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