Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Freedom from Intimidation in Elections Act
Description: To prohibit the intimidation of election officials and election workers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships among firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women, and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships among firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women, and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 11, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Insurrection Act of 2024
Description: A bill to provide limited authority to use the Armed Forces to suppress insurrection or rebellion and quell domestic violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: July 11, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Safeguarding Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Act of 2024
Description: To prevent the use of unconstitutional gun confiscation laws against veterans.
Last Action: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Last Action Date: July 23, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Veterans Gun Rights Protection Act of 2024
Description: To amend titles 18 and 38, United States Code, to permit the lawful carrying of firearms in properties under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Last Action Date: June 28, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: ATF Accountability Act of 2023
Description: A bill to provide procedures for appealing certain Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives rulings or determinations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 14, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Condemning the actions of Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, for subverting the Second Amendment to the Constitution and depriving the citizens of New Mexico of their right to bear arms.
Description: Condemning the actions of Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, for subverting the Second Amendment to the Constitution and depriving the citizens of New Mexico of their right to bear arms.
Last Action: Rule H. Res. 712 failed passage of House.
Last Action Date: September 21, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: No Gun Rights Infringement Sham Act
Description: To prohibit any State that suspends open or concealed firearm carry licenses from receiving Federal financial assistance.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Last Action Date: September 27, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Protecting the Right To Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2023
Description: A bill to prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purpose of imposing gun control.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last Action Date: September 21, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2023
Description: To prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purpose of imposing gun control.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: September 22, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
Description: To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2023
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Tribal Firearm Access Act
Description: To provide that identification documents issued by tribal governments are generally accorded the same treatment under Federal criminal law as identification documents issued by the Federal Government or by a State or local government.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Federal Assault Weapons Licensing Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a license to acquire or receive an assault weapon, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to Definition of "Frame or Receiver" and Identification of Firearms.
Description: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to Definition of "Frame or Receiver" and Identification of Firearms.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 23, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: RETURN our Constitutional Rights Act of 2022 RETURN (Repealing Excise Tax on Unalienable Rights Now) our Constitutional Rights Act of 2022
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain excise taxes relating to firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6869)
Last Action Date: July 19, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022
Description: A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and mental and behavioral health and suicidal crises.
Last Action: Became Public Law No: 117-325.
Last Action Date: December 27, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Protecting our Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022
Description: A bill to improve certain sexual assault and domestic violence prevention policies.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text: CR S2895)
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
Description: A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: May 11, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Age 21 Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the purchase of certain firearms by individuals under 21 years of age, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 19, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2022
Description: A bill to prevent gun trafficking.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 17, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Protecting Our Kids Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Received in the Senate.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022
Description: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make fraudulent dealings in firearms and ammunition unlawful, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to restrict the ability of a person whose Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, to transfer business inventory firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act
Description: To require the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to issue an advisory about how homegrown violent extremists and other perpetrators of domestic terrorism procure firearms and firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Last Action Date: October 28, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act
Description: A bill to require the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to issue an advisory about how homegrown violent extremists and other perpetrators of domestic terrorism procure firearms and firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last Action Date: October 28, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act
Description: Modifies the prior convictions that trigger a 15-year enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who commits a firearms offense after three or more such prior convictions.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 12, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Protecting the Right To Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2021
Description: A bill to prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purposes of imposing gun control.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 27, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Disarm Hate Act
Description: A bill to prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 16, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Disarm Hate Act
Description: To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2021
Description: A bill to allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 29, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act
Description: A bill to require the national instant criminal background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the relevant State and local law enforcement agencies whenever information contained in the system indicates that an alien who is illegally or unlawfully in the United States attempted to receive a firearm.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 21, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2022
Description: To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Last Action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: For the People Act of 2021
Description: Addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government. Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls. The bill requires states to establish independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting. Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems. Further, the bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices. The bill addresses ethics in all three branches of government, including by requiring a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, prohibiting Members of the House from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, and establishing additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House. The bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for those offices to disclose 10 years of tax returns.
Last Action: Received in the Senate.
Last Action Date: March 11, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: To require the Inspector General, Department of Justice, to submit a report to the Congress on the number of firearm transaction denials issued by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for investigation, the number of prosecutions resulting from such investigations, and the number of firearms recovered by the Bureau in cases in which such a denial was issued after the firearm was transferred.
Description: To require the Inspector General, Department of Justice, to submit a report to the Congress on the number of firearm transaction denials issued by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for investigation, the number of prosecutions resulting from such investigations, and the number of firearms recovered by the Bureau in cases in which such a denial was issued after the firearm was transferred.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Ensuring Second Amendment Freedoms are Executed Timely Act
Description: To prevent unnecessary delay in firearms transfers from licensed firearms dealers to unlicensed persons.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Prosecuting Gun Crimes Saves Lives Act
Description: To direct the Attorney General to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of Federal firearms offenses, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: STOP Straw Purchases Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to combat straw purchases of firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Mandatory Minimum Sentence Reform Act
Description: To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm required to be carried while on-duty.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2021
Description: A bill to provide family members of an individual who they fear is a danger to himself, herself, or others, or law enforcement, with new tools to prevent gun violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Last Action Date: November 10, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: August 5, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: August 4, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Description: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 This bill authorizes FY2021 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for Procurement, including aircraft, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, shipbuilding and conversion, and missiles; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Operation and Maintenance; Working Capital Funds; Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction; Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities; the Defense Inspector General; the National Defense Sealift Fund; the Defense Health Program; the Armed Forces Retirement Home; the Space Force; Overseas Contingency Operations; and Military Construction. The bill also authorizes the FY2021 personnel strengths for active duty and reserve forces and sets forth policies regarding military personnel; acquisition policy and management; international programs; National Guard and Reserve Force facilities; compensation and other personnel benefits; health care; matters relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019); DOD organization and management; civilian personnel matters; matters relating to foreign nations; and strategic programs, cyber, and intelligence matters. The bill authorizes appropriations for base realignment and closure activities, and maritime matters. The bill authorizes appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Energy national security programs, including the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The bill also sets forth policies regarding certain federal activities related to artificial intelligence, including implementation by the President of a National Artificial Intelligence Initiative to support research and development, education, and training programs.
Last Action: Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further proceedings on H.R. 6395 were postponed.
Last Action Date: July 20, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Gun Owner Privacy Act
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to protect the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 23, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Stop Home Manufacture of Ghost Guns Act of 2020
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to impose prohibitions relating to machines designed for the manufacturing of frames or receivers for firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 1, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Background Check Completion Act of 2020
Description: Prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 25, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Resolving that jurisdictions seeking to dismantle or reduce funding for the jurisdiction's police force should not unduly burden residents who seek to defend themselves.
Description: Resolving that jurisdictions seeking to dismantle or reduce funding for the jurisdiction's police force should not unduly burden residents who seek to defend themselves.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 22, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2020
Description: Modifies requirements governing the national instant criminal background check system (NICS). Specifically, it allows the NICS to retain records related to a firearms-related background check for as long as necessary to make a final determination of firearms eligibility. Additionally, it requires the NICS to query an additional database—the National Data Exchange—as part of a firearm-related background check.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 21, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2020
Description: Requires the National Tracing Center within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to establish and maintain an electronic, searchable database of records related to certain firearms transactions.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 27, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2020
Description: Requires the National Tracing Center within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to establish and maintain an electronic, searchable database of records related to certain firearms transactions.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 27, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020
Description: Imposes limitations on investigative powers provided under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), reauthorizes certain FISA programs, and makes related changes. Provisions include reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, FISA authority to obtain business records, but also repealing the power to use such authority to obtain records on an ongoing basis; excluding certain data, such as cell phone location, from FISA authority to access business records; establishing that nonpublic information collected under FISA authority may not be retained for more than three years unless the information includes foreign intelligence information; disallowing the use of FISA-collected business records for criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings except in certain instances, such as cases involving a specific cybersecurity threat from a foreign country; requiring a government entity to notify a targeted person that the entity intends to use in court business records collected under FISA; excluding cell site location and global positioning system information from FISA authority for using a pen register or trap and trace device to collect evidence; reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, the power to treat individual terrorists as foreign agents; expanding the powers of FISA court amicus curiae (outside parties appointed to assist in a case), such as by authorizing the amicus to refer a FISA court decision to the FISA Court of Review; and repealing the government's authority to use National Security Letters to obtain financial or communications records without a court order.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 28, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020
