HR 1726
116th Congress
House
Finance and Financial Sector
Bankruptcy
Firearms and explosives
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2019
Introduced: March 13, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 12, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Mar 13, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 13, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2019
This bill modifies federal bankruptcy law to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more firearms 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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