Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Insurrection Act of 2024
Description: A bill to provide limited authority to use the Armed Forces to suppress insurrection or rebellion and quell domestic violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: July 11, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2024
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: April 16, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: IMPROVE Safety for Schools Act Incentivize Motivated Parents with Responsible Options for Vital Education Safety for Schools Act
Description: To encourage local educational agencies to inform parents about gun safety, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2023
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for theft of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 8, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Protecting the Second Amendment through Responsible Gun Ownership Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the purchase of a semiautomatic assault weapon by, and the sale of such a weapon to, individuals under 25 years of age, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 9, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Smart Sentencing Adjustments Act
Description: A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide incentives for States to implement policy changes to reduce prison populations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: LEOSA Reform Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 4, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2023
Description: To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 3, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Police Officers Protecting Children Act
Description: To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 17, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: LEOSA Reform Act of 2024
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 20, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act of 2023
Description: To provide for the hiring of 200 additional Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and investigators to enforce gun laws.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 9, 2023
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Stronger Schools Act
Description: To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to make physical improvements at the elementary schools and secondary schools served by such agencies, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Last Action Date: July 14, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Urging the development of a strategy to counter the rise in violent crime across the United States.
Description: Urging the development of a strategy to counter the rise in violent crime across the United States.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: A bill to increase the maximum penalties for assaulting Federal officers by 50 percent.
Description: Increases the statutory maximum penalties for the following criminal offenses: assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain federal officers or employees using a deadly or dangerous weapon or by inflicting bodily injury; assaulting a family member of certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; and assaulting certain former federal officials or their family members to retaliate against the former federal official.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 24, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: POLICE Act of 2021 Protecting Officers of the Law In Civilian Establishments Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to permit uniformed law enforcement officers to carry agency-issued firearms in certain Federal facilities, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: LEOSA Reform Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 13, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Law Enforcement Officers Safety COVID Extension Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an exception for certain qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2022
Description: To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Last Action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Empowering Law Enforcement for Safer Firearm Transfers Act of 2021
Description: To amend the National Firearms Act to require that local chief law enforcement officers be notified of, and provided a 90-day period to deny, firearm transfers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Police Officers Protecting Children Act
Description: To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: LEOSA Reform Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2021
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Defend Our Defenders Act of 2020
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make the murder of a Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer a crime punishable by life in prison or death.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 21, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Protect Our Prosecutors and Judges Act of 2020
Description: A bill to establish appropriate rules for prosecutors and Federal judges to carry a concealed firearm.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: August 5, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Dismantle Mass Incarceration For Public Health Act of 2020
Description: To require States and units of local government to certify a commitment to release certain individuals from jails and prisons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 18, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Promoting Fair and Effective Policing Through Research Act
Description: To provide for research to examine law enforcement policies and practices, including the causes, consequences, and mitigation of excessive use of force, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Last Action Date: August 1, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2020
Description: To eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for all drug offenses.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Last Action Date: June 11, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Promoting Public Safety and Supporting Law Enforcement Act of 2020
Description: Directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to withhold 5% of highway safety program and national priority safety program funding from states and local governments that defund or otherwise reduce funding for a law enforcement entity without a clear budgetary reason. A state or local government may submit documentation or other evidence to DOT for review to determine if the defunding of, or other reduction in funding for, a law enforcement entity was carried out for a clear budgetary reason.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: June 15, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Immigration Enforcement Moratorium Act
Description: A bill to temporarily suspend certain immigration enforcement activities during disease-related emergencies.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 18, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Justice in Policing Act of 2020
Description: A bill to hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 8, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act
Description: A bill to prevent the militarization of Federal, State, and local law enforcement by Federal excess property transfers and grant programs.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: June 10, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Prohibiting Law Enforcement Use of Chemical Weapons Act
Description: Prohibits federal, state, and local law enforcement officers from using chemical weapons in the course of policing activities. It also requires law enforcement agencies to dispose of chemical weapons that were acquired for such use.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 15, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Resolving that jurisdictions seeking to dismantle or reduce funding for the jurisdiction's police force should not unduly burden residents who seek to defend themselves.
