Bolstering Security Against Ghost Guns Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to develop a strategy addressing untraceable firearms (ghost guns), defined as privately made or modified weapons lacking serial numbers. It mandates DHS agencies to produce annual threat reports on ghost gun use in terrorism, analyze cross-border smuggling patterns (especially U.S. firearms recovered in Mexico), and track airport security violations involving such weapons. The law also directs the Secret Service to research prevention methods and requires the Transportation Security Administration to report on firearm violations at checkpoints. These provisions focus on improving interagency coordination and data collection on ghost gun threats, without changing gun ownership laws.
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Introduced Sep 14, 2023
Last action Sep 14, 2023
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Sep 14, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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Sep 14, 2023
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1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
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Bennie G. Thompson
DDemocratic
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
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Daniel S. Goldman
DDemocratic
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Delia C. Ramirez
DDemocratic
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Dina Titus
DDemocratic
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Donald M. Payne, Jr.
DDemocratic
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Eric Swalwell
DDemocratic
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Glenn Ivey
DDemocratic
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J. Luis Correa
DDemocratic
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Mike Thompson
DDemocratic
Co
Robert Garcia
DDemocratic
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