Description: Makes various changes to the federal framework governing the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms and ammunition. Among other things, the bill does the following: generally requires individuals to obtain a license to purchase, acquire, or possess a firearm or ammunition; raises the minimum age—from 18 years to 21 years—to purchase firearms and ammunition; establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties; requires law enforcement agencies to be notified following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial; creates a statutory process for a family or household member to petition a court for an extreme risk protection order to remove firearms from an individual who poses a risk of committing violence; restricts the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices; restricts the manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, or receipt of ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers); makes trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense; requires federally licensed gun dealers to submit and annually certify compliance with a security plan to detect and deter firearm theft; removes limitations on the civil liability of gun manufacturers; allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components; establishes a community violence intervention grant program; and promotes research on firearms safety and gun violence prevention.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020
Description: Imposes limitations on investigative powers provided under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), reauthorizes certain FISA programs, and makes related changes. Provisions include reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, FISA authority to obtain business records, but also repealing the power to use such authority to obtain records on an ongoing basis; excluding certain data, such as cell phone location, from FISA authority to access business records; establishing that nonpublic information collected under FISA authority may not be retained for more than three years unless the information includes foreign intelligence information; disallowing the use of FISA-collected business records for criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings except in certain instances, such as cases involving a specific cybersecurity threat from a foreign country; requiring a government entity to notify a targeted person that the entity intends to use in court business records collected under FISA; excluding cell site location and global positioning system information from FISA authority for using a pen register or trap and trace device to collect evidence; reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, the power to treat individual terrorists as foreign agents; expanding the powers of FISA court amicus curiae (outside parties appointed to assist in a case), such as by authorizing the amicus to refer a FISA court decision to the FISA Court of Review; and repealing the government's authority to use National Security Letters to obtain financial or communications records without a court order.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Last Action Date: January 30, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
Description: To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism.
Last Action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 22, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
Description: A bill to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S195-197)
Last Action Date: January 14, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Servicemembers Self-Defense Act of 2019
Description: A bill to amend titles 10 and 18, to permit members of the Armed Forces to possess firearms on military installations in accordance with applicable State law, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: December 19, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Lawful Interstate Transportation of Firearms Act
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 19, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Description: This resolution impeaches President Donald J. Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors. The resolution sets forth two articles of impeachment of the President: (1) abuse of power by soliciting the interference of Ukraine in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and (2) obstruction of Congress by directing defiance of certain subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives.
Last Action: The Senate adjudges that Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is not guilty as charged in the second Article of Impeachment by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 34.
Last Action Date: February 5, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to permit certain individuals complying with State law to possess firearms.
Description: Modifies the criminal prohibition on possession of a firearm in a school zone. Specifically, it revises an exception to permit an individual to possess a firearm in a school zone if that individual is in compliance with the laws of the state and political subdivision in which the school zone is located.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: January 30, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2019
Description: Removes short-barreled rifles (barrels of less than 16 inches in length) from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also eliminates the prohibition on the transportation of such rifles in interstate commerce and treats persons who acquire or possess a short-barreled rifle as meeting the registration or licensing requirements for such rifle where such requirements are determined by reference to the National Firearms Act. The bill preempts state or local laws that impose a tax or recordkeeping requirements on short-barreled rifles. The Department of Justice must destroy records relating to the registration of certain rifles within one year after the enactment of this bill.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: January 30, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
Description: A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6569)
Last Action Date: November 13, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: School Security Enhancement Act
Description: Allows local educational agencies to use specified portions of Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants for planning and designing school buildings and facilities, installing infrastructure, and implementing other measures to strengthen security on school premises. The bill prohibits the use of grant funds for the provision of a firearm or training in the use of a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Last Action Date: October 31, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Safe Homefront Act
Description: To require the Secretary of Defense make available certain records relevant to a determination of whether a member of the Armed Forces is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Federal Firearm Licensing Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 10, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Safer Communities Act of 2019
Description: To protect individuals by strengthening the Nation's mental health infrastructure, improving the understanding of violence, strengthening firearm prohibitions and protections for at-risk individuals, and improving and expanding the reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Domestic Terrorism Penalties Act of 2019
Description: To penalize acts of domestic terrorism, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2019
Description: Establishes new requirements and restrictions with respect to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Among other things, the bill does the following: generally requires owners of certain firearms—handguns and semiautomatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable ammunition feeding device—to obtain a license, and establishes background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: August 15, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2019
Description: Establishes new requirements and restrictions with respect to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Among other things, the bill does the following: generally requires owners of certain firearms—handguns and semiautomatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable ammunition feeding device—to obtain a license, and establishes background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
Description: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
Last Action: Committee Hearings Held.
