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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 09, 2013
Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 3626
On Monday, December 9, 2013, the President signed into law:
H.R. 3626, which extends for ten years, through December 9, 2023, the prohibitions under current law against firearms that are undetectable by metal detectors or X-ray machines.