CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Tim Sheehy (R-MT)

PARTS Act of 2025

S. 1039 · Senate bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Republican bill with 11 Republican cosponsors · See all 11 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "Protecting Americans' Right To Silence Act of 2025," aims to amend the legal definitions of "firearm silencer" and "firearm muffler" within section 921 of title 18, United States Code. The legislation seeks to change how these terms are defined to include specific descriptions of devices and their components. Specifically, it updates the definitions to cover devices intended to diminish the sound of a portable firearm and their attachment methods. It also includes language regarding the outer tube or single parts that serve as the primary housing for sound-reduction components.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill expands federal regulatory definitions regarding firearm components.

The opposite· 3 of 4

  • Scored -3

    Does this put more limits on buying or owning guns?

    The bill expands the definition of silencers to include component parts, which increases the scope of firearm regulation.

  • Scored -3

    Does this protect the right to own guns?

    By expanding the legal definition of silencers to include specific parts, it potentially increases regulatory burdens on firearm owners.

  • Scored -3

    Would gun owners be better off under this?

    The expansion of silencer definitions to include specific components increases the scope of regulation for gun owners.