HR 1764 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013

Latest action · Apr 26, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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. IntroducedApr 26, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 - Prohibits a federal agency, other than the Department of Defense (DOD), during the six-month period beginning on the enactment of this Act, from purchasing during any month or possessing at any one time more rounds of ammunition than the monthly average of rounds of ammunition purchased by the agency between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2009. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on federal agency purchasing of ammunition.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2013 to Nov 14, 2014; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalApr 26, 2013
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalApr 26, 2013
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithOriginalApr 26, 2013
R-OKMarkwayne MullinOriginalApr 26, 2013
R-FLRichard B. NugentOriginalApr 26, 2013
R-TXBlake FarentholdMay 6, 2013
R-LACharles W. Boustany, Jr.May 6, 2013
R-MIDan BenishekMay 6, 2013
R-OKJim BridenstineMay 6, 2013
R-AZMatt SalmonMay 6, 2013
R-TXPete OlsonMay 6, 2013
R-GAPhil GingreyMay 6, 2013
R-OHSteve StiversMay 6, 2013
R-KSTim HuelskampMay 6, 2013
R-TXKenny MarchantMay 8, 2013
R-NJLeonard LanceMay 8, 2013
R-NCMark MeadowsMay 8, 2013
R-OKTom ColeMay 8, 2013
R-CAHoward P. "Buck" McKeonMay 15, 2013
R-GAPaul C. BrounMay 15, 2013
R-MOSam GravesMay 15, 2013
R-TNJohn J. Duncan, Jr.May 23, 2013
R-TXRalph M. HallMay 23, 2013
R-VARobert J. WittmanMay 23, 2013
R-MIBill HuizengaJun 5, 2013
R-IATom LathamJun 27, 2013
R-OHRobert E. LattaJul 30, 2013
R-UTRob BishopApr 30, 2014
R-OHBrad R. WenstrupNov 14, 2014

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Apr 26, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 26, 2013Introduced in House
  2. Apr 26, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H2394–H2396H.R. 1764–1820—Apr 26, 2013

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. This bill places a temporary prohibition on covered agencies from purchasing ammunition. The purpose of the prohibition is to determine the effect government purchases have on the price of ammunition, an instrument of interstate commerce.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2394.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 843Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013Identical billApr 25, 2013

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To limit the amount of ammunition purchased or possessed by certain Federal agencies for a 6-month period.
Short Titles as Introduced
Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 26, 2013Introduced in House

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