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HR 869 116th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Aviation and airports Firearms and explosives Transportation safety and security

Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act

Introduced: January 30, 2019 Introduced by: Dean, Madeleine Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Mar 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 30, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act

This bill revises the prohibition on undetectable firearms.

Specifically, the bill prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale, shipment, delivery, possession, transfer, or receipt of (1) any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than major components, is not as detectable by walk-through metal detectors as the Security Exemplar (an object fabricated for the testing and calibration of metal detectors); or (2) any major component of a firearm that is undetectable by detection devices commonly used at airports for security screenings.

The bill exempts from this prohibition (1) a prototype firearm for detectability testing; (2) any firearm received by, in the possession of, or under the control of the United States; or (3) the manufacture, importation, possession, transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of a firearm by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer pursuant to an existing contract with the United States.

What's happening now March 25, 2019

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 869: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-869/
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"H.R. 869: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-869/.
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H.R. 869, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-869/.
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