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HR 9539 117th Congress House International Affairs

ARMAS Act of 2022

Introduced: December 14, 2022 Introduced by: Castro, Joaquin Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 14, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Americas Regional Monitoring of Arms Sales Act of 2022 or the ARMAS Act of 2022

This bill (1) requires the Department of State to report to Congress on federal efforts to disrupt the illegal export or diversion of firearms from the United States to countries in North America, South America, and the Caribbean; (2) requires the State Department and the Department of Commerce to jointly develop an inter-agency strategy for the disruption of the trafficking of firearms exported from the United States to such countries; and (3) requires the Commerce Department to submit an annual report on the export of firearms to such countries. The bill also limits the Commerce Department from issuing export licenses for covered firearms until notifying Congress of the proposed transaction.

What's happening now December 14, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Dec 14, 2022
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Dec 14, 2022
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Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Dec 14, 2022
Sires, Albio
· Dec 14, 2022
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Torres, Norma J.
California · Dec 14, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9539: ARMAS Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9539/
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"H.R. 9539: ARMAS Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9539/.
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H.R. 9539, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9539/.
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