[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1039 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1039

  To amend the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler in 
  section 921 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             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

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                                 A BILL


 
  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 silencer' and `firearm muffler' mean--
            ``(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.''.
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