Assault Weapons Ban of 2013
| Long title | To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. |
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| Acronyms (colloquial) | AWB 2013 |
| Announced in | the 113th United States Congress |
| Sponsored by | Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D, CA) |
| Number of co-sponsors | 20 |
| Codification | |
| Acts affected | Atomic Energy Act of 1954 Higher Education Act of 1965 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 |
| U.S.C. sections affected | 18 U.S.C. § 922, 18 U.S.C. § 921, 18 U.S.C. § 924, 20 U.S.C. § 1070 et seq. 18 U.S.C. § 925A, and others. |
| Agencies affected | United States Department of Justice United States Congress |
| Legislative history | |
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The Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 (AWB 2013) was a bill introduced in the 113th United States Congress as S. 150 by Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, on January 24, 2013, one month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. It was defeated in the Senate on April 17, 2013 by a vote of 40 to 60.