HR 6176 114th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance

Export Control Reform Act

Introduced: September 27, 2016 Introduced by: Scalise, Steve Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

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Became law

Sep 27, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Sep 27, 2016

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Export Control Reform Act

This bill requires all of the following items that are on the United States Munitions List and the import or export of which is controlled by the President under the Arms Export Control Act on the date of this bill's enactment to be transferred to the Commerce Control List of dual-use items in the Export Administration Regulations:

non-automatic and semi-automatic firearms, including all rifles, carbines, pistols, revolvers, and shotguns;
non-automatic and non-semi-automatic rifles, carbines, revolvers, or pistols of a caliber greater than .50 inches (12.7 mm) up to and including .72 inches (18.0 mm);
ammunition for such firearms excluding caseless ammunition;
silencers, mufflers, and sound and flash suppressors;
rifle scopes;
barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames), or complete breech mechanisms; and
related components, parts, accessories, attachments, tooling, and equipment.