Firearms Owners Against Crime
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Title: Calling an Article V Convention for proposing a Fiscal Responsibility Amendment to the United States Constitution and stipulating ratification by a vote of We the People, and for other purposes.
Description: Calling an Article V Convention for proposing a Fiscal Responsibility Amendment to the United States Constitution and stipulating ratification by a vote of We the People, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 14, 2023
Title: Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act
Description: To require the national instant criminal background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the relevant State and local law enforcement agencies whenever the information available to the system indicates that a person illegally or unlawfully in the United States may be attempting to receive a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 9, 2023
Title: Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a means by which nonresidents of a State whose residents may carry concealed firearms may also do so in the State.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 9, 2023
Title: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'".
Description: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'".
Last Action: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Last Action Date: June 22, 2023
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that New York State's Concealed Carry Improvement Act is unconstitutional.
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that New York State's Concealed Carry Improvement Act is unconstitutional.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 17, 2023
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
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
Title: Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
Description: To make unlawful the sale of any firearm by a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer without a written notice promoting safe storage and a safe storage device, to create and disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, to create a grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against tax for sales at retail of safe firearm storage devices, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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
Title: FIND Act Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination Act
Description: To amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit the Federal Government from entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Last Action Date: January 9, 2023
Title: Calling on the media to engage in responsible and voluntary journalistic practices to deny mass public murderers the attention they desire and minimize any possible "media contagion effect" of irresponsible and sensationalistic reporting practices.
Description: Calling on the media to engage in responsible and voluntary journalistic practices to deny mass public murderers the attention they desire and minimize any possible "media contagion effect" of irresponsible and sensationalistic reporting practices.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last Action Date: July 18, 2023
Title: Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2023
Description: To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report to the Congress semiannually on the number of firearms transfers resulting from the failure to complete a background check within 3 business days, and the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 9, 2023
Title: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice, relating to "Definition of 'Engaged in the Business' as a Dealer in Firearms".
Description: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice, relating to "Definition of 'Engaged in the Business' as a Dealer in Firearms".
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 16, 2024
Title: Hearing Protection Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, 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 9, 2023
Title: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Revision of Firearms License Requirements".
Description: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Revision of Firearms License Requirements".
Last Action: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 23.
Last Action Date: July 11, 2024
Title: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 9, 2023
Title: Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2023
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, 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 9, 2023
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that mandates imposed on manufacturers requiring inclusion of unproven and unreliable technology in firearms is costly and punitive, and the prohibition of firearms without such features is an infringement on the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment.
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that mandates imposed on manufacturers requiring inclusion of unproven and unreliable technology in firearms is costly and punitive, and the prohibition of firearms without such features is an infringement on the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2023
Title: Honoring the victims of the March 15, 2019, shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Description: Honoring the victims of the March 15, 2019, shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Last Action Date: March 23, 2023
Title: Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2023
Description: To prohibit funding for the implementation and enforcement of Federal red flag orders.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 11, 2023
Title: Condemning the expulsion of two Black, duly elected Tennessee Representatives as a blatant act of racism and an attack on the democracy of the United States and observing that the Tennessee House of Representatives preferred to take this action of expulsion rather than to act on gun control measures to protect children.
Description: Condemning the expulsion of two Black, duly elected Tennessee Representatives as a blatant act of racism and an attack on the democracy of the United States and observing that the Tennessee House of Representatives preferred to take this action of expulsion rather than to act on gun control measures to protect children.
Last Action: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1749-1750)
Last Action Date: April 17, 2023
Title: Condemning the horrific shootings that occurred in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 10, 2023, in the Old National Bank building, and on April 15, 2023, in Chickasaw Park, honoring the memory of the victims of the attacks, expressing condolences and support to all those impacted by these tragedies, and reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to support all victims of gun violence.
