HR 442 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2009

Introduced Jan 9, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Denny Rehberg R-MT

Latest action · Feb 9, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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.

IntroducedJan 9, 2009
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2009 - Provides a 90-day amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record any firearm acquired before October 31, 1968, by a veteran while a member of the Armed Forces stationed outside the continental United States. Grants such an individual limited immunity under the federal criminal code and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the acquisition, possession, transportation, or alteration of such firearm before or concurrent with such registration. Extends such immunity to a veteran who attempts to register a qualifying firearm outside of the amnesty period if the veteran surrenders the firearm within 30 days after being notified of potential criminal liability for continued possession.

Requires the Attorney General to: (1) transfer each firearm qualifying as a curio or relic which has been forfeited to the United States to the first qualified museum that requests it; and (2) publish information identifying each such firearm which is available to be transferred to a museum. Prohibits the Attorney General from destroying any such firearm which has been forfeited until five years after the forfeiture. Requires that any firearm transferred to a qualified museum be registered to the transferee.

Makes a prohibition against transfer or possession of a machine-gun inapplicable to a transfer to or by, or possession by, a museum which is open to the public and incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation under applicable state law.

Cosponsors 212

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2009 to Dec 9, 2010.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Feb 9, 2009
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Feb 9, 2009
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Feb 9, 2009
R-LA	Rodney Alexander	Feb 9, 2009
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Feb 9, 2009
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter	Feb 9, 2009
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Feb 9, 2009
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Feb 10, 2009
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Feb 10, 2009
R-IN	Dan Burton	Feb 23, 2009
R-KY	Harold Rogers	Feb 23, 2009
D-MO	Ike Skelton	Feb 23, 2009
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Feb 23, 2009
R-TX	Joe Barton	Feb 23, 2009
R-AR	John Boozman	Feb 23, 2009
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Feb 23, 2009
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Feb 23, 2009
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Feb 23, 2009
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Feb 23, 2009
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher	Mar 2, 2009
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz	Mar 2, 2009
D-PA	John P. Murtha	Mar 2, 2009
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Mar 2, 2009
R-LA	Steve Scalise	Mar 2, 2009
D-ID	Walter Minnick	Mar 11, 2009
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett	Mar 24, 2009
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Mar 30, 2009
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Mar 30, 2009
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling	Apr 2, 2009
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam	Apr 22, 2009
D-PA	Jason Altmire	Apr 22, 2009
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Apr 22, 2009
R-OK	Tom Cole	Apr 23, 2009
R-TN	David P. Roe	Apr 27, 2009
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Apr 27, 2009
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Apr 27, 2009
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Apr 27, 2009
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Apr 28, 2009
R-AK	Don Young	Apr 28, 2009
R-MN	John Kline	Apr 28, 2009
R-IL	John Shimkus	Apr 28, 2009
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Apr 28, 2009
D-GA	John Barrow	Apr 29, 2009
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Apr 29, 2009
R-TX	Kenny Marchant	Apr 29, 2009
D-MS	Travis Childers	Apr 29, 2009
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Apr 30, 2009
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Apr 30, 2009
D-PA	Christopher P. Carney	Apr 30, 2009
D-OK	Dan Boren	Apr 30, 2009
D-NC	Larry Kissell	Apr 30, 2009
R-OH	Jim Jordan	May 5, 2009
D-AR	Mike Ross	May 5, 2009
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	May 6, 2009
D-IL	Deborah L. Halvorson	May 6, 2009
R-VA	Eric Cantor	May 6, 2009
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	May 6, 2009
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	May 6, 2009
R-IL	Aaron Schock	May 12, 2009
R-PA	Bill Shuster	May 12, 2009
D-NV	Dina Titus	May 12, 2009
R-CA	Gary G. Miller	May 12, 2009
D-CA	Joe Baca	May 12, 2009
R-TX	Lamar Smith	May 12, 2009
D-NH	Paul W. Hodes	May 12, 2009
R-TX	Pete Sessions	May 12, 2009
D-PA	Tim Holden	May 12, 2009
R-TN	Zach Wamp	May 12, 2009
R-KY	Geoff Davis	May 14, 2009
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	May 14, 2009
D-CT	Joe Courtney	May 14, 2009
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	May 14, 2009
R-LA	John Fleming	May 14, 2009
D-CO	John T. Salazar	May 14, 2009
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	May 14, 2009
D-WI	Steve Kagen	May 14, 2009
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	May 14, 2009
R-LA	Bill Cassidy	May 18, 2009
R-MN	Michele Bachmann	May 18, 2009
R-IA	Steve King	May 18, 2009
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	May 21, 2009
R-NC	Howard Coble	May 21, 2009
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	May 21, 2009
R-TX	Sam Johnson	May 21, 2009
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney	May 21, 2009
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Jun 3, 2009
R-FL	Connie Mack	Jun 3, 2009
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Jun 3, 2009
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Jun 3, 2009
R-TX	John R. Carter	Jun 3, 2009
R-OK	Mary Fallin	Jun 3, 2009
