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Proposed Federal Senate Legislation SB459

Legislation Overview

Title: Stopping the Traffic in Overseas Proliferation of Ghost Guns Act

Subject: International affairs: Administrative law and regulatory procedures: Congressional oversight: Department of State: Firearms and explosives: Military assistance, sales, and agreements: Trade restrictions: Foreign aid and international relief

Description: Prohibits the President from (1) removing any firearm or related technical information from the U.S. Munitions List, or (2) changing the requirements under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations as they were composed on January 1, 2018. The Department of State may not suspend the application of the regulations without notifying Congress under specified procedures.

Session: 116th Congress

Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Last Action Date: February 12, 2019

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/459/all-info

Sponsors

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6 sponsors: Robert Menendez (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Edward Markey (D); Dianne Feinstein (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Richard Blumenthal (D)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Feb 12 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Texts

Type	Date	Federal Link	Text
Introduced	Feb 27 2019	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: S

Committee Name: Foreign Relations

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill

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