Description: Condemning the horrific shootings that occurred in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 10, 2023, in the Old National Bank building, and on April 15, 2023, in Chickasaw Park, honoring the memory of the victims of the attacks, expressing condolences and support to all those impacted by these tragedies, and reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to support all victims of gun violence.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2023
Title: Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a member of the Armed Forces and the spouse of that member shall have the same rights regarding the receipt of firearms at the location of any duty station of the member.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 12, 2023
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
Title: Second Amendment Protection Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the sale, purchase, shipment, receipt, or possession of a firearm or ammunition by a user of medical marijuana, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 13, 2023
Title: Abolish the ATF Act
Description: To abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 17, 2023
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
Title: No User Fees for Gun Owners Act
Description: To ban the imposition of any State or local liability insurance, tax, or user fee requirement for firearm or ammunition ownership or commerce.
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 17, 2023
Title: Closing the Bump Stock Loophole Act of 2023
Description: To regulate bump stocks in the same manner as machineguns.
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 17, 2023
Title: Repeal the NFA Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the National Firearms Act.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: January 24, 2023
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 698) to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 698) to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. McBath. Petition No: 118-2. (Discharge petition text with signatures)
Last Action Date: June 13, 2023
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2403) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2403) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee.
Last Action: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Clyburn. Petition No: 118-3. (Discharge petition text with signatures)
Last Action Date: June 13, 2023
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 715) to require a background check for every firearm sale.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 715) to require a background check for every firearm sale.
Last Action: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Thompson (CA). Petition No: 118-4. (Discharge petition text with signatures)
Last Action Date: June 13, 2023
Title: Expressing support for the designation of June 2, 2023, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2023 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Description: Expressing support for the designation of June 2, 2023, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2023 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 31, 2023
Title: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 44) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'stabilizing braces'"; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 277) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 288) to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1615) to prohibit the use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R 1640) to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule titled "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products", and for other purposes.
Description: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 44) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'stabilizing braces'"; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 277) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 288) to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1615) to prohibit the use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R 1640) to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule titled "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products", and for other purposes.
Last Action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last Action Date: June 13, 2023
Title: ATF Accountability Act of 2023
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 25, 2023
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
Title: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2023
Description: To require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 26, 2023
Title: Condemning the horrific gun violence in Fort Worth, Texas, and acknowledging the human toll of gun violence in this country.
Description: Condemning the horrific gun violence in Fort Worth, Texas, and acknowledging the human toll of gun violence in this country.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Last Action Date: July 13, 2023
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 660) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 660) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. DeLauro. Petition No: 118-7. (Discharge petition text with signatures.)
Last Action Date: September 12, 2023
Title: Keep Americans Safe Act
Description: To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 30, 2023
Title: Condemning the decision of the Secretary of Education to prohibit the use of funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for hunter, archery, and other shooting sports education programs in schools and explicitly affirming that school programs that train students in archery, hunting, or other shooting sports are eligible for Federal funding under such Act.
Description: Condemning the decision of the Secretary of Education to prohibit the use of funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for hunter, archery, and other shooting sports education programs in schools and explicitly affirming that school programs that train students in archery, hunting, or other shooting sports are eligible for Federal funding under such Act.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Last Action Date: August 11, 2023
Title: Ethan's Law
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 31, 2023
Title: COOL OFF Act Choosing Our Own Lives Over Fast Firearms Act
Description: To provide for a 3-day waiting period before a person may receive a handgun, with exceptions.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 31, 2023
Title: Condemning the actions of Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, for subverting the Second Amendment to the Constitution and depriving the citizens of New Mexico of their right to bear arms.
Description: Condemning the actions of Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, for subverting the Second Amendment to the Constitution and depriving the citizens of New Mexico of their right to bear arms.
Last Action: Rule H. Res. 712 failed passage of House.
Last Action Date: September 21, 2023
Title: Assault Weapons Ban of 2023
Description: To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Last Action: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mrs. McBath asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 698, a bill originally introduced by Representative Cicilline, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Last Action Date: June 5, 2023
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: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
Last Action Date: September 16, 2024
Title: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2023
Description: To require a background check for every firearm sale.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 1, 2023
Title: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2023
Description: To amend section 923 of title 18, United States Code, to require an electronic, searchable database of the importation, production, shipment, receipt, sale, or other disposition of firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 1, 2023
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationship between firearm violence and intimate partner violence and to honor the memory of Gladys Ricart and other victims of intimate partner homicide killed by firearms, and for other purposes.
