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Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2021

Introduced: March 22, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Mar 22, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 22, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2021

This bill establishes a federal statutory framework to prohibit straw purchasing of firearms, trafficking in firearms, and related conduct.

A violator is subject to criminal and civil penalties, including the seizure and forfeiture of the firearms and ammunition involved in the offense, property constituting or derived from proceeds from the offense, and property used to commit or facilitate the offense.

The bill authorizes law enforcement to investigate straw purchasing and trafficking in firearms offenses using wiretaps (i.e., authorized interceptions of wire, electronic, or oral communications) and makes the offenses predicate offenses (i.e., underlying offenses) for prosecutions under the federal money laundering statute and the federal racketeering statute.

What's happening now March 22, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1