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.