119th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
H.R. 3398: Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act
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Summary
This bill prohibits under federal law the purchase, ownership, or possession of enhanced body armor by civilians. The term enhanced body armor means body armor, including a helmet or shield, with a ballistic resistance that meets or exceeds the ballistic performance standard of RF1 armor, as determined using the National Institute of Justice standard in effect at the time the person purchases, owns, or possesses the armor.
Violations are subject to a fine, imprisonment of up to five years, or both.
The bill's prohibition does not apply to enhanced body armor that was lawfully possessed before the bill's effective date.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski D-ILOriginal
- Troy Carter D-LAOriginal
- Adriano Espaillat D-NYOriginal
- Laura Friedman D-CAOriginal
- Dan Goldman D-NYOriginal
- Henry Johnson D-GAOriginal
- Ted Lieu D-CAOriginal
- Greg Landsman D-OHOriginal
- George Latimer D-NYOriginal
- Grace Meng D-NYOriginal
- Joseph Morelle D-NYOriginal
- Jerrold Nadler D-NYOriginal
- Eleanor Norton D-DCOriginal
- Johnny Olszewski D-MDOriginal
- Thomas Suozzi D-NYOriginal
- Mary Scanlon D-PAOriginal
- Bennie Thompson D-MSOriginal
- Mike Thompson D-CAOriginal
- Paul Tonko D-NYOriginal
- Nydia Velázquez D-NYOriginal
- Nikema Williams D-GAOriginal
- Gabe Amo D-RI
- Jared Moskowitz D-FL
- Lizzie Fletcher D-TX
- Sean Casten D-IL
- Nellie Pou D-NJ
- Robert Garcia D-CA
- LaMonica McIver D-NJ
Who scored on this bill
- 1Timothy Kennedy SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Timothy Kennedy.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.