H.R. 631

Summary

H.R. 631, the PARTS Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jan 22, 2025 by Rep. August Pfluger (R) with 27 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jan 22, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 631 has 27 co-sponsors.

119 HR 631 IH: Protecting Americans’ Right To Silence Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-22
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 631  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 22, 2025   Mr. Pfluger  (for himself,  Mr. Golden of Maine ,  Mr. Cline ,  Mr. Ezell ,  Mr. Rulli ,  Mr. Babin ,  Ms. Tenney ,  Mr. Moore of West Virginia ,  Mr. Collins , and  Mr. Bergman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting Americans’ Right To Silence Act of 2025   or the   PARTS Act of 2025  .
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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To amend the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler in section 921 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. August Pfluger (R) sponsors H.R. 631, and 27 members have co-sponsored it, 9 of them from the day it was introduced.

August Pfluger

Rep. · R–TX-11 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025

Brian Babin

Rep. · R–TX-36 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Jack Bergman

Rep. · R–MI-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Ben Cline

Rep. · R–VA-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Mike Collins

Rep. · R–GA-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Mike Ezell

Rep. · R–MS-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Jared Golden

Rep. · D–ME-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Riley Moore

Rep. · R–WV-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Michael Rulli

Rep. · R–OH-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Claudia Tenney

Rep. · R–NY-24 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 631 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Jan 22, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 631 has taken 2 actions since Jan 22, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 631 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

2 bills are related to H.R. 631.

HR 404Hearing Protection ActJan 15, 2025 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee o… · Related billS 1039PARTS Act of 2025Mar 13, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 631 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• PARTS Act of 2025 — Display Title
• To amend the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler in section 921 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
• PARTS Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Protecting Americans’ Right To Silence Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

8 clients hired 6 firms and 30 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 631 in 32 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Natural Resources, Veterans, Aviation/Airlines/Airports.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 30.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 631 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 1 legislative subject.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 631’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 631 carries 1 of CRS’s legislative subject: Firearms and explosives.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 631, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PFLUGER:H.R. 631.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H300]

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