Firearms Owners Against Crime

Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action

Proposed Federal Senate Legislation HB1518

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Our position that background checks are ineffective at stopping criminals remains unchanged, however Rep. Rice is a strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment, and has spoken in the past about improving the background check system to the advantage of law abiding gun owners. We will watch until text becomes available.

Legislation Overview

Title: 21st Century NICS Act

Subject: Crime and law enforcement

Description: To improve the national instant criminal background check system in order to search the National Data Exchange database when conducting criminal background checks.

Session: 117th Congress

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

Last Action Date: May 18, 2021

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1518/all-info

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

50 sponsors: Tom Rice (R); Nancy Mace (R); Vicente Gonzalez (D); Ron Kind (D); William Timmons (R); Steve Cohen (D); Anthony Gonzalez (R); Peter Meijer (R); Bob Gibbs (R); John Rutherford (R); Mike D. Rogers (R); Don Bacon (R); Garland Barr (R); Glenn Grothman (R); Garret Graves (R); Claudia Tenney (R); Nicole Malliotakis (R); Debbie Lesko (R); French Hill (R); Joe Wilson (R); John Moolenaar (R); Austin Scott (R); Dan Crenshaw (R); Richard Hudson (R); Carlos Gimenez (R); Pete Stauber (R); Conor Lamb (D); Gus Bilirakis (R); Mike Gallagher (R); Mario Diaz-Balart (R); Tim Walberg (R); Young Kim (R); Drew Ferguson (R); Steve Stivers (R); Blake Moore (R); Matthew Cartwright (D); John Katko (R); Henry Cuellar (D); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R); David Price (D); Fred Upton (R); Ann Wagner (R); Robert Wittman (R); Stephanie Bice (R); Bryan Steil (R); Tracey Mann (R); Glenn Thompson (R); Cliff Bentz (R); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R); Adrian Smith (R)

History
Chamber Date Action
House May 18 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
House Mar 2 2021 Introduced in House
House Mar 2 2021 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Apr 19 2021 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, and Homeland Security

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill

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