Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias 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 to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program relating to the removal of firearms from adjudicated domestic violence offenders, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 14, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias 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: November 14, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships between 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 between 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 30, 2023
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Original National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2022
Description: Supporting the goals and ideals of October as "National Domestic Violence Awareness Month".
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Last Action Date: October 28, 2022
Session: 117th 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: March 16, 2021
Session: 117th 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 Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code to prohibit persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes against dating partners and persons subject to protection orders from possessing firearms, 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: No Guns for Abusers Act of 2021
Description: To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States and units of local government to implement statutes, rules, policies, or procedures to authorize courts to issue relinquishment orders with respect to individuals charged with or convicted of a crime of domestic violence, or subject to a domestic violence protective order, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 28, 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: 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: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2020
Description: A bill to reform Federal firearms laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 22, 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 the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 308.
Last Action Date: November 21, 2019
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: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships between 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: This resolution affirms that reducing access to a firearm for individuals with a history of violence against women is critical to reducing the fatality of intimate partner violence in the United States. Additionally, it calls on the Senate to immediately consider the following: H.B. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019; H.B. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019; and H.B. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Violence Against Women Veterans Act
Description: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take actions to improve assistance to veterans who experience domestic violence or sexual assault. Specifically, the bill requires the VA to implement a program to assist veterans who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault in accessing VA benefits. The VA shall carry out the program in partnership with domestic violence shelters and programs, rape crisis centers, state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, and other appropriate service providers. The bill authorizes the VA to establish local coordinators to provide outreach under the program to effectively assist veterans who have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault. The VA must consult with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a national task force to develop a comprehensive national program to address domestic violence and sexual assault among veterans by integrating VA facilities, services, and benefits into existing networks of community-based domestic violence and sexual assault services. The VA must consult with DOJ to conduct a national baseline study to examine the scope of the problem of domestic violence and sexual assault among veterans and spouses of veterans. Finally, the bill requires the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to include in its biennial report an assessment of the effects of intimate partner violence on women veterans.
Last Action: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Last Action Date: September 11, 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: 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: Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act of 2019
Description: To protect victims of stalking from gun violence.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: February 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2019
Description: A bill to protect victims of stalking from gun violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 15, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims 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 Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: February 25, 2019