PA Bill Number: SB945
Title: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals.
Description: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals. ...
Last Action: Third consideration and final passage (199-0)
Last Action Date: Apr 17, 2024
Proposed Federal Senate Legislation HB4052
This legislation would ban large capacity magazines.
Legislation Overview
Title: Keep Americans Safe Act
Subject: Firearms and explosives: Trade restrictions: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Keep Americans Safe Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly transfer, possess, import, or bring into the United States a large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). It permits the continued possession of a grandfathered LCAFD. Additionally, the bill does not prohibit, with respect to an LCAFD: manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; transfer or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and possession by a retired law enforcement officer. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both. Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification that clearly shows the device was manufactured after this bill's enactment.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4052/all-info
Sponsors
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110 sponsors: Elizabeth Esty (D); Dina Titus (D); Jacky Rosen (D); Ruben Kihuen (D); Theodore Deutch (D); Diana DeGette (D); Adriano Espaillat (D); Julia Brownley (D); Suzanne Bonamici (D); Pramila Jayapal (D); Karen Bass (D); David Cicilline (D); James Himes (D); Rosa DeLauro (D); Scott Peters (D); Elijah Cummings (D); Eric Swalwell (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Ro Khanna (D); Kathleen Rice (D); Seth Moulton (D); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D); Salud Carbajal (D); Lois Frankel (D); Stephanie Murphy (D); Donald Payne (D); Robin Kelly (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); John Sarbanes (D); Jerrold Nadler (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); James Langevin (D); Louise Slaughter (D); Brendan Boyle (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D); Pete Aguilar (D); Kathy Castor (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Joseph Crowley (D); Chellie Pingree (D); Katherine Clark (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Niki Tsongas (D); Albio Sires (D); Andre Carson (D); Nanette Barragan (D); Brad Sherman (D); Donald McEachin (D); Barbara Lee (D); Joe Courtney (D); Ed Perlmutter (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Robert Scott (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Don Beyer (D); Eliot Engel (D); Michael Capuano (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Gerald Connolly (D); Mike Quigley (D); Alcee Hastings (D); John Yarmuth (D); Steve Cohen (D); Frank Pallone (D); John Conyers (D); John Larson (D); Joseph Kennedy (D); Jackie Speier (D); Adam Smith (D); Cedric Richmond (D); Bradley Schneider (D); Susan Davis (D); James McGovern (D); Ami Bera (D); Linda Sanchez (D); Adam Schiff (D); Paul Tonko (D); Brian Higgins (D); Alma Adams (D); Keith Ellison (D); Gregory Meeks (D); Doris Matsui (D); Carol Shea-Porter (D); Val Demings (D); Marcia Fudge (D); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D); David Loebsack (D); Anna Eshoo (D); Darren Soto (D); Carolyn Maloney (D); Dwight Evans (D); Tony Cardenas (D); Grace Napolitano (D); Alan Lowenthal (D); Stephen Lynch (D); Zoe Lofgren (D); Ann Kuster (D); C.A. Ruppersberger (D); Charlie Crist (D); William Keating (D); Jimmy Panetta (D); Robert Brady (D); Michael Doyle (D); Denny Heck (D); Betty McCollum (D); Bill Foster (D); Donald Norcross (D); Yvette Clarke (D); Peter Visclosky (D); Joseph Morelle (D)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Oct 19 2017 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | Oct 12 2017 | Introduced in House |
| House | Oct 12 2017 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 14 2017 | federal bill text | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations
Votes
There have not been any votes on this bill
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