Untraceable Firearms Act of 2021
Latest action · Nov 9, 2021 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.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Untraceable Firearms Act of 2021
This bill establishes a federal statutory framework to regulate the manufacture, sale, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, and receipt of ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers).
Additionally, the bill revises the federal statutory framework regulating the manufacture, possession, sale, import, shipment, delivery, receipt, and transfer of undetectable firearms. Among the revisions, the bill defines undetectable firearm as a firearm without a major component wholly made of detectable material.
Cosponsors 109
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 11, 2021 to Dec 22, 2022; 52 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Original | May 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | May 12, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | May 12, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | May 12, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Aug 3, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Aug 24, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Aug 24, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Aug 31, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Aug 31, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Aug 31, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Oct 12, 2021 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Oct 15, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Nov 18, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jun 16, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Dec 22, 2022 |
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 May 11, 2021 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Nov 9, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- May 11, 2021Introduced in House
- May 11, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 167, no. 81, May 11, 2021, page H2195.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-23 | AN UNENDING CRISIS: ESSENTIAL STEPS TO REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE AND MASS SHOOTINGS304 pages | Judiciary Committee | May 20, 2021 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46958 | Federal Firearms Law: Selected Developments in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches Archived | Report | Nov 3, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1558 | Untraceable Firearms Act of 2021 | Identical bill | May 11, 2021 |
| HR 7910 | Protecting Our Kids Act | Related bill | Jun 9, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Untraceable Firearms Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Aviation and airports
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Justice
- Digital media
- Firearms and explosives
- Manufacturing
- Materials
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Terrorism
- Transportation safety and security
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 11, 2021Introduced 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.
