S 2605
110th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Ammunition
Firearms
Firearms control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Identification devices
Import restrictions
A bill to require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping ammunition.
Introduced: February 7, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 7, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S787)
Feb 7, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit firearm licensees from manufacturing, importing, or transferring a semiautomatic pistol that is not capable of microstamping ammunition. Deems a pistol capable of microstamping ammunition if: (1) a microscopic array of characters that identify the make, model and serial number of the pistol is etched into the breech face and firing pin of the pistol; and (2) when ammunition is fired from the pistol, the characters are copied from the breech face and firing pin onto the cartridge case of the ammunition.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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