Description: Resolving that jurisdictions seeking to dismantle or reduce funding for the jurisdiction's police force should not unduly burden residents who seek to defend themselves.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 22, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: COVID–19 Correctional Facility Emergency Response Act of 2020
Description: Establishes a new grant program to help states and local governments prevent, detect, and stop the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in correctional facilities. Specifically, the Department of Justice (DOJ) must award grants to states and local governments that release certain persons—persons who do not pose a serious risk or who meet certain criteria based on age or health—from correctional facilities. Additionally, DOJ must award grants to states and local governments that adopt cite-and-release procedures for suspects who do not pose a public safety risk.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 27, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Prosecuting Gun Crimes Saves Lives Act
Description: To direct the Attorney General to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of Federal firearms offenses, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Police Accountability Act of 2020
Description: Establishes a new criminal offense for conduct by certain state or local law enforcement officers in the line of duty that constitutes murder or manslaughter.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Grand Jury Reform Act of 2020
Description: Conditions a state or local government's receipt of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program on the state's compliance with certain requirements following an incident involving the use of deadly force by a local law enforcement officer that results in a person's death. Specifically, the governor must appoint a special prosecutor to present evidence before a judge to determine whether probable cause exists to criminally charge the law enforcement officer. The hearing must be open to the public.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: HERO Act of 2020 Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act of 2020
Description: Establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of public-safety officers (e.g., law-enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulance crew members, and 911 operators). For example, the bill establishes (1) a public-safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and (2) a grant program for peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: January 28, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020
Description: Imposes limitations on investigative powers provided under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), reauthorizes certain FISA programs, and makes related changes. Provisions include reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, FISA authority to obtain business records, but also repealing the power to use such authority to obtain records on an ongoing basis; excluding certain data, such as cell phone location, from FISA authority to access business records; establishing that nonpublic information collected under FISA authority may not be retained for more than three years unless the information includes foreign intelligence information; disallowing the use of FISA-collected business records for criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings except in certain instances, such as cases involving a specific cybersecurity threat from a foreign country; requiring a government entity to notify a targeted person that the entity intends to use in court business records collected under FISA; excluding cell site location and global positioning system information from FISA authority for using a pen register or trap and trace device to collect evidence; reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, the power to treat individual terrorists as foreign agents; expanding the powers of FISA court amicus curiae (outside parties appointed to assist in a case), such as by authorizing the amicus to refer a FISA court decision to the FISA Court of Review; and repealing the government's authority to use National Security Letters to obtain financial or communications records without a court order.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 28, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by expressing support for the designation of January 2020 as "National Stalking Awareness Month".
Description: This resolution expresses support for the designation of National Stalking Awareness Month. Additionally, it does the following: applauds the efforts of service providers, police, prosecutors, national and community organizations, campuses, and private sector supporters to promote awareness of stalking; encourages increased awareness of stalking and the availability of services for stalking victims; and urges national and community organizations, private businesses, and the media to promote awareness of the crime of stalking through National Stalking Awareness Month.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: February 7, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020
Description: Imposes limitations on investigative powers provided under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), reauthorizes certain FISA programs, and makes related changes. Provisions include reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, FISA authority to obtain business records, but also repealing the power to use such authority to obtain records on an ongoing basis; excluding certain data, such as cell phone location, from FISA authority to access business records; establishing that nonpublic information collected under FISA authority may not be retained for more than three years unless the information includes foreign intelligence information; disallowing the use of FISA-collected business records for criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings except in certain instances, such as cases involving a specific cybersecurity threat from a foreign country; requiring a government entity to notify a targeted person that the entity intends to use in court business records collected under FISA; excluding cell site location and global positioning system information from FISA authority for using a pen register or trap and trace device to collect evidence; reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, the power to treat individual terrorists as foreign agents; expanding the powers of FISA court amicus curiae (outside parties appointed to assist in a case), such as by authorizing the amicus to refer a FISA court decision to the FISA Court of Review; and repealing the government's authority to use National Security Letters to obtain financial or communications records without a court order.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Last Action Date: January 30, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Federal Law Enforcement and Public Protection Act
Description: Directs each civilian or military federal law enforcement agency to prescribe requirements for the safe storage and locking of service firearms when they are not in use. It specifies minimum standards for safe storage and locking, directs agencies to report lost or stolen firearms, and requires agencies to provide training and written materials to law enforcement officers.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: July 30, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act
Description: To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to provide notification to relevant law enforcement agencies in the event that a background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System determines that a person may not receive a firearm, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: July 30, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: MVP Act of 2019 The Mass Violence Prevention Act of 2019
Description: To enhance penalties for theft of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee, to establish a Mass Violence Prevention Center, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: LEOSA Reform Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2019