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HR 3789 111th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Firearms and explosives National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Railroads Transportation safety and security

Amtrak Secure Transportation of Firearms Act

Introduced: October 13, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Oct 14, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Oct 13, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Oct 13, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amtrak Secure Transportation of Firearms Act - Requires Amtrak, at a station that accepts checked baggage for a specific Amtrak route, to allow a passenger holding a ticket for such route to place an unloaded firearm or starter pistol in a bag that has been checked at the station if: (1) before checking the bag or boarding the train, the passenger declares to Amtrak that an unloaded firearm is in his or her checked bag; (2) the firearm is carried in a locked hard-sided container; and (3) only the passenger has the key or combination to such container.

Allows an Amtrak passenger to place small arms ammunition for personal use in a checked bag on an Amtrak route if the ammunition is securely packed in specified kinds of boxes or other packaging specifically designed to carry such ammunition.

Prohibits the application of such requirements in any fiscal year in which Amtrak does not receive federal assistance.

What's happening now October 14, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1638 Identical bill Amtrak Secure Transportation of Firearms Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 7
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Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Nov 18, 2009
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Oct 22, 2009
Chaffetz, Jason
· Oct 20, 2009
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Oct 20, 2009
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Issa, Darrell
California · Oct 20, 2009
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Jordan, Jim
Ohio · Oct 20, 2009
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Oct 20, 2009
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McClintock, Tom
California · Oct 20, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3789: Amtrak Secure Transportation of Firearms Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3789/
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"H.R. 3789: Amtrak Secure Transportation of Firearms Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3789/.
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H.R. 3789, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3789/.
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