Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Creates a gun free zone in Residential Recovery Facilities and insinuates that firearms are not safe to be around. (page 3, line 13)
This would also 'disarm' (or make it a criminal act) for anyone who comes into one of these facilities.
Title: Safe Recovery and Community Empowerment Act
Subject: Housing and community development: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use: Housing discrimination: Housing for the elderly and disabled: Licensing and registrations
Description: Safe Recovery and Community Empowerment Act This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to provide that nothing in federal law relating to protections for persons with disabilities prohibits a local, state, or federal government body from: requiring a reasonable minimum distance between residential recovery facilities within a particular area zoned for residential housing if such requirement is necessary to preserve the residential character of the area and allows for some of such facilities to be located within such area; and requiring that such a facility obtain an operating license or use permit or satisfy a set of consumer protection standards, which may include a maximum capacity requirement. A residential recovery facility is a residence that provides housing to individuals in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction with the promise of providing a clean and sober environment in return for direct or indirect payment to an owner, operator, or compensated staff person. Facilities receiving payments from a federal health care program, or via private insurance purchased on a federal exchange or federally subsidized, for either housing, recovery services, or testing or monitoring for drugs or alcohol shall ensure that residents: (1) are provided a safe living environment completely free from illicit drugs, alcohol, firearms, harassment, abuse, or harm; and (2) live in a licensed or registered residence that has committed to following standards approved by states and localities.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/472/all-info
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8 sponsors: Darrell Issa (R); Seth Moulton (D); Mimi Walters (R); Ken Calvert (R); Duncan Hunter (R); Edward Royce (R); Dana Rohrabacher (R); Paul Gosar (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 6 2017 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. |
| House | Jan 12 2017 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jan 12 2017 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 27 2017 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice
There have not been any votes on this bill