,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdfa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #cj1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,panetta introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,arms ,export     
,control ,act relating to export        
licenses for firearm silencers4  #a4    
,requirements relating to export        
licenses for firearm silencers ,section 
#ch of the ,arms ,export ,control ,act  
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bggh7 is amended by     
adding at the end the following3  7l7   
,requirements relating to export        
licenses for firearm silencers  7#a7 ,in
 general ,notwithstanding any other     
provision of law1 the ,president may    
approve or otherwise issue a license for
 the export of firearm silencers only if
 the recipient end-user of the firearm  
silencers is the government of a foreign
 country or any person acting on behalf 
of such government4  7#b7 ,firearm      
silencer defined ,in this subsection1   

the term firearm silencer has the       
meaning given that term in section      
#iba7;a77#bd7 of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code4  4