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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 See on congress.gov
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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 Congressional Research Service

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 September 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)

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