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HR 4296 - Regulation of Semi-Automatic Assault Weapons - National Key Vote
Newt Gingrich voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
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Issues Related to HR 4296
Stage Details
Legislation - Placed on Calendar (Senate) - May 16, 1994
Legislation -
Bill Passed
(House)
(216-214) -
May 5, 1994(Key vote)
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Title: Regulation of Semi-Automatic Assault Weapons
Vote Result
Yea Votes
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Vote to pass a bill that bans certain semiautomatic assault weapons.
- Bans the manufacture, sale, or possession of nineteen semiautomatic assault weapons (SAW) and other firearms that carry similar characteristics.
- Allows for the sale and possession of SAW if lawfully owned prior to the enactment of this bill.
- Declares it illegal for an individual to sell SAW to another person who has not completed a form prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
- Prohibits the sale or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices that contain more than ten rounds of ammunition.
- States that provisions do not apply to the U.S. government and retired law enforcement officers who own SAW.
- Terminations provisions ten years after enactment.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - April 25, 1994
Title: Regulation of Semi-Automatic Assault Weapons
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Neil Abercrombie (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gary L. Ackerman (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas H. Andrews (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas M. 'Tom' Barrett (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Xavier Becerra (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Anthony C. Beilenson (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Howard L. Berman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert A. 'Bob' Borski Jr. (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Leslie L. Byrne (VA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Benjamin L. 'Ben' Cardin (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael N. 'Mike' Castle (DE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eva M. Clayton (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Cardiss Collins (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sam Coppersmith (AZ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (CT - D)
- Peter Deutsch (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Eliot L. Engel (NY - D)
- Karan English (AZ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Anna G. Eshoo (CA - D)
- Bob Filner (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eric D. Fingerhut (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barney Frank (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Luis V. Gutiérrez (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jane Harman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Peter Hoagland (NE - D) (Out Of Office)
- George J. Hochbrueckner (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Harry A. Johnston (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph P. 'Joe' Kennedy II (MA - ) (Out Of Office)
- John R. Lewis (GA - D)
- Nita M. Lowey (NY - D)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (NY - D)
- David Mann (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas J. Manton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edward J. 'Ed' Markey (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Romano L. Mazzoli (KY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert 'Bob' Menendez (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- James P. 'Jim' Moran Jr. (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jerrold L. 'Jerry' Nadler (NY - D)
- Major R. Owens (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Donald M. Payne (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nancy Pelosi (CA - D)
- Charles B. 'Charlie' Rangel (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Francis 'Jack' Reed (RI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Melvin J. 'MR' Reynolds (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Marge S. Roukema (NJ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Martin Olav Sabo (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lynn Schenk (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Patricia 'Pat' Schroeder (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- José E. Serrano (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Karen Shepherd (UT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Fortney H. 'Pete' Stark (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gerry E. Studds (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Synar (OK - D) (Out Of Office)
- Walter R. Tucker III (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (NY - D)
- Bruce Frank Vento (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Henry A. Waxman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alan Wheat (MO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lynn C. Woolsey (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sidney R. Yates (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