Last Action Date: September 10, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects.
Description: Requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow an individual to possess a firearm in a public area of a water resources development project if (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Last Action Date: June 27, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
Description: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 This bill provides FY2020 appropriations to the Department of Commerce; the Department of Justice (DOJ); science agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF); and several related agencies. The bill provides appropriations to the Department of Commerce for the International Trade Administration, the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Economic Development Administration, the Minority Business Development Agency, Economic and Statistical Analysis, the Bureau of the Census, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Departmental Management. The bill provides appropriations to DOJ for General Administration; the U.S. Parole Commission; Legal Activities; the U.S. Marshals Service; the National Security Division; Interagency Law Enforcement; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and the Federal Prison System. The bill also provides appropriations to DOJ for State and State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, including the Office on Violence Against Women, the Office of Justice Programs, and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The bill provides appropriations for science agencies, including the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Space Council, NASA, and the NSF. The bill provides appropriations to related agencies, including the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute. The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.
Last Action: The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 3055.
Last Action Date: June 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Law Enforcement Needs to Know Act
Description: Directs the Department of Justice to award grants to state and tribal governments to enroll individuals who purchase firearms or apply for firearm licenses in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Rap Back Service. The service provides notice to authorized law enforcement agencies of arrests or other activity of firearm licensees that might impact their continued eligibility for a license.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: July 30, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2019
Description: Authorizes grants for states to implement or maintain firearms and firearms dealer licensing requirements. A state's requirements must incorporate certain elements, including the following: an individual must have a firearms license at the time of acquiring, and during the entire period of possessing, a firearm or ammunition; and an individual who sells, rents, or leases a minimum number of firearms, or sells ammunition, must obtain a firearms dealer license.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 27, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2019
Description: To incentivize State reporting systems that allow mental health professionals to submit information on certain individuals deemed dangerous for purposes of prohibiting firearm possession by such individuals, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: July 30, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2019
Description: Authorizes grants for states to implement or maintain firearms and firearms dealer licensing requirements. A state's requirements must incorporate certain elements, including the following: an individual must have a firearms license at the time of acquiring, and during the entire period of possessing, a firearm or ammunition; and an individual who sells, rents, or leases a minimum number of firearms, or sells ammunition, must obtain a firearms dealer license.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: July 30, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
Description: Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or their beneficiary to the national instant criminal background check system utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms solely on the basis that such veteran has a service-connected disability.
Last Action: Committee Hearings Held.
Last Action Date: September 10, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Local Public Health And Safety Protection Act
Description: Authorizes the Department of Justice to make grants to states that allow local governments to impose firearms laws that are more restrictive than state firearms laws. A state that receives a grant must award subgrants to localities to help implement the more restrictive firearms laws.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: July 30, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Empowering Law Enforcement for Safer Firearm Transfers Act of 2019
Description: To amend the National Firearms Act to require that local chief law enforcement officers be notified of, and provided a 90-day period to deny, firearm transfers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: June 21, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Jaime’s Law
Description: A bill to prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 20, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: SAFETY Act Start Advancing Firearms Enhancements and Technology Act of 2019
Description: Increases the rate of the research tax credit from 20% to 30% for research expenses to develop smart gun technologies. The bill also modifies the excise tax on the sale of firearms to exempt the portion of the sale price that is attributable to smart gun technology. "Smart gun technology" is technology (other than a simple mechanical lock) that is designed to (1) prevent a firearm from being fired by any individual other than an authorized user; and (2) convert the firearm from the inoperable condition to the operable condition in less than two seconds after the authorized user makes contact with the firearm, the firearm's arming device, or an external safe or locking device.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: June 18, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Description: Authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: July 30, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Description: Authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 13, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2019
Description: Makes it unlawful to intentionally publish digital instructions for programming a three-dimensional printer to make a firearm.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 13, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2019
Description: Makes it unlawful to intentionally publish digital instructions for programming a three-dimensional printer to make a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: June 28, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: DUE PROCESS Act of 2019 Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights Of Citizens from Excessive Searches and Seizures Act of 2019
Description: DUE PROCESS Act of 2019 Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights Of Citizens from Excessive Searches and Seizures Act of 2019
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: June 26, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019
Description: To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: June 28, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Freedom from Assault Weapons Act
Description: To remove assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices from circulation, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: June 26, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to permit certain individuals complying with State law to possess firearms.
