S. 1039

Summary

S. 1039, the PARTS Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Mar 13, 2025 by Sen. Tim Sheehy (R) with 11 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Mar 13, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

S. 1039 has 11 co-sponsors.

119 S1039 IS: Protecting Americans’ Right To Silence Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-13
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1039  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    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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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.

Sponsors

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R) sponsors S. 1039, and 11 members have co-sponsored it, 7 of them from the day it was introduced.

Tim Sheehy

Sen. · R–MT · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 13, 2025

Ted Budd

Sen. · R–NC · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 13, 2025 · Original

Bill Cassidy

Sen. · R–LA · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 13, 2025 · Original

John Cornyn

Sen. · R–TX · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 13, 2025 · Original

Steve Daines

Sen. · R–MT · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 13, 2025 · Original

James Justice

Sen. · R–WV · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 13, 2025 · Original

Mike Lee

Sen. · R–UT · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 13, 2025 · Original

Pete Ricketts

Sen. · R–NE · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 13, 2025 · Original

Marsha Blackburn

Sen. · R–TN · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 10, 2026

Mike Crapo

Sen. · R–ID · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 24, 2026

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Committees

S. 1039 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Mar 13, 2025

Actions

S. 1039 has taken 2 actions since Mar 13, 2025.

Votes

S. 1039 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 1039, as Identical bill.

HR 631PARTS Act of 2025Jan 22, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 1039 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• PARTS Act of 2025 — Display Title
• PARTS Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Protecting Americans’ Right To Silence Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

6 clients hired 4 firms and 16 registered lobbyists who named S. 1039 in 22 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.

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.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1039 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; S. 1039’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

Legislative Subjects

S. 1039 carries 1 of CRS’s legislative subject: Firearms and explosives.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com