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HR 5551 109th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Commerce Firearms Firearms control Government Operations and Politics Interstate commerce State laws

Firearms Transfer Improvement Act

Introduced: June 7, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Jun 7, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 7, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Firearms Transfer Improvement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to provide that in-person interstate firearms sales between a federal firearms licensee and a nonresident purchaser shall be governed only by the state law of the licensee (currently, such sales must comply with the state laws of both the licensee and the purchaser).

What's happening now June 7, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
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Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Jun 28, 2006
SHADEGG, JOHN
· Jun 7, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5551: Firearms Transfer Improvement Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5551/
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"H.R. 5551: Firearms Transfer Improvement Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5551/.
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H.R. 5551, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5551/.
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