Description: Modifies the criminal prohibition on possession of a firearm in a school zone. Specifically, it revises an exception to permit an individual to possess a firearm in a school zone if that individual is in compliance with the laws of the state and political subdivision in which the school zone is located.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 16, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Disarm Hate Act
Description: The bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm. Specifically, it prohibits firearm sale or transfer to and receipt, possession, shipment, or transport by a person (1) who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) who has received an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence.
Last Action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15.
Last Action Date: September 10, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Disarm Hate Act
Description: The bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm. Specifically, it prohibits firearm sale or transfer to and receipt, possession, shipment, or transport by a person (1) who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) who has received an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 14, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Age 21 Act
Description: Raises the minimum age to purchase a large capacity ammunition feeding device or semiautomatic assault weapon from 18 to 21 years of age.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 9, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Gladys Ricart Gun Offender Registry Act
Description: Establishes national standards for gun offender registration and notification.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 20, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: REDEEM Act Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2019
Description: To provide for the sealing or expungement of records relating to Federal nonviolent criminal offenses, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 20, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2019
Description: Makes trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense. A person who commits or conspires to commit a gun trafficking offense is subject to criminal penalties—a prison term of up to 20 years (or up to 25 years, if the person also acted as an organizer), a fine, or both.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 12, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
Description: Prohibits federal funding of, or support for, state databases that list (1) firearms lawfully owned or possessed, or (2) individuals who lawfully own or possess firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 3, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019
Description: Addresses extreme risk protection order laws. Extreme risk protection order laws, or red flag laws, generally allow certain individuals (e.g., law enforcement officers or family members) to petition a court for a temporary order that prohibits an at-risk individual from purchasing and possessing firearms. First, the bill establishes a grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws and carry out related activities. Local governments and other entities may also receive grants to carry out certain activities, such as raising public awareness of extreme risk protection order laws. Further, grant recipients must use a specified portion of funds to provide training for law enforcement. In addition, the bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition to include persons who are subject to an extreme risk protection order.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 14, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: No Guns for Abusers Act of 2019
Description: Authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants for state and local governments to implement procedures to remove firearms from individuals who are charged with or convicted of domestic violence or subject to a domestic violence protective order. Additionally, the bill sets forth the following requirements: the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) must report to Congress on best practices for implementing such procedures, the NIJ must contract with nongovernmental entities to study the comparative effectiveness of such procedures, and DOJ must submit federal legislative recommendations in accordance with the best practices.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019
Description: Addresses extreme risk protection order laws. Extreme risk protection order laws, or red flag laws, generally allow certain individuals (e.g., law enforcement officers or family members) to petition a court for a temporary order that prohibits an at-risk individual from purchasing and possessing firearms. First, the bill establishes a grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws and carry out related activities. Local governments and other entities may also receive grants to carry out certain activities, such as raising public awareness of extreme risk protection order laws. Further, grant recipients must use a specified portion of funds to provide training for law enforcement. In addition, the bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition to include persons who are subject to an extreme risk protection order.
Last Action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
Last Action Date: September 10, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: National Firearms Amendments Act of 2019
Description: Includes within the definition of firearm under the National Firearms Act a semiautomatic rifle or shotgun that has the capacity to accept a detachable ammunition feeding device.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: February 14, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: 21 to Buy Act
Description: Generally prohibits a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector from selling or transferring a shotgun or rifle to an individual who is under 21 years of age.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019
Description: Revises background check requirements applicable to proposed firearm transfers from a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a licensed gun dealer) to an unlicensed person. Additionally, the bill modifies statutory references with respect to a particular category of prohibited persons (i.e., persons barred from receiving or possessing a firearm). Specifically, it replaces references to persons "adjudicated as a mental defective" with persons "adjudicated with mental illness, severe developmental disability, or severe emotional instability."
