Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This bill is known as the Export Control Reform Act of 2016 and was introduced by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.). The bill is in reaction to the State Department's recent regulatory change, under ITAR, that redefines thousands of ordinary gunsmiths as firearm manufacturers subject to annual fees of $2,250, as well as mandatory record keeping and other bureaucratic red tape.
Title: Export Control Reform Act
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Description: Export Control Reform Act
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Last Action Date: September 27, 2016
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6176/all-info
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83 sponsors: Steve Scalise (R); Henry Cuellar (D); Tom Marino (R); Gene Green (D); Steve Stivers (R); Mike D. Rogers (R); Randy Weber (R); Charles Fleischmann (R); Doug Lamborn (R); David Roe (R); Jeb Hensarling (R); Jason Smith (R); Glenn Grothman (R); Ralph Abraham (D); Scott DesJarlais (R); Lamar Smith (R); Jim Jordan (R); Bill Johnson (R); Richard Hudson (R); Tim Walberg (R); Adrian Smith (R); Kevin Cramer (R); Michael Burgess (R); David Joyce (R); Diane Black (R); Kenny Marchant (R); Charles Boustany (R); Jackie Walorski (R); Gregg Harper (R); Don Young (R); Jody Hice (R); John Kline (R); Steve Womack (R); Doug Collins (R); Paul Gosar (R); Mike Kelly (R); Stevan Pearce (R); Chris Collins (R); Steve Chabot (R); Darrell Issa (R); Christopher Gibson (R); Collin Peterson (D); Tom Emmer (R); Ryan Zinke (R); Brad Wenstrup (R); Chris Stewart (R); John Fleming (R); Patrick Tiberi (R); Paul Cook (R); Patrick McHenry (R); James Renacci (R); Rob Bishop (R); Mark Amodei (R); Thomas Rooney (R); David McKinley (R); Bill Flores (R); Jeff Miller (R); Bruce Westerman (R); Michael McCaul (R); Robert Latta (R); Bob Goodlatte (R); Ron DeSantis (R); Marsha Blackburn (R); Trey Gowdy (R); Mark Meadows (R); Vicky Hartzler (R); Brian Babin (R); David Rouzer (R); John Katko (R); Evan Jenkins (R); Tom McClintock (R); Mike Pompeo (R); Sean Duffy (R); Lee Zeldin (R); Warren Davidson (R); Lynn Jenkins (R); Bill Huizenga (R); James Sensenbrenner (R); Garland Barr (R); Austin Scott (R); Ron Kind (D); John Ratcliffe (R); Todd Rokita (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Sep 27 2016 | Introduced in House |
| House | Sep 27 2016 | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 1 2016 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Foreign Affairs
There have not been any votes on this bill