Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This legislation changes the criteria by which a person may be stripped of their 2A rights by adding "who is subject to a court order" to the reasons by which they are deemed a "Prohibited Person". This addition opens up subjective interpretation that could be abused. Reference Section 802.
Title: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Aging: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians: Assault and harassment offenses: Child health: Computer security and identity theft: Congressional oversight: Correctional facilities and imprisonment: Crime prevention: Crime victims: Crimes against children: Crimes against women: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal justice information and records: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Department of Housing and Urban Development: Department of Justice: Detention of persons: Disability and paralysis: Domestic violence and child abuse: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use: Emergency communications systems: Emergency medical services and trauma care: Employment and training programs: Evidence and witnesses: Executive agency funding and structure: Family relationships: Family services: Federal officials: Federal-Indian relations: Firearms and explosives: Fraud offenses and financial crimes: Genetics: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management: Government information and archives: Government studies and investigations: Health facilities and institutions: Health information and medical records: Health personnel: Health programs administration and funding: Health promotion and preventive care: Higher education: Homelessness and emergency shelter: Housing and community development funding: Housing discrimination: Human trafficking: Indian social and development programs: Internet and video services: Judges: Judicial procedure and administration: Landlord and tenant: Law enforcement administration and funding: Law enforcement officers: Lawyers and legal services: Low- and moderate-income housing: Marriage and family status: Medical research: Medical tests and diagnostic methods: Mental health: Missing persons: Poverty and welfare assistance: Research administration and funding: Right of privacy: Rural conditions and development: Separation, divorce, custody, support: Sex and reproductive health: Sex offenses: Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations: State and local government operations: Student aid and college costs: Telephone and wireless communication: Unemployment: Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs: Violent crime: Vocational and technical education: Women's health: Worker safety and health
Description: A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6569)
Last Action Date: November 13, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2843/all-info
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47 sponsors: Dianne Feinstein (D); Patrick Leahy (D); Amy Klobuchar (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Kamala Harris (D); Patty Murray (D); Debbie Stabenow (D); Maria Cantwell (D); Jeanne Shaheen (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Margaret Hassan (D); Catherine Cortez Masto (D); Tina Smith (D); Krysten Sinema (D); Jacky Rosen (D); Charles Schumer (D); Sherrod Brown (D); Tom Udall (D); Ron Wyden (D); Richard Durbin (D); Jack Reed (D); Thomas Carper (D); Robert Menendez (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Robert Casey (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Jon Tester (D); Mark Warner (D); Jeff Merkley (D); Michael Bennet (D); Joe Manchin (D); Christopher Coons (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Brian Schatz (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Martin Heinrich (D); Angus King (I); Tim Kaine (D); Edward Markey (D); Cory Booker (D); Gary Peters (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Doug Jones (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Nov 13 2019 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6569) |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Nov 20 2019 | 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