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HR 3299 117th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement

Protecting Our Communities Act

Introduced: July 28, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 18, 2021
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 18, 2021
Introduced in House
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Protecting Our Communities Act

This expands the types of parts, weapons, and devices that are subject to regulation under federal firearms laws. The bill also establishes a notification requirement following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.

Specifically, the bill

  • 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;
  • adds armor-piercing, concealable weapons to the list of firearms subject to regulation under federal firearms laws; and
  • provides statutory authority for the regulation issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to classify bump-stock devices as machine guns for the purposes of federal firearms laws.

Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Justice to notify state and local law enforcement authorities following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.

What's happening now November 9, 2021

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

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1454 Related bill Ghost Guns Are Guns Act
  • HR 1769 Related bill NICS Denial Notification Act of 2021
  • HR 2466 Related bill Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 7
Cicilline, David
· Feb 15, 2022
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Sep 20, 2021
Perlmutter, Ed
· Jul 28, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jul 22, 2021
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · May 20, 2021
DEFAZIO, PETER
· May 18, 2021
Deutch, Theodore
· May 18, 2021
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · May 18, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · May 18, 2021
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · May 18, 2021
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 18, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3299: Protecting Our Communities Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3299/
MLA
"H.R. 3299: Protecting Our Communities Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3299/.
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H.R. 3299, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3299/.
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[H.R. 3299: Protecting Our Communities Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3299/)
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