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H.R. 717: Raise the Age Act

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H.R. 717: Raise the Age Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-23 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Raise the Age Act

Plain summary

Raise the Age Act This bill establishes new restrictions on the sale or transfer of certain semiautomatic firearms to individuals under 21 years of age. Specifically, this bill makes it unlawful for a licensed gun dealer, importer, manufacturer, or collector to sell or deliver a semiautomatic center-fire rifle that has the capacity to accept more than five rounds to an individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is under age 21. The prohibition does not apply if the individual under age 21 is a full-time law enforcement officer or active-duty member of the Armed Forces. The bill also requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report on the operation of its public access line, including a description of information sharing protocols and recommendations for improving such protocols.

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Official text

Raise the Age Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] · 66 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI) and 6 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr717 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116