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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1266
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 2019Mr. Espaillat (for himself, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Velázquez) 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).