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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB3933

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Legislation Overview

Title: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014

Subject: Bankruptcy: Firearms and explosives: Finance and financial sector

Description: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to permit an individual debtor to exempt from the property of the estate in bankruptcy the debtor's aggregate interest, not to exceed $3,000, in a single firearm or firearms.

Session: 113th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Last Action Date: March 20, 2014

Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN03933:@@@L&summ2=m&

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

16 sponsors: Collins, Chris; Bachmann, Michele; Bentivolio, Kerry L.; Chabot, Steve; Davis, Rodney; Fincher, Stephen Lee; Gingrey, Phil; Gosar, Paul A.; Griffin, Tim; Jenkins, Lynn; Lance, Leonard; Latta, Robert E.; Miller, Candice S.; Pompeo, Mike; Weber, Randy K. Sr.; Young, Don;

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (16 of 435)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Mar 20, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
House Jan 27, 2014 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Jan 28 2014 federal link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Judiciary

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

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