Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This legislation would add a 90 day waiting period for LOCAL law enforcement to deny firearm transfers with no protections for citizens to appeal a wrongful decision.
Title: Empowering Law Enforcement for Safer Firearm Transfers Act of 2019
Subject: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Sales and excise taxes: State and local government operations: Crime and law enforcement
Description: To amend the National Firearms Act to require that local chief law enforcement officers be notified of, and provided a 90-day period to deny, firearm transfers.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: June 21, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3404/all-info
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16 sponsors: Jennifer Wexton (D); Don Beyer (D); Gerald Connolly (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Joseph Neguse (D); Katherine Clark (D); David Cicilline (D); Gil Cisneros (D); Jason Crow (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Donald McEachin (D); Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Ro Khanna (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Madeleine Dean (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jun 21 2019 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jun 21 2019 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jun 27 2019 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Ways And Means
There have not been any votes on this bill