Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4060
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-22
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing firearms, or importing or manufacturing ammunition, as a critical infrastructure sector. Additionally, the bill states that individuals who are employed by those entities are critical infrastructure workers.</p> <p>The term <em>critical infrastructure</em> means systems and assets, physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters.<br> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4060 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 22, 2021 Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Cawthorn , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Stewart , Mr. Young , Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida , Mr. Van Drew , Mr. Gaetz , Ms. Herrell , Mr. Mann , Ms. Cheney , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Norman , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Hice of Georgia , Mr. Tiffany , Mr. Johnson of South Dakota , Mr. Budd , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Harris , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , Mr. Emmer , Mr. Mooney , and Ms. Tenney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing firearms, or importing or manufacturing ammunition pursuant to section 923 of title 18, United States Code, as a critical infrastructure sector, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021 . 2. Critical infrastructure sector and workers (a) Critical infrastructure sector The Secretary of Homeland Security shall designate the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing firearms, or importing or manufacturing ammunition pursuant to section 923 of title 18, United States Code, as a critical infrastructure sector (as such term is defined in section 1016(e) of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c(e) ). (b) Critical infrastructure workers Individuals employed by entities designated as a critical infrastructure sector pursuant to subsection (a) are critical infrastructure workers (as such term is defined in section 522 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 321k )).