Ghost Guns Are Guns Act

Bill: 115-hr-1278
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2017-03-01
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ghost Guns Are Guns Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of &quot;firearm&quot; to include any combination of parts designed and intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1278 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 1, 2017 Mr. Espaillat (for himself, Mr. Schneider , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Norton , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Deutch , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Gutiérrez , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Cárdenas , and Mr. Swalwell of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to require firearm assembly kits to be considered to be firearms.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ghost Guns Are Guns Act . 2. Firearm assembly kits considered to be firearms Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking or (D) any destructive device and inserting ; (D) any destructive device; or (E) any combination of parts designed or intended for use in converting any device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled ; and (2) in paragraph (4)— (A) by adding and at the end of subparagraph (A); (B) by striking and at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period; and (C) by striking subparagraph (C).