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HCONRES 2 105th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Armed Forces and National Security Conspiracies Conspiracy Criminal investigation Destruction of property Emergency Management Explosives Extremist movements in politics Federal officials Firearms Firearms control Government Operations and Politics Government property Militia movements Prosecution Protection of officials Subversive activities Treason Weapons

Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the threat to the security of American citizens and the United States Government posed by armed militia and other paramilitary groups and…

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Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the threat to the security of American citizens and the United States Government posed by armed militia and other paramilitary groups and organizations.

Introduced: January 7, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Jan 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 7, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for aggressive prosecution by the Department of Justice of perpetrators of armed conspiracies against the Government and of the illegal possession of firearms, explosives, or any substances or devices of destruction.

What's happening now January 28, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 12, 1997
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 7, 1997
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jan 7, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 2: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the threat to the security of American citizens and the United States Government posed by armed militia and other paramilitary groups and organizations.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-2/
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"H. Con. Res. 2: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the threat to the security of American citizens and the United States Government posed by armed militia and other paramilitary groups and organizations.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-2/.
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H. Con. Res. 2, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-2/.
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