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
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In committee
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To President
Became law
Sep 13, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 13, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1