H.R. 5088: No MAGA Act
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H.R. 5088: No MAGA Act
115th Congress · introduced 2018-02-26 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E287-288)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2018-02-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E287-288) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
No MAGA Act
Plain summary
No More Atrocities with Guns Act or the No MAGA Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit, with respect to a semiautomatic assault weapon, the following: sale or delivery by a licensed gun dealer, importer, manufacturer, or collector to an individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is under age 21; transfer by a private party to an individual under age 21; and possession or ownership by an individual under age 21. The prohibitions do not apply if the individual under age 21 is a law enforcement officer or active-duty member of the Armed Forces.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 1 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr5088.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr5088 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115