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Anti-Terrorism Military Sniper Weapon Reclassification Act of 2003

Introduced: February 24, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Feb 24, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (consideration: CR S9293-9294; text of measure as introduced: CR S9293-9294)
Feb 24, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2600-2602)
Feb 24, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Anti-Terrorism Military Sniper Weapon Reclassification Act of 2003 - Amends Chapter 53 (Machine Guns, Destructive Devices, and Certain Other Firearms) of the Internal Revenue Code to include in the definition of the term "firearm" a 50 caliber sniper weapon.
What's happening now February 24, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (consideration: CR S9293-9294; text of measure as introduced: CR S9293-9294)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 24, 2003
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 24, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 429: Anti-Terrorism Military Sniper Weapon Reclassification Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-429/
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"S. 429: Anti-Terrorism Military Sniper Weapon Reclassification Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-429/.
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S. 429, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-429/.
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