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationship between firearm violence and intimate partner violence and to honor the memory of Gladys Ricart and other victims of intimate partner homicide killed by firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 28, 2023
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act of 2023
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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Title: Firearm Lockbox Protection Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the secure storage of a licensed firearm possessed by a Federal judge, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: February 2, 2023
Title: RIFLE Act Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Title: Default Proceed Sale Transparency Act
Description: To improve the procedures of the national instant criminal background check system in the case of firearm transfers by federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers before the completion of the related criminal background check, and to provide for annual reports on default firearm transfers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships between firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women, and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships between firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women, and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 30, 2023
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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2023
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 625) to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 625) to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Last Action: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. DeGette. Petition No: 118-8. (Discharge petition text with signatures.)
Last Action Date: January 10, 2024
Title: Honoring the victims of the mass shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on December 6, 2023.
Description: Honoring the victims of the mass shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on December 6, 2023.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Last Action Date: December 12, 2023
Title: AIM Act of 2023 ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2023
Description: To remove obstacles to the ability of law enforcement officers to enforce gun safety laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 10, 2023
Title: AR–15 National Gun Act
Description: To declare an AR-15 style rifle chambered in a .223 Remington round or a 5.56x45mm NATO round to be the National Gun of the United States.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Last Action Date: February 17, 2023
Title: Safe Guns, Safe Kids Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 21, 2023
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
Title: Supporting the Second Amendment's guarantee that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and opposing the Biden administration's efforts to undermine that guarantee at every opportunity.
Description: Supporting the Second Amendment's guarantee that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and opposing the Biden administration's efforts to undermine that guarantee at every opportunity.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: May 31, 2024
Title: Expressing support for the designation of June 7, 2024, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2024 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Description: Expressing support for the designation of June 7, 2024, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2024 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 3, 2024
Title: No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to discontinue the collection by the Federal Government of firearm transaction records of discontinued firearms businesses, to require the destruction of such already collected records, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2023
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3018) to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3018) to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Last Action Date: June 7, 2024
Title: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
Description: To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2023
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
Title: Expressing support for the designation of July 20, 2024, as "National Heroes Day" to honor the sacrifices of everyday heroes who save lives and improve their communities.
Description: Expressing support for the designation of July 20, 2024, as "National Heroes Day" to honor the sacrifices of everyday heroes who save lives and improve their communities.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Last Action Date: July 18, 2024
Title: Expressing support for the designation of July 20, 2024, as "National Heroes Day" to honor the sacrifices of everyday heroes who save lives and improve their communities.
Description: Expressing support for the designation of July 20, 2024, as "National Heroes Day" to honor the sacrifices of everyday heroes who save lives and improve their communities.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Last Action Date: July 22, 2024
Title: Expressing support for keeping guns out of classrooms.
Description: Expressing support for keeping guns out of classrooms.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: August 2, 2024
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
Title: Federal Firearm Licensee Act
Description: To modernize the business of selling firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 9, 2023
Title: Traveler’s Gun Rights Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to define "State of residence" and "resident", and for other purposes.
Last Action: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 18.
Last Action Date: January 18, 2024
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships among firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women, and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships among firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women, and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 11, 2024
Title: Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act
Description: To permit employees of the House of Representatives who are authorized to possess certain weapons in the District of Columbia to bring such weapons into House Office Buildings for secure storage, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight.
