S 3405
114th Congress
Senate
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Export Control Reform Act of 2016
Introduced: September 27, 2016
Introduced by:
Daines, Steve
Republican
· Montana
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6142; text of measure as introduced: CR S6142)
Sep 27, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Export Control Reform Act of 2016
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6142; text of measure as introduced: CR S6142)
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