Suppressor Export Act

Suppressor Export Act

This bill amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide that a regulation or related implementing policy or practice regarding registration and licensing requirements for manufacturers, exporters, or importers of designated defense articles and defense services may not prohibit the otherwise lawful export for sale or transfer of any firearm silencer or component, if:

• the item may be lawfully manufactured in the United States; and
• the importing country has a lawful public or private use market for such item and is not listed as a country prohibited from receiving arms exports.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5135 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5135

  To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that no regulation 
issued under section 38(a)(1) of that Act, and no policy or practice in 
   implementing such a regulation, may prohibit the otherwise lawful 
export for sale or transfer of any firearm silencer, or any component, 
 part, accessory or attachment for any firearm silencer, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2016

 Mr. Stewart (for himself, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Babin, Mr. 
Bishop of Utah, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Westerman, Mr. 
Cook, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Zinke, 
  Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Buck, and Mrs. Ellmers of 
 North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that no regulation 
issued under section 38(a)(1) of that Act, and no policy or practice in 
   implementing such a regulation, may prohibit the otherwise lawful 
export for sale or transfer of any firearm silencer, or any component, 
 part, accessory or attachment for any firearm silencer, 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 ``Suppressor Export Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 38(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) No regulation issued under subsection (a)(1), and no 
        policy or practice in implementing such a regulation, may 
        prohibit the otherwise lawful export for sale or transfer of 
        any firearm silencer (as defined in section 921 of title 18, 
        United States Code), or any component, part, accessory or 
        attachment for any firearm silencer, if--
                    ``(A) the item may be lawfully manufactured in the 
                United States;
                    ``(B) the country to which the item is sought to be 
                exported has a lawful market for such item, whether for 
                public or private use; and
                    ``(C) the country to which the item is sought to be 
                exported is not listed as a country prohibited from 
                receiving arms exports by statute or by part 126 of 
                title 22, Code of Federal Regulations.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect 
to the lawful export for sale or transfer of any firearm silencer, or 
any component, part, accessory or attachment for any firearm silencer, 
on or after such date of enactment.
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