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A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the manufacture, importation, sale, possession, transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of not readily detectable firearms.

Introduced: February 18, 1988 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 21, 1988
See H.R.2845.
Feb 23, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.
Feb 18, 1988
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Feb 18, 1988
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, possess, transfer, receive, ship, or deliver firearms which are not detectable by airport security metal detectors and airport security x-ray systems. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing the importation of such weapons.

Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to study ways to improve the effectiveness of airport security metal detectors and airport security x-ray systems with respect to the detection of such weapons.

Bars prosecution for offenses involving the sale, possession, transfer, shipment, receipt, or delivery of a firearm in violation of this Act if that firearm was manufactured before the date of enactment of this Act.

What's happening now April 21, 1988

See H.R.2845.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2845 Related bill Terrorist Firearms Detection Act of 1987
 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 2, 1988
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3974: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the manufacture, importation, sale, possession, transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of not readily detectable firearms.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-3974/
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"H.R. 3974: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the manufacture, importation, sale, possession, transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of not readily detectable firearms.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-3974/.
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H.R. 3974, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-3974/.
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