Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Session: 119th Congress
Title: To provide procedures for appealing certain Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives rulings or determinations, and for other purposes.
Description: To provide procedures for appealing certain Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives rulings or determinations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 22, 2025
Session: 119th Congress
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to establish an administrative relief process for individuals whose applications for transfer and registration of a firearm were denied, and for other purposes.
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to establish an administrative relief process for individuals whose applications for transfer and registration of a firearm were denied, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: January 22, 2025
Session: 119th Congress
Title: A bill to authorize for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.
Description: A bill to authorize for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 16, 2025
Session: 118th Congress
Title: To provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes.
Description: To provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 14, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: GOSAFE Act Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the possession of certain firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 3, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: RIFLE Act Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act
Description: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: May 15, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2024
Description: To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 10, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2024
Description: A bill to provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 9, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Responsible Gun Ownership Licensing Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2023
Description: A bill to provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 6, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Handgun Permit to Purchase Act
Description: To authorize for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 26, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Handgun Permit to Purchase Act
Description: A bill to authorize a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 26, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: PISTOL Act Protecting Individual Sovereignty Through Our Laws Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to update the definition of rifles, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H746)
Last Action Date: February 8, 2023
Session: 117th Congress
Title: To end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.
Description: To end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: December 20, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Federal Assault Weapons Licensing Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a license to acquire or receive an assault weapon, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Responsible Gun Ownership Licensing Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Federal Firearm Licensing Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 19, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2022
Description: A bill to provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 11, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2022
Description: To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2021
Description: A bill to provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 13, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2021
Description: To provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2021
Description: To provide for the mandatory licensing and registration of handguns, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Description: To authorize for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: State Access to Firearms Evading Revocation Act
Description: To prohibit the transfer of a firearm to a person whose State license to purchase, own, or possess a firearm has been revoked, or a person who has been ordered by a State court to surrender all firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Description: A bill to authorize for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2021
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Description: Broadens the scope of allowable firearm transactions involving active duty service members and their spouses. Specifically, the bill allows a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States.) The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is a resident of the state in which (1) the member or spouse maintains legal residence, (2) the permanent duty station of the member is located, and (3) the member maintains a home from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: SAFER Voter Act. Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act
Description: Reduces the minimum age—from 21 years to 18 years—at which an individual may obtain a handgun from a federally licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 30, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Federal Firearm Licensing Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 10, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2019
Description: Establishes new requirements and restrictions with respect to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Among other things, the bill does the following: generally requires owners of certain firearms—handguns and semiautomatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable ammunition feeding device—to obtain a license, and establishes background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: August 15, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2019
Description: Establishes new requirements and restrictions with respect to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Among other things, the bill does the following: generally requires owners of certain firearms—handguns and semiautomatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable ammunition feeding device—to obtain a license, and establishes background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2019
Description: Authorizes grants for states to implement or maintain firearms and firearms dealer licensing requirements. A state's requirements must incorporate certain elements, including the following: an individual must have a firearms license at the time of acquiring, and during the entire period of possessing, a firearm or ammunition; and an individual who sells, rents, or leases a minimum number of firearms, or sells ammunition, must obtain a firearms dealer license.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 27, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2019
Description: Authorizes grants for states to implement or maintain firearms and firearms dealer licensing requirements. A state's requirements must incorporate certain elements, including the following: an individual must have a firearms license at the time of acquiring, and during the entire period of possessing, a firearm or ammunition; and an individual who sells, rents, or leases a minimum number of firearms, or sells ammunition, must obtain a firearms dealer license.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: July 30, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Description: Authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: July 30, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Description: Authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 13, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2019
Description: Establishes a statutory framework for the licensing and registration of all handguns owned, possessed, or controlled in the United States.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2019