S 2619
110th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Administrative procedure
Animals
Department of the Interior
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Law
National parks
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State laws
Wildlife refuges
Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008
Introduced: February 8, 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 11, 2008
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573.
Feb 8, 2008
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Feb 8, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008 - Bars the promulgation or enforcement of any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including an assembled or functional firearm, in any unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm; and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the unit is located.
What's happening now
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573.