Last Action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 30.
Last Action Date: March 5, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act
Description: Expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm or ammunition. Specifically, it adds the following new categories of prohibited persons: persons convicted of a crime of violence in the most recent 10-year period; persons under age 25 who have been adjudicated as having committed an offense that would have been a crime of violence if committed by an adult; persons convicted, during a consecutive 3-year period in the most recent 10-year period, of two separate offenses involving drug or alcohol possession or distribution; and persons convicted of stalking.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: SAGA Act Second Amendment Guarantee Act
Description: Prohibits a state or local government from establishing a regulation, prohibition, or registration or licensing requirement with respect to a rifle or shotgun that is more restrictive (or that imposes a greater penalty) than federal law.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019
Description: Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a Joint Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Task Force, which shall provide recommendations to Congress and DHS on the development and implementation of a national strategy for preventing targeted violence through behavioral threat assessment and management. The bill defines behavioral threat assessment and management as the systematic and evidence-based process of (1) identifying individuals whose behavior indicates a capacity for committing acts of violence, (2) investigating and gathering information from multiple sources to assess whether such individuals pose a threat, and (3) the subsequent management of such a threat. DHS shall (1) develop and implement the national strategy and provide information and training services related to it, and (2) award grants to establish community based units for implementing the national strategy.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last Action Date: January 29, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: AVERT Future Gun Violence Act of 2019 Animal Violence Exposes Real Threat of Future Gun Violence Act of 2019
Description: The bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm. Specifically, it prohibits firearm sale or transfer to and receipt or possession by an individual who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of animal cruelty.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2019
Description: Requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow an individual to possess a firearm at a Corps water resources development project as long as the individual's possession of the firearm is in compliance with federal and state law.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Last Action Date: February 7, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Protecting Our Communities and Rights Act of 2019
Description: Authorizes grants for states to implement extreme risk protection order laws (also known as red flag laws). An extreme risk protection order law permits a state court to issue an order that prohibits an individual from purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. Additionally, persons subject to extreme risk protection orders constitute a new category of prohibited persons (i.e., persons barred from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition).
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Raise the Age Act
Description: Establishes new restrictions on the sale or transfer of certain semiautomatic firearms to individuals under 21 years of age. Specifically, this bill makes it unlawful for a licensed gun dealer, importer, manufacturer, or collector to sell or deliver a semiautomatic center-fire rifle that has the capacity to accept more than five rounds to an individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is under age 21. The prohibition does not apply if the individual under age 21 is a full-time law enforcement officer or active-duty member of the Armed Forces. The bill also requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report on the operation of its public access line, including a description of information sharing protocols and recommendations for improving such protocols.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Fresh Start Act of 2019
Description: Establishes a process to expunge records related to certain nonviolent criminal offenses. It defines the nonviolent offenses eligible for expungement; it establishes qualifications for an eligible offender; and it sets forth procedures for filing an expungement petition. The bill increases by 5% the allocation of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program for a state that implements expungement procedures substantially similar to this bill. It decreases by 5% the JAG allocation for a state that fails to enact substantially similar expungement procedures.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: January 3, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
Description: Revises criminal provisions related to the interstate transportation of firearms and ammunition.An individual may transport a firearm between two places (e.g., states) where it is legal to possess, carry, or transport the firearm. During transport, the firearm must be unloaded and secured or securely stored. Additionally, an individual may transport ammunition, or a detachable magazine or feeding device, between two places where it is legal to possess, carry, or transport the ammunition, magazine, or feeding device. During transport, the ammunition, magazine, or feeding device must not be loaded into a firearm and must be securely stored. The bill prohibits the arrest or detention of an individual for a state or local firearm or ammunition violation unless there is probable cause to believe the individual failed to comply with the provisions of this bill.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: January 3, 2019
Session: 115th Congress
Title: No Guns for Terrorists Act of 2018
Description: No Guns for Terrorists Act of 2018
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 6, 2018
Session: 115th Congress
Title: Jake Laird Act of 2018
Description: Jake Laird Act of 2018
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: June 5, 2018