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Proposed Federal House Legislation HB4405

Legislation Overview

Title: Preventing Gun Violence Act

Subject: Firearms and explosives: Juvenile crime and gang violence: Violent crime: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Preventing Gun Violence Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the trafficking in or possession of a firearm by a person who has been adjudicated of committing a violent juvenile act. Defines a "violent juvenile act" as: (1) an act by a person under the age of 18 that, if committed by an adult, would be punishable by a prison term exceeding one year and that either has, as an element, the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against another person or involves, by its nature, a substantial risk that physical force against another person may be used; and (2) such an act that is committed by a person who has attained age 18 but not age 21 for which the person is tried as a juvenile or youthful offender under state law.

Session: 113th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Last Action Date: April 16, 2014

Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN04405:@@@L&summ2=m&

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Israel, Steve

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Apr 16 2014	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
House	Apr 4 2014	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Texts

Type	Date	Federal Link	Text
Introduced	Apr 8 2014	federal bill text	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill