March 13, 2025
Mr. Sheehy (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Budd, Mr. Daines, Mr. Justice, and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To amend the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler in section 921 of title 18, United States Code, 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 Protecting Americans’ Right To Silence Act of 2025
or the PARTS Act of 2025
.
Sec. 2. Firearm silencers and firearm mufflers
Section 921(a)(25) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
(25)
The terms
firearm silencerandfirearm mufflermean—(A)
any device designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended—
(i)
to silence, muffle, or diminish the auditory report of a portable firearm; and
(ii)
to be attached to a portable firearm, directly or through a mount, adaptor, or other device that is not a firearm silencer or firearm muffler; or
(B)
the outer tube or other single part of any device that—
(i)
provides the primary housing or is the primary structure for internal sound-reduction components designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to silence, muffle, or diminish the auditory report of a portable firearm; and
(ii)
attaches to a portable firearm, directly or through a mount, adaptor, or other device that is not a firearm silencer or firearm muffler.