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H.R. 1643 — SAFER Voter Act — Project Euthyna

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SAFER Voter Act

Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act or the SAFER Voter Act

This bill reduces the minimum age—from 21 years to 18 years—at which an individual may obtain a handgun from a federally licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector.

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To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age at which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee.Official Title as Introduced

SAFER Voter ActShort Title(s) as Introduced

Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter ActShort Title(s) as Introduced

Legislative history

H.R. 1643·House·Bill·Crime and Law Enforcement

Rep. Thomas Massie(Republican-Kentucky-4)·

Feb 27, 2025

IntroducedIntroduced in House

Feb 27, 2025

HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Documents

Everything Congress printed about this measure. A bill is reprinted each time it changes, the Congressional Research Service summarizes each version, and the committee that reports a bill files its own written account of it.

Bill text

Feb 27, 2025As introduced in the House

Plain-language summaries

Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House

Where it stands

In committee — the House

On the floor — the House

In committee — the Senate

On the floor — the Senate

Resolving differences

With the President

Became law

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