HR 2702
105th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Assault weapons
Firearms
Firearms control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Import restrictions
To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to ban the importation of firearms that have been cosmetically altered to avoid the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons.
Introduced: October 22, 1997
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 27, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Oct 22, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 22, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit the importation of cosmetically altered semiautomatic assault weapons.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Committees of jurisdiction
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