Bill Details
HR.631 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-22 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-01-22
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-Maine-2]
- Rep. Cline, Ben [R-Virginia-6]
- Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-Mississippi-4]
- Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-Ohio-6]
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-Texas-36]
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-New York-24]
- Rep. Moore, Riley M. [R-West Virginia-2]
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-Georgia-10]
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-Michigan-1]
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-Arizona-8]
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-Florida-17]
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-Texas-25]
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-Colorado-8]
- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-New York-23]
- Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-Ohio-7]
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-Texas-4]
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-Texas-13]
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-California-48]
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-Texas-22]
- Rep. Goldman, Craig A. [R-Texas-12]
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This bill would change the federal legal definition of a firearm silencer or muffler. It says these terms would cover not only a device meant to reduce the sound of a portable firearm, but also the main outer part of that device when it holds the sound-reducing parts inside. It also makes clear that the device can count as a silencer or muffler even if it connects to the firearm through a mount, adapter, or similar piece. In simple terms, the bill is meant to update and broaden how the law describes these sound-reducing gun parts.
- It rewrites the definition in federal law for “firearm silencer” and “firearm muffler.”
- It includes devices designed to silence, muffle, or reduce the sound of a portable firearm.
- It also covers the outer tube or main body of a device that holds the sound-reducing parts inside.
- The bill says the device can be attached directly to a firearm or through another part like a mount or adapter.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 631 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 631
To amend the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler in
section 921 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22, 2025
Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Cline, Mr. Ezell,
Mr. Rulli, Mr. Babin, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Moore of West Virginia, Mr.
Collins, and Mr. Bergman) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler in
section 921 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Americans' Right To
Silence Act of 2025'' or the ``PARTS Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. FIREARM SILENCERS AND FIREARM MUFFLERS.
Section 921(a)(25) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
``(25) The terms `firearm silencer' and `firearm muffler' mean--
``(A) any device designed or redesigned, made or remade,
and intended--
``(i) to silence, muffle, or diminish the auditory
report of a portable firearm; and
``(ii) to be attached to a portable firearm,
directly or through a mount, adaptor, or other device
that is not a firearm silencer or firearm muffler; or
``(B) the outer tube or other single part of any device
that--
``(i) provides the primary housing or is the
primary structure for internal sound-reduction
components designed or redesigned, made or remade, and
intended to silence, muffle, or diminish the auditory
report of a portable firearm; and
``(ii) attaches to a portable firearm, directly or
through a mount, adaptor, or other device that is not a
firearm silencer or firearm muffler.''.
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