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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HR40

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Legislation Overview

Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that active duty military personnel who are stationed or residing in the District of Columbia should be permitted to exercise fully their rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Subject: District of Columbia: Firearms and explosives: Intergovernmental relations: Military personnel and dependents: State and local government operations: Government operations and politics

Description: Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that active-duty military personnel stationed or residing in the District of Columbia should be permitted to fully exercise their rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution and be exempt from the District's restrictions on the possession of firearms.

Session: 113th Congress

Last Action: To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee

Last Action Date: January 22, 2013

Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HE00040:@@@L&summ2=m&

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Gingrey, Phil;

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 0% (1 of 435)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jan 22, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Jan 23 2013 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: Oversight And Government Reform

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

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