HR 1922 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were manufactured before the ban became law.

Introduced May 21, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Diana DeGette D-CO

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · May 30, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 21, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: (1) make it unlawful for any person to import a large capacity ammunition feeding device; (2) eliminate the exemption for the transfer of such devices lawfully possessed before enactment of the ban; and (3) expand the definition of such devices to include those manufactured on or before the date of enactment of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2001 to Jul 11, 2001; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-ILRod R. BlagojevichOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-WIThomas M. BarrettOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-PAWilliam J. CoyneOriginalMay 21, 2001
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyMay 24, 2001
D-NYNita M. LoweyMay 24, 2001
D-ILLane EvansJun 7, 2001
D-CANancy PelosiJun 7, 2001
D-CATom LantosJun 7, 2001
D-CAHilda L. SolisJun 12, 2001
D-NJDonald M. PayneJun 14, 2001
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Jun 19, 2001
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanJul 11, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred May 21, 2001
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred May 30, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 30, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
  2. May 21, 2001Introduced in House
  3. May 21, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To ban the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to extend the ban on transferring such devices to those that were manufactured before the ban became law.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 21, 2001Introduced in House

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