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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1039 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler in section |
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| 6 | 6 | | 921 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | HEEHY(for himself, Mr. LEE, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. BUDD, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. D |
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| 12 | 12 | | AINES, Mr. JUSTICE, and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following |
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| 13 | 13 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm |
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| 16 | 16 | | muffler in section 921 of title 18, United States Code, |
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| 17 | 17 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Americans’ 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Right To Silence Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘PARTS Act of 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2025’’. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. FIREARM SILENCERS AND FIREARM MUFFLERS. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 921(a)(25) of title 18, United States Code, 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | is amended to read as follows: 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 1039 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(25) The terms ‘firearm silencer’ and ‘firearm muf-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | fler’ mean— 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(A) any device designed or redesigned, made 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | or remade, and intended— 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(i) to silence, muffle, or diminish the au-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ditory report of a portable firearm; and 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(ii) to be attached to a portable firearm, 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | directly or through a mount, adaptor, or other 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | device that is not a firearm silencer or firearm 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | muffler; or 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(B) the outer tube or other single part of any 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | device that— 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(i) provides the primary housing or is the 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | primary structure for internal sound-reduction 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | components designed or redesigned, made or re-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | made, and intended to silence, muffle, or dimin-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ish the auditory report of a portable firearm; 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | and 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(ii) attaches to a portable firearm, di-19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | rectly or through a mount, adaptor, or other de-20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | vice that is not a firearm silencer or firearm 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | muffler.’’. 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Æ |
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