Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
There is no justifiable reason to include race or ethnicity in the purchase of firearms/exercise of a Constitutional Right!
Title: Firearm Act of 2017
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Racial and ethnic relations
Description: Firearm Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the federal government from requiring an individual's race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection with a firearm transfer to that individual.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 20, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1592/all-info
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8 sponsors: Roy Blunt (R); Thad Cochran (R); John Cornyn (R); Joe Manchin (D); Michael Enzi (R); John Thune (R); Luther Strange (R); Shelley Capito (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jul 20 2017 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Aug 2 2017 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill