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HR 1454 117th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Firearms and explosives

Ghost Guns Are Guns Act

Introduced: March 26, 2021 Introduced by: Espaillat, Adriano Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Apr 28, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 1, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 1, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ghost Guns Are Guns Act

This bill broadens the definition of firearm for purposes of federal firearms laws.

Specifically, it includes as a firearm any combination of parts designed or intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled.

What's happening now April 28, 2021

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 77
All 77 Democratic 65
D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Dec 22, 2022
 D
Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Jun 3, 2022
Yarmuth, John
· Jan 3, 2022
 D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Dec 8, 2021
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Aug 10, 2021
 D
Auchincloss, Jake
Massachusetts · Jun 22, 2021
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 26, 2021
Kirkpatrick, Ann
· Mar 26, 2021
Lawrence, Brenda
· Mar 26, 2021
Speier, Jackie
· Mar 9, 2021
DOYLE, MIKE
· Mar 8, 2021
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Mar 1, 2021
Brown, Anthony
· Mar 1, 2021
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Mar 1, 2021
Demings, Val
· Mar 1, 2021
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Mar 1, 2021
Deutch, Theodore
· Mar 1, 2021
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Mar 1, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Mar 1, 2021
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Mar 1, 2021
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 1, 2021
Maloney, Sean
· Mar 1, 2021
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 1, 2021
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 1, 2021
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