H.R. 869: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-30 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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.
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Official title

Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act

Plain summary

Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act This bill revises the prohibition on undetectable firearms. Specifically, the bill prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale, shipment, delivery, possession, transfer, or receipt of (1) any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than major components, is not as detectable by walk-through metal detectors as the Security Exemplar (an object fabricated for the testing and calibration of metal detectors); or (2) any major component of a firearm that is undetectable by detection devices commonly used at airports for security screenings. The bill exempts from this prohibition (1) a prototype firearm for detectability testing; (2) any firearm received by, in the possession of, or under the control of the United States; or (3) the manufacture, importation, possession, transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of a firearm by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer pursuant to an existing contract with the United States.

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Official text

Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] · 31 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] reported raising $2.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr869.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr869 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116