Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Background checks do nothing to stop criminals. More money spent infringing upon the rights of law abiding citizens.
Title: Secure Background Checks Act of 2021
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition, to increase the penalties for transfer of a firearm to any person who is under indictment, and for other purposes.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5080/all-info
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5 sponsors: Joseph Neguse (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Ed Perlmutter (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Veronica Escobar (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Nov 1 2022 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Aug 23 2021 | Introduced in House |
| House | Aug 23 2021 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Aug 25 2021 | 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 Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
There have not been any votes on this bill