Family Firearm Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-4703
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2016-03-03
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Family relationships

Firearms and explosives

Law enforcement administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> <p> <b>Family Firearm Protection Act</b> <p>This bill prohibits a federal government officer or employee from taking an action that limits a firearm transfer between family members, including by way of inheritance, that is more restrictive than limitations in effect as of January 3, 2016.

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4703 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2016 Mr. Luetkemeyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To eliminate the authority of the executive branch to further restrict intra-family firearm transfers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family Firearm Protection Act . 2. Elimination of executive authority to further restrict intra-family firearm transfers (a) In general No officer or employee of the Federal Government may take any action that would result in a limitation on the transfer of a firearm between members of the same family, including by way of inheritance, that is more restrictive than the limitations on the conduct that are in effect as of January 3, 2016. (b) Family defined For purposes of subsection (a), 2 individuals shall be considered to be members of the same family if 1 of the individuals is the spouse, or a child, sibling, grandchild, or legal guardian, of the other individual.