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S 2725 117th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications

Accountability for Online Firearms Marketplaces Act of 2021

Introduced: September 13, 2021 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 13, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Accountability for Online Firearms Marketplaces Act of 2021

This bill removes the federal liability protection that a provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) receives for content provided by third parties if the provider operates an online firearms marketplace. Online firearms marketplace refers to an interactive computer service that (1) facilitates firearm-related transactions, (2) advertises or otherwise makes available proposals for transferring firearms, or (3) makes digital instructions for programming a three-dimensional printer to make a firearm.

What's happening now September 13, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7819 Related bill Accountability for Online Firearms Marketplaces Act of 2022
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 13, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2725: Accountability for Online Firearms Marketplaces Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2725/
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"S. 2725: Accountability for Online Firearms Marketplaces Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2725/.
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S. 2725, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2725/.
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