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HR 1037 106th 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 9, 1999 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
Mar 18, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 9, 1999
Introduced in House
Mar 9, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: (1) prohibit the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices; (2) eliminate the exemption for the transfer of such devices lawfully possessed before enactment of the ban; and (3) expand the definition of such devices to include those manufactured on or before the date of enactment of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

What's happening now March 18, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 9, 1999
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 9, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 9, 1999
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 9, 1999
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 9, 1999
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 9, 1999
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 9, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1037: 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.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1037/
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"H.R. 1037: 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.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1037/.
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H.R. 1037, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1037/.
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