S. 556: Firearms Transfer Improvement Act (GovTrack.us)

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S. 556:

Firearms Transfer Improvement Act

111^th Congress

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A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to modernize the process by which interstate firearms transactions are conducted by Federal firearms licensees.

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Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]show cosponsors (1)

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Status:

	Introduced	Mar 10, 2009
	Referred to Committee	View Committee Assignments
	Reported by Committee	...
	Senate Vote	...
	House Vote	...
	Signed by President	...

This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Nov 14, 2009 7:33AM]

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Mar 10, 2009: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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