Last Action Date: September 12, 2023
Title: State Firearms Dealer Licensing Enhancement Act
Description: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for grants for State firearms dealer licensing programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 14, 2023
Title: Range Access Act
Description: To facilitate the creation of designated shooting ranges on National Forest System land and public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management for the public to use for recreational target shooting, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Last Action Date: April 19, 2023
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
Title: Protecting Legal Firearms Ownership Act of 2023
Description: To limit the applicability of certain rules with regard to possession of a firearm or firearm attachment.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 21, 2023
Title: Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2023
Description: To establish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2023
Title: ATF Transparency Act
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: March 22, 2023
Title: Tribal Firearm Access Act
Description: To allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Last Action: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Last Action Date: January 18, 2024
Title: Closing the Loophole on Interstate Firearm Sales Act
Description: To prohibit a Federal firearms licensee from transferring a long gun to a person who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe does not reside in (or if the person is a corporation or other business entity, does not maintain a place of business in) the State in which the licensee's place of business is located.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 28, 2023
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2023
Description: To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: April 7, 2023
Title: No Crime Left Behind Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to temporarily prohibit the transfer of a firearm to, or the possession of a firearm by, a person convicted of a misdemeanor in which a firearm was used, carried, or possessed.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 29, 2023
Title: Pause for Gun Safety Act
Description: To require a seven-day waiting period before the receipt of a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 29, 2023
Title: Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2023
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 30, 2023
Title: Gun Trafficker Detection Act
Description: To require lost or stolen firearms to be reported to law enforcement authorities within 48 hours, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 30, 2023
Title: Protect Against School Shootings Act PASS Act
Description: To amend the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 to permit qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired law enforcement officers, and persons not prohibited by State law from carrying a concealed firearm to carry a firearm, and to discharge a firearm in defense of self or others, in a school zone.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 3, 2023
Title: SAFE School Act Securing Aid For Every School Act
Description: To establish a grant program to improve school security, including by training and hiring veterans and former law enforcement officers as school safety officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: April 6, 2023
Title: Strengthening School Security for Students Act
Description: To require State educational agencies to hire and train school resource officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2076)
Last Action Date: April 27, 2023
Title: Safe Students Act
Description: To repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that Act.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 6, 2023
Title: Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2023
Description: To prohibit the sale of a firearm to, and the purchase of a firearm by, a person who is not covered by appropriate liability insurance coverage.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 6, 2023
Title: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2023
Description: 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: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 13, 2023
Title: Firearms Retailer Code of Conduct Act of 2023
Description: To require federally licensed firearms manufacturers, importers, and dealers and their employees to undergo training to be eligible to sell a firearm, to require a notice to be posted at retail firearms locations that describes the signs of unlawful firearms purchases, to require such licensees to maintain physical security elements to prevent theft and a minimum level of business liability insurance, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 20, 2023
Title: Prevent Family Fire Act of 2023
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against tax for sales at retail of safe firearm storage devices.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: April 20, 2023
Title: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act
Description: To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on school shootings, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Last Action Date: April 25, 2023
Title: Raise the Age Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles or semiautomatic centerfire shotguns to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel and full-time law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 26, 2023
Title: End Gun Violence Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposition of any firearm or ammunition to any person who has been convicted of a violent misdemeanor, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 26, 2023
Title: Secure Background Checks Act of 2023
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.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 26, 2023
Title: Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2023
Description: To address the importation and proliferation of machinegun conversion devices.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence.
Last Action Date: April 26, 2023
Title: Smart Sentencing Adjustments Act
Description: 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: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2023
Title: Fresh Start Act of 2023
Description: To amend the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to establish grants for States for purposes of modernizing criminal justice data infrastructure to facilitate automated record sealing and expungement, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2023
Title: HEAR Act of 2023 Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2023
Description: To regulate firearm silencers and firearm mufflers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2023
Title: Teachers Empowered Against Classroom Harm Act of 2023 TEACH Act of 2023
Description: To eliminate the prohibition on training teachers with effective defensive tools, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: April 28, 2023
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
Title: Protecting the Second Amendment in Financial Services Act
Description: To prohibit the use of a merchant category code that separately identifies firearms merchants or ammunition merchants, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2023
Title: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2023
Description: To require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: NICS Review Act of 2023
Description: To require records of the national instant criminal background check system to be retained for at least 90 days.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Stand Your Ground Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an affirmative defense for certain criminal violations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 9, 2023
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
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
Title: Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act
Description: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 15.
Last Action Date: September 11, 2024
Title: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
Description: To prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2023
Title: Responsible Firearms Marketing Act
Description: To direct the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on unfair or deceptive acts or practices that may be prevalent in the advertising or marketing of firearms and to issue regulations to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices related to the advertising or marketing of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Last Action Date: May 19, 2023
Title: Protect Children Through Safe Gun Ownership Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require adequate supervision before a juvenile can possess a firearm, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: May 25, 2023
Title: Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act
Description: To prevent the illegal sale of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 5, 2023
Title: Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2023
Description: To ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 6, 2023
Title: Angellyh Yambo Gun Free Zone Expansion Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the definition of school zone, to prohibit the transfer and possession of ghost guns, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 7, 2023
Title: Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023
Description: To establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.
Last Action: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2893-2894)
Last Action Date: June 14, 2023
Title: To provide a private right of action against the maker of any component of a ghost gun, and any person who facilitated a sale of the ghost gun, for injury or death resulting from the use of the ghost gun.
Description: To provide a private right of action against the maker of any component of a ghost gun, and any person who facilitated a sale of the ghost gun, for injury or death resulting from the use of the ghost gun.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2023
Title: 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2023
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the distribution of 3D printer plans for the printing of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 13, 2023
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act
Description: To require the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to issue an advisory about how homegrown violent extremists and other perpetrators of domestic terrorism procure firearms and firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Last Action Date: June 15, 2023
Title: Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2023
Description: To establish a grant program through the Department of Justice to incentivize States to establish point-of-contact systems for firearm sales subject to a background check, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 15, 2023
Title: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act
Description: To modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 15, 2023
Title: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023
Description: To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 15, 2023
Title: Disarming Felons Act
Description: To prohibit the disposition of a firearm to, and the possession of a firearm by, an adult who, while a juvenile who had attained 15 years of age but not 18 years of age, committed an offense that would have been a felony if committed by an adult.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 15, 2023
Title: Safe Storage Saves Lives Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a gun lock to be provided to every firearm purchaser.
Last Action: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2997-2998)
Last Action Date: June 21, 2023
Title: Multiple Firearm Sales Reporting Modernization Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand to all firearms the requirement that Federal firearms licensees report sales of 2 or more handguns to the same unlicensed person within 5 consecutive business days.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 16, 2023
Title: Defective Firearms Protection Act
Description: To amend the consumer product safety laws to repeal the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of consumer product under such laws.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Last Action Date: June 23, 2023
Title: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2023
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase certain taxes related to firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Last Action Date: June 23, 2023
Title: Assault Weapon Financing Accountability Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit short-term, Buy Now, Pay Later loans for the purchase of semiautomatic assault weapons.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 22, 2023
Title: Ammo Identification Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require serial numbers to be engraved on ammunition, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 23, 2023
Title: Mass Shooter Prosecution Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for mass killings involving machineguns or certain semiautomatic weapons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 23, 2023
Title: Jaime’s Law
Description: To prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 13, 2023
Title: Ghost Guns and Untraceable Firearms Act of 2023
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 17, 2023
Title: Fair Legal Access Grants Act
Description: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to award grants for providing legal resources for petitioners seeking extreme risk protection orders, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 25, 2023
Title: Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
Description: To create and disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, to create a grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 27, 2023
Title: Protecting Americans from Reckless Gun Dealers Act of 2023
Description: To require the Attorney General to report certain revocation and remedial action data with respect to Federal firearm licenses and to require the Comptroller General of the United States to study the effectiveness of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in investigating and revoking the licenses.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 27, 2023
Title: Ghost Guns and Untraceable Firearms Act of 2023
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 27, 2023
Title: Recognizing Gun Violence as a Public Health Emergency Act
Description: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to submit to the Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: July 28, 2023
Title: Assault Weapons Excise Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an additional 1,000 percent excise tax on the sale of large capacity ammunition feeding devices and semiautomatic assault weapons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: August 4, 2023
Title: LEAD Act of 2023 Lead Endangers Animals Daily Act of 2023
Description: To require the Secretary of the Interior to prohibit the use of lead ammunition on United States Fish and Wildlife Service lands, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Last Action Date: August 25, 2023
Title: Staff Safety Act
Description: To amend title 40, United States Code, to clarify that the regulations prescribed by the Capitol Police Board to carry out the law prohibiting the possession of firearms in the United States Capitol Buildings and on the United States Capitol Grounds must take into account the exemption provided under such law for Members, officers, and employees of Congress.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Last Action Date: August 28, 2023
Title: Disarm Hate Act
Description: To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 13, 2023
Title: Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to make fraudulent dealings in firearms and ammunition unlawful, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 13, 2023
Title: Bolstering Security Against Ghost Guns Act
Description: To direct the Department of Homeland Security to bolster security against threats posed by ghost guns, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: September 14, 2023
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
Title: Respect for the Second Amendment Act
Description: To protect the rights of the people of the United States under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 14, 2023
Title: Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2023
Description: To prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purpose of imposing gun control.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: September 22, 2023
Title: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2023
Description: To require the search and retention of certain records with respect to conducting criminal background checks, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 26, 2023
Title: No Gun Rights Infringement Sham Act
Description: To prohibit any State that suspends open or concealed firearm carry licenses from receiving Federal financial assistance.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Last Action Date: September 27, 2023
Title: Protecting Gun Owners’ Privacy Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance the privacy of legal gun owners, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 25, 2023
Title: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to restrict the ability to transfer business inventory firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 25, 2023
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
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
Title: AMMO Act Ammunition Modernization and Monitoring Oversight Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent bulk sales of ammunition, promote recordkeeping and reporting about ammunition, end ammunition straw purchasing, and require a background check before the transfer of ammunition by certain Federal firearms licensees to non-licensees.