R-TX	Pete Olson	Jun 3, 2009
R-OH	John A. Boehner	Jun 9, 2009
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Jun 9, 2009
R-CO	Mike Coffman	Jun 9, 2009
R-IN	Mike Pence	Jun 9, 2009
R-TX	Ted Poe	Jun 9, 2009
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas	Jun 10, 2009
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg	Jun 10, 2009
R-IN	Steve Buyer	Jun 10, 2009
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite	Jun 15, 2009
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Jun 18, 2009
R-FL	Bill Posey	Jun 18, 2009
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray	Jun 18, 2009
R-NE	Lee Terry	Jun 23, 2009
R-NE	Adrian Smith	Jul 7, 2009
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Jul 7, 2009
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Jul 7, 2009
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Jul 10, 2009
D-AL	Bobby Bright	Jul 14, 2009
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra	Jul 14, 2009
D-OH	Zachary T. Space	Jul 14, 2009
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Jul 15, 2009
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Jul 15, 2009
R-OH	Steve Austria	Jul 15, 2009
R-OK	John Sullivan	Jul 16, 2009
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Jul 16, 2009
R-CA	George Radanovich	Jul 27, 2009
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Jul 27, 2009
R-OR	Greg Walden	Jul 31, 2009
D-GA	Jim Marshall	Jul 31, 2009
D-TN	Lincoln Davis	Jul 31, 2009
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Jul 31, 2009
D-AR	Marion Berry	Jul 31, 2009
R-PA	Tim Murphy	Jul 31, 2009
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Sep 25, 2009
D-CO	Betsy Markey	Oct 1, 2009
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Oct 8, 2009
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Oct 8, 2009
R-GA	John Linder	Oct 27, 2009
R-MI	Fred Upton	Oct 29, 2009
R-AL	Parker Griffith	Oct 29, 2009
R-CA	Elton Gallegly	Dec 14, 2009
D-NM	Martin Heinrich	Dec 14, 2009
R-CA	John Campbell	Jan 13, 2010
R-SC	Bob Inglis	Feb 2, 2010
D-AZ	Gabrielle Giffords	Feb 2, 2010
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello	Feb 2, 2010
R-AL	Jo Bonner	Feb 2, 2010
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Feb 2, 2010
D-NY	William L. Owens	Feb 2, 2010
R-TX	Kay Granger	Feb 22, 2010
R-MO	Sam Graves	Feb 22, 2010
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson	Feb 22, 2010
R-FL	John L. Mica	Feb 26, 2010
D-FL	Allen Boyd	Mar 2, 2010
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Mar 3, 2010
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Mar 3, 2010
R-OH	Jean Schmidt	Mar 4, 2010
R-GA	Paul C. Broun	Mar 4, 2010
D-IN	Brad Ellsworth	Mar 10, 2010
D-LA	Charlie Melancon	Mar 10, 2010
R-CA	Darrell Issa	Mar 10, 2010
D-MS	Gene Taylor	Mar 10, 2010
D-NC	Heath Shuler	Mar 10, 2010
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Mar 10, 2010
D-KY	Ben Chandler	Mar 12, 2010
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Mar 12, 2010
R-CA	Jerry Lewis	Mar 17, 2010
D-VA	Rick Boucher	Mar 17, 2010
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt	Mar 17, 2010
R-GA	Nathan Deal	Mar 19, 2010
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz	Mar 19, 2010
R-CA	Wally Herger	Mar 19, 2010
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Mar 23, 2010
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Apr 13, 2010
D-MD	Frank Kratovil, Jr.	Apr 13, 2010
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Apr 13, 2010
R-TX	Mac Thornberry	Apr 13, 2010
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Apr 13, 2010
D-NM	Harry Teague	Apr 21, 2010
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Apr 21, 2010
R-GA	Tom Price	Apr 21, 2010
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Apr 28, 2010
R-MI	Dave Camp	May 4, 2010
D-PA	Kathleen A. Dahlkemper	May 4, 2010
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	May 6, 2010
R-NC	Virginia Foxx	May 11, 2010
D-TX	Henry Cuellar	May 18, 2010
R-CA	Kevin McCarthy	May 25, 2010
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	May 25, 2010
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	May 26, 2010
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	May 27, 2010
D-WI	Ron Kind	May 28, 2010
D-PA	Mark S. Critz	Jun 10, 2010
D-VA	Thomas S.P. Perriello	Jun 10, 2010
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Jun 15, 2010
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	Jun 15, 2010
D-FL	Alan Grayson	Jun 17, 2010
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Jun 17, 2010
R-GA	Tom Graves	Jun 24, 2010
R-KS	Jerry Moran	Jun 28, 2010
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Jun 28, 2010
D-TX	Chet Edwards	Jul 21, 2010
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Jul 22, 2010
R-GA	Jack Kingston	Jul 28, 2010
D-OH	Charles A. Wilson	Jul 29, 2010
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon	Jul 29, 2010
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan	Jul 29, 2010
D-MI	Gary C. Peters	Jul 30, 2010
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Jul 30, 2010
D-UT	Jim Matheson	Jul 30, 2010
R-HI	Charles K. Djou	Aug 9, 2010
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren	Aug 9, 2010
D-IL	Bill Foster	Sep 14, 2010
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Sep 16, 2010
R-TX	Ron Paul	Sep 16, 2010
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Sep 23, 2010
D-MI	John D. Dingell	Sep 23, 2010
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza	Sep 29, 2010
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz	Sep 29, 2010
R-NY	Christopher J. Lee	Dec 9, 2010

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jan 9, 2009
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Feb 9, 2009
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jan 9, 2009

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 9, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 9, 2009Introduced in House
Jan 9, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
Jan 9, 2009Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 9, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H880	Denny Rehberg R-MT	Feb 3, 2009

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2009

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 9, 2009Introduced in House

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