaining Title III Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 194 (Roll no. 239). (consideration: CR H5389-5390)
House roll call 239 · Individual votesOn Retaining Title II Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 197 (Roll no. 238). (consideration: CR H5389)
House roll call 238 · Individual votesOn Retaining Title I Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 228 - 199 (Roll no. 237). (consideration: CR H5388-5389)
House roll call 237 · Individual votesPursuant to section 3(a) of H.Res. 1153, the Chair will put the question on retaining each title of the bill, as amended.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with two hours of debate on H.R. 7910.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2377 and H.R. 7910. Provides for one hour of debate on H.R. 2377 and two hours of debate on H.R. 7910. Also provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1153. (consideration: CR H5363-5396)
Rule H. Res. 1153 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1153 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2377 and H.R. 7910. Provides for one hour of debate on H.R. 2377 and two hours of debate on H.R. 7910. Also provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 260.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-346, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-346, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 19.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred 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.
Referred 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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