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Stopping the Traffic in Overseas Proliferation of Ghost Guns Act
Introduced: February 12, 2019
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Feb 12, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Feb 12, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Stopping the Traffic in Overseas Proliferation of Ghost Guns Act
This bill prohibits the President from (1) removing any firearm or related technical information from the U.S. Munitions List, or (2) changing the requirements under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations as they were composed on January 1, 2018. The Department of State may not suspend the application of the regulations without notifying Congress under specified procedures.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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