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HR 3140 105th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Firearms Firearms control

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that certain muzzle loading firearms are to be treated as antique firearms for purposes of the Federal firearms laws.

Introduced: February 3, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 6, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Feb 3, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Feb 3, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal criminal code to treat the following as an antique firearm for purposes of the Federal firearms laws: any firearm in which black powder and a projectile are loaded through the muzzle, and such powder is ignited by a percussion-activated ignition system to expel the projectile, and which does not use fully assembled or fixed, rimfire, or conventional centerfire ammunition.

What's happening now February 6, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · May 5, 1998
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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Mar 24, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3140: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that certain muzzle loading firearms are to be treated as antique firearms for purposes of the Federal firearms laws.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3140/
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"H.R. 3140: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that certain muzzle loading firearms are to be treated as antique firearms for purposes of the Federal firearms laws.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3140/.
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H.R. 3140, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3140/.
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