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117th Congress > House > Vote 702
Clerk session vote number: 255
Sponsor: McBATH, Lucy (D-GA)
Description: Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act
Bill summary: Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021
This bill authorizes and establishes procedures for federal courts to issue federal extreme risk protection orders.
A federal extreme risk protection order is a federal court order that prohibits a person from purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition.
A family or household member, or a law enforcement officer, may petition for a federal extreme risk protection order with respect to an individual who poses a risk to themselves
or others.
The bill also expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from purchasing, shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition. Specifically, it adds, as a new category, persons who are subject to an extreme risk protection order.
Bill titles: To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
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