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HR 5555 113th Congress House

FIREARM Act

Official title: To prohibit the Federal Government from requiring race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection with the transfer of a firearm.

Introduced: September 19, 2014 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information and recordsFirearms and explosivesRacial and ethnic relations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 28, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sep 18, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 18, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 28, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

FIREARM Act - Prohibits the federal government from requiring disclosure of the race or ethnicity of a person to whom a firearm is transferred.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Republican 8
Flores, Bill
· Nov 12, 2014
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Nov 12, 2014
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Sep 19, 2014
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Sep 19, 2014
CULBERSON, JOHN
· Sep 19, 2014
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Sep 19, 2014
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Sep 19, 2014
Farenthold, Blake
· Sep 19, 2014
 R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Tennessee · Sep 19, 2014
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Sep 19, 2014
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Sep 19, 2014
JOHNSON, SAM
· Sep 19, 2014
Messer, Luke
· Sep 19, 2014
Neugebauer, Randy
· Sep 19, 2014
Olson, Pete
· Sep 19, 2014
Roe, David
· Sep 19, 2014
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Sep 19, 2014
Yoho, Ted
· Sep 19, 2014
Poe, Ted
· Sep 18, 2014
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5555: FIREARM Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5555/
MLA
"H.R. 5555: FIREARM Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5555/.
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H.R. 5555, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5555/.
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