Ghost Guns Are Guns Act
Latest action · Mar 25, 2019 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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ghost Guns Are Guns Act
This bill broadens the definition of "firearm" for purposes of federal firearms laws.
Specifically, it includes as a firearm any combination of parts designed and intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled.
Cosponsors 88
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2019 to Apr 23, 2020; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 8, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 11, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 28, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jul 5, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jul 5, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Aug 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Aug 20, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Aug 23, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Nov 22, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Nov 22, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jan 14, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Jan 27, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jan 30, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Feb 10, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Feb 10, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Mar 4, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Mar 4, 2020 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Apr 23, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2019 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 25, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 29, February 14, 2019, page H2034.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1278 | Ghost Guns Are Guns Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 16, 2017 |
| HR 1454 | Ghost Guns Are Guns Act | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 28, 2021 |
| S 3254 | Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020 | Related bill | Feb 5, 2020 |
| HR 5717 | Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 10, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to require firearm assembly kits to be considered to be firearms.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Ghost Guns Are Guns Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
