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Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2018

Introduced: April 25, 2018 Introduced by: Panetta, Jimmy Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 25, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 25, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2018

This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to make grants to states to develop and operate systems to retrieve firearms from armed prohibited persons. An armed prohibited person is a person who lawfully purchases a firearm and later becomes prohibited from possessing the firearm due to an act or omission committed by such person.

What's happening now May 22, 2018

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

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 18, 2018
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Apr 25, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5620: Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5620/
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"H.R. 5620: Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5620/.
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H.R. 5620, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5620/.
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