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Anti-Gun Invasion Act of 1997

Introduced: May 8, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
May 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
May 8, 1997
Referred to House Judiciary
May 8, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 8, 1997
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
May 8, 1997
Referred to House International Relations
May 8, 1997
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Anti-Gun Invasion Act of 1997 - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to remove an exemption from a prohibition on imports of certain military firearms and ammunition of U.S. manufacture furnished to a foreign government by the United States with respect to curio or relic weapons.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to submit a report to the Congress on the scope and effect of the importation of foreign-made surplus military firearms, including: (1) a list of types and models of military firearms currently being imported into the United States as "curios or relics" which would otherwise be barred; (2) a list of the number of each such type and model that has been imported during the five years preceding the date of submission of the report; (3) a description of the ease with which each such type and model may be converted to a semi-automatic assault weapon or to a fully automatic weapon; (4) statistics that may be relevant to the use of each such type and model for criminal activities; and (5) a comprehensive evaluation of the scope of such importation and the use of such weapons in crimes in the United States.

What's happening now May 14, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7