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HR 3609 105th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Ammunition Assault weapons Firearms control Foreign Trade and International Finance Import restrictions

To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were manufactured before the ban became law.

Introduced: March 31, 1998 Introduced by: DeGette, Diana Democratic · Colorado 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
Apr 15, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 31, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 31, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Federal criminal law to make it unlawful for any person to import a large capacity ammunition feeding device. Extends the ban on the transfer of such devices to those manufactured before enactment of the ban.

What's happening now April 15, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3609: To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were manufactured before the ban became law.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3609/
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"H.R. 3609: To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were manufactured before the ban became law.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3609/.
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H.R. 3609, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3609/.
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[H.R. 3609: To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were manufactured before the ban became law.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3609/)
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