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Proposed Federal House Legislation HB2980

Legislation Overview

Title: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

Subject: Finance and financial sector: Bankruptcy: Firearms and explosives

Description: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more fierarms, up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.

Session: 115th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Last Action Date: July 10, 2017

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2980/all-info

Sponsors

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4 sponsors: Chris Collins (R); Robert Latta (R); Richard Hudson (R); Pete Sessions (R)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Jul 10 2017	Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
House	Jun 21 2017	Introduced in House
House	Jun 21 2017	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Texts

Type	Date	Federal Link	Text
Introduced	Jun 29 2017	federal bill text	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 Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill