Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Expressing support for the designation of September 10, 2024, as "National Firearm Suicide Prevention Day" to educate about the growing firearm suicide crisis in the United States and promote the importance of storing firearms safely and securely as an essential component of suicide prevention.
Description: Expressing support for the designation of September 10, 2024, as "National Firearm Suicide Prevention Day" to educate about the growing firearm suicide crisis in the United States and promote the importance of storing firearms safely and securely as an essential component of suicide prevention.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last Action Date: September 10, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Lethal Means Safe Storage for Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
Description: A bill to improve lethal means safety training and education conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Last Action Date: August 1, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Veterans 2nd Amendment Restoration Act of 2024
Description: To require notification of lack of basis for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to have transmitted certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
Last Action: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Last Action Date: July 23, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Safeguarding Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Act of 2024
Description: To prevent the use of unconstitutional gun confiscation laws against veterans.
Last Action: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Last Action Date: July 23, 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: Gun Suicide Prevention Act
Description: To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless the firearm or packaging carries a label that provides the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Last Action Date: September 15, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Shall Not Be Infringed Act of 2023
Description: To repeal each gun control measure enacted by the 117th Congress, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Last Action Date: May 30, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2023
Description: To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Last Action: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. McBath. Petition No: 118-13.
Last Action Date: June 26, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act
Description: To provide adequate protections for gun owners, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2023
Description: To authorize funding to increase access to mental health care treatment to reduce gun violence.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 9, 2023
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2022 RGV Act of 2022
Description: To secure schools, to increase access to mental health resources, 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: Preventing Suicide Through Voluntary Firearm Purchase Delay Act
Description: To help prevent suicide by giving people more control over their own lethal means purchase decisions, through the creation of a voluntary purchase delay database.
Last Action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 16.
Last Action Date: December 7, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence, and for other purposes.
Description: To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence, 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: Gun Suicide Prevention Act
Description: To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless the firearm or packaging carries a label that provides the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Last Action Date: October 1, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021
Description: To support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access to firearms from individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant to court orders for this purpose.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
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: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
Description: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Last Action Date: April 12, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2021
Description: A bill to provide family members of an individual who they fear is a danger to himself, herself, or others, or law enforcement, with new tools to prevent gun violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2020
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: July 22, 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: 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: Safer Communities Act of 2019
Description: To protect individuals by strengthening the Nation's mental health infrastructure, improving the understanding of violence, strengthening firearm prohibitions and protections for at-risk individuals, and improving and expanding the reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2019
Description: To incentivize State reporting systems that allow mental health professionals to submit information on certain individuals deemed dangerous for purposes of prohibiting firearm possession by such individuals, 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: Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Restoration Act of 2019
Description: A bill to provide additional protections for our veterans.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Last Action Date: May 6, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2019
Description: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to report on the deaths of covered veterans who died by suicide during the last five years, regardless of whether information relating to such deaths has been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A covered veteran is any veteran who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the veteran's death. Among other elements, the report shall include the total number of covered veterans who died by suicide, violent death, or accidental death, as well as certain demographic information.
Last Action: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Last Action Date: April 30, 2019
Session: 115th Congress
Title: Jake Laird Act of 2018
Description: Jake Laird Act of 2018
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: June 5, 2018