Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 114th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime.
Subject: Constitution and constitutional amendments: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Health care quality: Mental health: Retail and wholesale trades: Smuggling and trafficking: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 114th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) gun violence is a public health issue; and (2) Congress should expand enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improve the mental health system, and make gun trafficking and straw purchasing a federal crime.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: June 16, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/289/all-info
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57 sponsors: Alan Lowenthal (D); Mike Thompson (D); Elizabeth Esty (D); Lois Capps (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Robin Kelly (D); David Cicilline (D); Judy Chu (D); Bobby Rush (D); Keith Ellison (D); Donna Edwards (D); Michael Honda (D); Mike Quigley (D); Charles Rangel (D); Yvette Clarke (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Adam Schiff (D); Stephen Lynch (D); Kathleen Rice (D); Eric Swalwell (D); Mark Pocan (D); John Yarmuth (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Niki Tsongas (D); Nydia Velazquez (D); James McGovern (D); Chaka Fattah (D); William Keating (D); Nita Lowey (D); Steve Cohen (D); Tony Cardenas (D); Mark Takano (D); John Conyers (D); John Larson (D); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D); Barbara Lee (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Gwen Moore (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D); Betty McCollum (D); Louise Slaughter (D); Gregory Meeks (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Ruben Gallego (D); Alan Grayson (D); Jerry McNerney (D); Sam Farr (D); Lois Frankel (D); Ted Lieu (D); Lloyd Doggett (D); Carolyn Maloney (D); Anna Eshoo (D); Luis Gutierrez (D); Paul Tonko (D); Brendan Boyle (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | Jun 16 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
House | Jun 5 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
House | Jun 2 2015 | Introduced in House |
House | Jun 2 2015 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
House | Jun 2 2015 | Referred to House Judiciary |
House | Jun 2 2015 | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Jun 3 2015 | 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