Last Action: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5383)
Last Action Date: November 3, 2023
Title: Tax Stamp Revenue Transfer for Wildlife and Recreation Act
Description: To transfer a portion of the firearms transfer tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund and the Conservation of America's Wildlife Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Subcommittee Hearings Held
Last Action Date: September 10, 2024
Title: Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms and to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program relating to the removal of firearms from adjudicated domestic violence offenders, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 14, 2023
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 the Workforce.
Last Action Date: December 1, 2023
Title: Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2023
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 Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: December 8, 2023
Title: Stopping Unconstitutional Background Checks Act
Description: To prohibit the use of Federal funds to finalize, implement, or enforce proposed ATF Rule 2022R-17, entitled "Definition of 'Engaged in the Business' as a Dealer in Firearms".
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 13, 2023
Title: SAFER Voter Act Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act
Description: To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age at which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 14, 2023
Title: NICS Data Reporting Act
Description: To require the Attorney General to submit to the Congress a report that includes the demographic data of persons determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm based on a background check performed by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Last Action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 0.
Last Action Date: February 15, 2024
Title: Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Act
Description: To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 18, 2024
Title: RIFLE Act of 2024 Reining in Federal Licensing Enforcement Act of 2024
Description: To reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 18, 2024
Title: Protecting the Mailing of Firearms Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect and enhance the mailing of firearms, ammunition, and components thereof.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: February 1, 2024
Title: Shining a Spotlight on Safer Communities Act
Description: To require reports on the progress and implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 7, 2024
Title: Identify Gun Stores Act
Description: To prohibit States from prohibiting or otherwise deterring the usage of any merchant category code established by the International Organization for Standardization, including codes that identify firearm merchants and ammunition merchants.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Last Action Date: February 14, 2024
Title: Securing Our Schools Act of 2024
Description: To allow certain funds provided in response to the public health emergency with respect to COVID-19 to be made available for school security measures, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Last Action Date: February 14, 2024
Title: Fighting Irrational Regulatory Enforcement to Avert Retailers' Misfortune Act FIREARM Act
Description: To provide firearm licensees an opportunity to correct statutory and regulatory violations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 28, 2024
Title: No Pay Until Peace Act
Description: To reduce the pay of Members of Congress when a mass shooting occurs in the United States, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: March 6, 2024
Title: Destroy Zombie Guns Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve firearm destruction practices, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 20, 2024
Title: Prevent Illegal Gun Resales Act
Description: To improve the licensing requirements for the retail sale of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 29, 2024
Title: Firearm Due Process Protection Act
Description: To enforce the requirement that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System make a final disposition of requests to correct its records within 60 days, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 5, 2024
Title: Ammunition Supply Chain Act
Description: To require a report on the United States supply of nitrocellulose.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: April 18, 2024
Title: Stop the BIS Rule Act Stop the Bureaucratic Ineptitude Shuttering Respectable and Upstanding Lawful Exporters Act
Description: To prohibit the use of Federal funds to finalize, implement, or enforce the interim final rule of the Bureau of Industry and Security relating to enhancing the control structure for firearms and related items and advancing human rights issued on April 26, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 34680).
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Last Action Date: May 1, 2024
Title: SHUSH Act Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act
Description: To provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories.
