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 SB159
This bill would stop the Obama inspired anti-gun effort to stop gun dealers from having open access to financial institutions and branding gun dealers as risky businesses.
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 2017
Subject: Finance and financial sector: Banking and financial institutions regulation: Credit and credit markets: Firearms and explosives: Manufacturing: Retail and wholesale trades
Description: Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Department of Justice, or any other federal agency from using funds to carry out Operation Choke Point or any other program designed to discourage financial institutions from providing credit to, or processing payments for, dealers and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last Action Date: January 17, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/159/all-info
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Marco Rubio (R)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 17 2017 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 1 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: S
Committee Name: Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
Votes
There have not been any votes on this bill
Comments On This Bill
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