Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Session: 118th 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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 13, 2023
Session: 118th 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: September 13, 2023
Session: 118th 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: September 11, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Mass Shooter Prosecution Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for mass killings involving machineguns or certain semiautomatic weapons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 23, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Smart Sentencing Adjustments Act
Description: A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide incentives for States to implement policy changes to reduce prison populations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Smart Sentencing Adjustments Act
Description: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide incentives for States to implement policy changes to reduce prison populations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: End Gun Violence Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposition of any firearm or ammunition to any person who has been convicted of a violent misdemeanor, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 26, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2023
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for theft of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 13, 2023
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Urging the development of a strategy to counter the rise in violent crime across the United States.
Description: Urging the development of a strategy to counter the rise in violent crime across the United States.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Protection from Abusive Passengers Act
Description: A bill to protect airline crew members, security screening personnel, and passengers by banning abusive passengers from commercial aircraft flights, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2042-2043)
Last Action Date: April 6, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: A bill to increase the maximum penalties for assaulting Federal officers by 50 percent.
Description: Increases the statutory maximum penalties for the following criminal offenses: assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain federal officers or employees using a deadly or dangerous weapon or by inflicting bodily injury; assaulting a family member of certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; and assaulting certain former federal officials or their family members to retaliate against the former federal official.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 24, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: End Gun Violence Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposition of any firearm or ammunition to any person who has been convicted of a violent misdemeanor, 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: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2021
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for theft of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 22, 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: 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: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 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: 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: 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: 116th Congress
Title: Defend Our Defenders Act of 2020
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make the murder of a Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer a crime punishable by life in prison or death.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 21, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Dismantle Mass Incarceration For Public Health Act of 2020
Description: To require States and units of local government to certify a commitment to release certain individuals from jails and prisons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 18, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2020
Description: To eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for all drug offenses.
Last Action: 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.
Last Action Date: June 11, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: COVID–19 Correctional Facility Emergency Response Act of 2020
Description: Establishes a new grant program to help states and local governments prevent, detect, and stop the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in correctional facilities. Specifically, the Department of Justice (DOJ) must award grants to states and local governments that release certain persons—persons who do not pose a serious risk or who meet certain criteria based on age or health—from correctional facilities. Additionally, DOJ must award grants to states and local governments that adopt cite-and-release procedures for suspects who do not pose a public safety risk.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 27, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Police Accountability Act of 2020
Description: Establishes a new criminal offense for conduct by certain state or local law enforcement officers in the line of duty that constitutes murder or manslaughter.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2020
Session: 116th 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: December 18, 2019
Session: 116th 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: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: June 26, 2019
Session: 116th 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 20, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Justice for Victims of School Shootings Act
Description: Establishes additional criminal penalties for discharging or attempting to discharge a firearm in a school zone. In addition, it revises the applicable definition of school to include colleges, universities, and other postsecondary institutions.
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: Federal Law Enforcement and Public Protection Act
Description: Directs each civilian or military federal law enforcement agency to prescribe requirements for the safe storage and locking of service firearms when they are not in use. It specifies minimum standards for safe storage and locking, directs agencies to report lost or stolen firearms, and requires agencies to provide training and written materials to law enforcement officers.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: July 30, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2019
Description: Modifies criminal penalties for an offense involving the theft of a firearm from a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer, or from their business premises. Specifically, the bill does the following: increases from 10 to 20 years the maximum prison term, and creates a 3- or 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an offense that occurs during the commission of a burglary or robbery. An attempt to commit an offense is subject to the same penalties as a substantive offense.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 11, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2019
Description: A bill to address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 16, 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: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for certain thefts of a firearm from certain Federal firearms licensees, and to criminalize the theft of a firearm from a gun range that rents firearms or a shooting club.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 15, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2019
Description: Makes it a crime to intentionally convey false or misleading information in circumstances where the information may reasonably be expected to cause an emergency response and the information indicates the occurrence of criminal conduct or a threat to health or safety.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 3, 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 7, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2019
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that persons subject to firearm restraining orders and persons convicted of violent misdemeanors are prohibited from possessing firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 3, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: MVP Act of 2019 The Mass Violence Prevention Act of 2019
Description: To enhance penalties for theft of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee, to establish a Mass Violence Prevention Center, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2019