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Background checks do nothing to stop criminals. More money spent infringing upon the rights of law abiding citizens.
Title: Secure Background Checks Act of 2021
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition, to increase the penalties for transfer of a firearm to any person who is under indictment, and for other purposes.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5080/all-info
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5 sponsors: Joseph Neguse (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Ed Perlmutter (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Veronica Escobar (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | Nov 1 2022 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
House | Aug 23 2021 | Introduced in House |
House | Aug 23 2021 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Aug 25 2021 | 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, and Homeland Security
There have not been any votes on this bill