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HR 1278 115th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Firearms and explosives

Ghost Guns Are Guns Act

Introduced: August 3, 2018 Introduced by: Espaillat, Adriano Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 1, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ghost Guns Are Guns Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of "firearm" to include any combination of parts designed and intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled.

What's happening now March 16, 2017

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

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 15
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 13, 2018
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Aug 10, 2018
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Aug 7, 2018
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Aug 3, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Aug 3, 2018
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Mar 14, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Feb 27, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Oct 3, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 15, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 1, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 1, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Mar 1, 2017
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Mar 1, 2017
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 1, 2017
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Mar 1, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1278: Ghost Guns Are Guns Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1278/
MLA
"H.R. 1278: Ghost Guns Are Guns Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1278/.
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H.R. 1278, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1278/.
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