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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5135 
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that no regulation issued 
under section 38(a)(1) of that Act, and no policy or practice in imple-
menting such a regulation, may prohibit the otherwise lawful export 
for sale or transfer of any firearm silencer, or any component, part, 
accessory or attachment for any firearm silencer, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2016 
Mr. STEWART (for himself, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
BISHOP of Utah, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. SALMON, Mr. 
WESTERMAN, Mr. COOK, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. CAR-
TER of Texas, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 
BUCK, and Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that 
no regulation issued under section 38(a)(1) of that Act, 
and no policy or practice in implementing such a regula-
tion, may prohibit the otherwise lawful export for sale 
or transfer of any firearm silencer, or any component, 
part, accessory or attachment for any firearm silencer, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Suppressor Export 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 38(b) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) No regulation issued under subsection 
(a)(1), and no policy or practice in implementing 
such a regulation, may prohibit the otherwise lawful 
export for sale or transfer of any firearm silencer (as 
defined in section 921 of title 18, United States 
Code), or any component, part, accessory or attach-
ment for any firearm silencer, if— 
‘‘(A) the item may be lawfully manufac-
tured in the United States; 
‘‘(B) the country to which the item is 
sought to be exported has a lawful market for 
such item, whether for public or private use; 
and 
‘‘(C) the country to which the item is 
sought to be exported is not listed as a country 
prohibited from receiving arms exports by stat-
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ute or by part 126 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and apply with respect to the lawful export 
for sale or transfer of any firearm silencer, or any compo-
nent, part, accessory or attachment for any firearm si-
lencer, on or after such date of enactment. 
Æ 
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