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HR 7493 117th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022

Introduced: April 11, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Apr 11, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 11, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022

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 November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Republican 11
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DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Apr 14, 2022
Gohmert, Louie
· Apr 14, 2022
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Apr 11, 2022
Cawthorn, Madison
· Apr 11, 2022
 R
Feenstra, Randy
Iowa · Apr 11, 2022
 R
Garbarino, Andrew R.
New York · Apr 11, 2022
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Apr 11, 2022
Herrell, Yvette
· Apr 11, 2022
McKinley, David
· Apr 11, 2022
Mooney, Alexander
· Apr 11, 2022
Mullin, Markwayne
· Apr 11, 2022
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Apr 11, 2022
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Apr 11, 2022
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Apr 11, 2022
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Apr 11, 2022
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Apr 11, 2022
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Apr 11, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7493: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7493/
MLA
"H.R. 7493: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7493/.
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H.R. 7493, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7493/.
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