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: May 8, 2024
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
Title: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 10, 2024
Title: Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2024
Description: To prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of .50 caliber rifles, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: May 16, 2024
Title: Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2024
Description: To prohibit wildlife killing contests on public lands, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Last Action Date: September 3, 2024
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
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a Federal firearms licensee to provide secure firearms storage information to a prospective firearm transferee, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a gun safe credit, and for other purposes.
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a Federal firearms licensee to provide secure firearms storage information to a prospective firearm transferee, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a gun safe credit, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 12, 2024
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
Title: To require the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of federally licensed firearms dealers with a high number of short time-to-crime firearm traces, and to prohibit Federal departments and agencies from contracting with such dealers.
Description: To require the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of federally licensed firearms dealers with a high number of short time-to-crime firearm traces, and to prohibit Federal departments and agencies from contracting with such dealers.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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 14, 2024
Title: To authorize the Attorney General to make grants available to support State, Tribal, and local firearm destruction activities, and for other purposes.
Description: To authorize the Attorney General to make grants available to support State, Tribal, and local firearm destruction activities, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 14, 2024
Title: Prioritizing Resources for Outreach, Safety, Violence Prevention, Youth Empowerment and Resilience Act of 2024
Description: To direct the Attorney General to authorize the youth gun violence prevention program.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Last Action Date: June 18, 2024
Title: Gun Theft Prevention Act
Description: To enhance safety and security at federally licensed gun shops, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 25, 2024
Title: Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act
Description: To ensure that the background check system used for firearms purchases denies a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing a firearm by a lawful court order governing the pretrial release of the person.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 26, 2024
Title: SAFES Act Storing All Firearms Effectively and Safely Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable tax credit for certain gun safes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: June 27, 2024
Title: Veterans Gun Rights Protection Act of 2024
Description: To amend titles 18 and 38, United States Code, to permit the lawful carrying of firearms in properties under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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 28, 2024
Title: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2024
Description: To reform Federal firearms laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 28, 2024
Title: Marijuana Misdemeanor Expungement Act
Description: To amend Federal law to create an expungement mechanism and a process to petition for expungement for low-level violations of the Controlled Substances Act as it relates to marijuana, to study the impact of expungements issued, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 2, 2024
Title: Firearm Destruction Licensure Act of 2024
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person from engaging in the business of destroying firearms unless such person has received a license to do so from the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 10, 2024
Title: Science Appropriations Act, 2025 Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2025 Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2025
Description: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 482.
Last Action Date: July 11, 2024
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
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
Title: National Gun Violence Research Act
Description: To provide for a coordinated national research program to examine the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of violence and unintended injury and death relating to gun ownership, use, and trafficking, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: August 2, 2024
Title: Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2024
Description: To prohibit State excise taxes on firearms and ammunition manufacturers and dealers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: August 2, 2024
Title: Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2024
Description: To amend title 10, United States Code, to restrict the sale and procurement of certain weapons and ammunition by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: August 2, 2024
Title: Modern Firearm Safety Act
Description: To prohibit the imposition of requirements that handguns have certain features generally absent from firearms in common use, and to restore the civil and natural rights of Americans in States hostile to liberty, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: August 20, 2024
Title: National Constitutional Carry Act
Description: To enforce the rights protected by the Second and Fourteenth Amendments against the States.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 11, 2024
Title: Voter Empowerment Act of 2024 Voter Registration Efficiency Act Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2024 Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2024 Democracy Restoration Act of 2024 Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2024 Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2024
Description: To modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, 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: September 20, 2024
Title: Freedom from Intimidation in Elections Act
Description: To prohibit the intimidation of election officials and election workers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2024
Title: Saving Our Veterans Lives Act of 2024
Description: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to furnish to certain veterans items used for the secure storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Last Action Date: October 22, 2024
Title: No Guns for Illegal Aliens Act
Description: To provide that any United States Government identification document issued for an illegal alien is not sufficient to meet the identification document requirement for acquiring a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 8, 2024
Title: Gun Safety Board and Research Act
Description: To establish a Gun Safety Board, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last Action Date: October 11, 2024
Title: Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2024
Title: To amend the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler in section 921 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.
Description: To amend the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler in section 921 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 15, 2024