US HB442 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

US Congress House Bill 442 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 146-67)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2009 - Provides a 90-day amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record any firearm acquired before October 31, 1968, by a veteran while a member of the Armed Forces stationed outside the continental United States. Grants such an individual limited immunity under the federal criminal code and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the acquisition, possession, transportation, or alteration of such firearm before or concurrent with such registration. Extends such immunity to a veteran who attempts to register a qualifying firearm outside of the amnesty period if the veteran surrenders the firearm within 30 days after being notified of potential criminal liability for continued possession.Requires the Attorney General to: (1) transfer each firearm qualifying as a curio or relic which has been forfeited to the United States to the first qualified museum that requests it; and (2) publish information identifying each such firearm which is available to be transferred to a museum. Prohibits the Attorney General from destroying any such firearm which has been forfeited until five years after the forfeiture. Requires that any firearm transferred to a qualified museum be registered to the transferee.Makes a prohibition against transfer or possession of a machine-gun inapplicable to a transfer to or by, or possession by, a museum which is open to the public and incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation under applicable state law.

Title

Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2009

Sponsors

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]
Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]
Rep. Gresham Barrett [R-SC]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]
Rep. Marion Berry [D-AR]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Rep. John Boehner [R-OH]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]
Rep. Rick Boucher [D-VA]	Rep. Allen Boyd [D-FL]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Bobby Bright [D-AL]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]	Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite [R-FL]
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Steve Buyer [R-IN]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Dave Camp [R-MI]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. Eric Cantor [R-VA]
Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Travis Childers [D-MS]
Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D-PA]	Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]
Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN]	Rep. Nathan Deal [R-GA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Charles Djou [R-HI]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Chet Edwards [D-TX]	Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D-IN]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]	Rep. Mary Fallin [R-OK]
Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D-AZ]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]
Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Parker Griffith [R-AL]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Deborah Halvorson [D-IL]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]	Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]
Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]	Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R-MI]	Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]
Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Frank Kratovil [D-MD]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Christopher Lee [R-NY]
Rep. Jerry Lewis [R-CA]	Rep. John Linder [R-GA]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Rep. Connie Mack [R-FL]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]	Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]
Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]
Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Charlie Melancon [D-LA]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Rep. Walter Minnick [D-ID]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. John Murtha [D-PA]
Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D-TX]
Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Thomas Perriello [D-VA]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Adam Putnam [R-FL]
Rep. George Radanovich [R-CA]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]	Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D-TX]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]
Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Paul Ryan [R-WI]	Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]
Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Ike Skelton [D-MO]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]	Rep. Zachary Space [D-OH]
Rep. Cliff Stearns [R-FL]	Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI]	Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]	Rep. Gene Taylor [D-MS]
Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]
Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]
Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]
Rep. Charles Wilson [D-OH]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-09		Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2009-01-09		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-01-09		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-01-09		Referred 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.