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HR 1297 116th Congress House Taxation Firearms and explosives Law enforcement officers Sales and excise taxes Transfer and inheritance taxes

Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2019

Introduced: May 23, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Feb 15, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 15, 2019
Introduced in House
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Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2019

This bill includes armor-piercing, concealable weapons in the definition of firearm under the National Firearms Act.

What's happening now February 15, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 17
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Dec 2, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Nov 2, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 24, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 10, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Sep 10, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 10, 2019
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 10, 2019
DOYLE, MIKE
· Jul 25, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 3, 2019
ENGEL, ELIOT
· May 23, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · May 21, 2019
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Apr 2, 2019
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 26, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 13, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 13, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 11, 2019
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Mar 8, 2019
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Feb 27, 2019
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Feb 15, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1297: Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1297/
MLA
"H.R. 1297: Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1297/.
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H.R. 1297, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1297/.
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