Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
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.
- IntroducedApr 11, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022
This bill modifies federal bankruptcy law to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more firearms up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2022 to Apr 14, 2022; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-NM | Yvette Herrell | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Apr 14, 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 Apr 11, 2022 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
- Apr 11, 2022Introduced in House
- Apr 11, 2022Referred 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. 168, no. 63, April 11, 2022, page H4438.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2022Introduced in House
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