HR-3299 : Still Just a Bill

Protecting Our Communities Act

This expands the types of parts, weapons, and devices that are subject to regulation under federal firearms laws. The bill also establishes a notification requirement following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.

Specifically, the bill

  • includes as a firearm any combination of parts designed or intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled;
  • adds armor-piercing, concealable weapons to the list of firearms subject to regulation under federal firearms laws; and
  • provides statutory authority for the regulation issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to classify bump-stock devices as machine guns for the purposes of federal firearms laws.

Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Justice to notify state and local law enforcement authorities following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2021-11-09CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.House committee actions
2021-05-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2021-05-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2021-05-18IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Val Butler Demings [D] (FL-10)
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