Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Further restrictions on purchases and transfers of firearms.
Title: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013
Subject: Administrative law and regulatory procedures: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Firearms and explosives: Smuggling and trafficking: U.S. Sentencing Commission: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any person, in of affecting interstate commerce: (1) from purchasing, attempting to purchase, or transferring a firearm, with intent to deliver the firearm to another person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is prohibited from possessing a firearm; (2) in purchasing, attempting to purchase, or transferring a firearm, from intentionally providing false or misleading material information on a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) firearms transaction record form; or (3) knowingly directing, promoting, facilitating, or conspiring to commit such a violation. Authorizes an enhanced penalty for someone who organizes or supervises such conduct. Makes exceptions for a firearm that is lawfully acquired: (1) to be given to another person not prohibited from possessing it under federal or state law as a gift; or (2) by a court-appointed trustee, receiver, or conservator on behalf of an estate or creditor, to carry out a bequest, or in an acquisition by intestate succession. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend the federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of offenses under this Act.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Last Action Date: February 28, 2013
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN00452:@@@L&summ2=m&
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119 sponsors: Maloney, Carolyn B.; Andrews, Robert E.; Barber, Ron; Beatty, Joyce; Bishop, Timothy H.; Blumenauer, Earl; Bonamici, Suzanne; Brady, Robert A.; Brown, Corrine; Capps, Lois; Capuano, Michael E.; Cardenas, Tony; Carney, John; Cartwright, Matt; Cicilline, David N.; Clarke, Yvette D.; Clay, Wm. Lacy; Cohen, Steve; Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"; Conyers, John, Jr.; Courtney, Joe; Crowley, Joseph; Cummings, Elijah E.; Davis, Danny K.; Davis, Susan A.; DeGette, Diana; DeLauro, Rosa L.; Duckworth, Tammy; Edwards, Donna F.; Ellison, Keith; Engel, Eliot L.; Eshoo, Anna G.; Esty, Elizabeth H.; Farr, Sam; Fattah, Chaka; Fitzpatrick, Michael G.; Frankel, Lois; Fudge, Marcia L.; Garamendi, John; Green, Al; Grijalva, Raul M.; Grimm, Michael G.; Gutierrez, Luis V.; Hahn, Janice; Hastings, Alcee L.; Higgins, Brian; Himes, James A.; Holt, Rush D.; Honda, Michael M.; Huffman, Jared; Jackson-Lee, Sheila; Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.; Keating, William R.; Kennedy, Joseph; King, Peter T.; Kuster, Ann M.; Langevin, James R.; Larson, John B.; Lee, Barbara; Levin, Sander M.; Lipinski, Daniel; Lofgren, Zoe; Lowenthal, Alan S.; Lowey, Nita M.; Lujan Grisham, Michelle; Lynch, Stephen F.; Markey, Edward J.; Matsui, Doris O.; McCarthy, Carolyn; McCollum, Betty; McGovern, James P.; Meehan, Patrick; Meng, Grace; Michaud, Michael H.; Miller, George; Moore, Gwen; Moran, James P.; Nadler, Jerrold; Napolitano, Grace F.; Neal, Richard E.; Negrete McLeod, Gloria; Norton, Eleanor Holmes; Pallone, Frank, Jr.; Pascrell, Bill, Jr.; Payne, Donald, Jr.; Peters, Scott H.; Pierluisi, Pedro R.; Pingree, Chellie; Pocan, Mark; Quigley, Mike; Rangel, Charles B.; Rigell, E. Scott; Roybal-Allard, Lucille; Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch; Sanchez, Linda T.; Sarbanes, John P.; Schakowsky, Janice D.; Schiff, Adam B.; Schneider, Bradley S.; Schwartz, Allyson Y.; Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"; Serrano, Jose E.; Sinema, Krysten; Sires, Albio; Slaughter, Louise McIntosh; Smith, Adam; Speier, Jackie; Swalwell, Eric; Takano, Mark; Thompson, Bennie G.; Thompson, Mike; Tierney, John F.; Tonko, Paul D.; Tsongas, Niki; Van Hollen, Chris; Vargas, Juan; Waxman, Henry A.; Wilson, Frederica S.; Yarmuth, John A.
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 28 2013 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. |
| House | Feb 4 2013 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 6 2013 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations
There have not been any votes on this bill