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HR 2980 115th Congress House

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

Official title: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.

Introduced: October 24, 2017 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector BankruptcyFirearms and explosives
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jul 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Jun 21, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 21, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 10, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more fierarms, up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Apr 12, 2018
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Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Oct 24, 2017
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Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Jun 21, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2980: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2980/
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"H.R. 2980: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2980/.
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