Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation
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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: 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: 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: 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: NFA SBS Act No Frivolous Application for Short-Barreled Shotguns Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled shotguns 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: To promote accountability and transparency in future executive orders.
Description: To promote accountability and transparency in future executive orders.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 9, 2023
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Drone Act of 2023
Description: To prevent the misuse of drones, 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: Firearm Safety Act of 2023
Description: To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of consumer product in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Last Action Date: May 12, 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: Tribal Police Department Parity Act
Description: To ensure that Federal laws that enable Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to access firearms apply equally to Tribal law enforcement agencies.
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 11, 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: Illicit Arms Trafficking Security Enforcement Act
Description: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a Border Enforcement Security Task Force unit to investigate transnational criminal organization arms smuggling across the international border between the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Last Action Date: February 8, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Safe Bases Act
Description: To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish an authority to issue permits to certain members of the Armed Forces who seek to carry concealed firearms while on military installations.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: PROTECT the Second Amendment Act Preserving Rights Of Tenants by Ensuring Compliance To the Second Amendment Act
Description: To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing may lawfully possess firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Last Action Date: July 25, 2023
Title: Chyna Gibson Stop the Transgender Murder Epidemic Act of 2023
Description: To establish a Commission to address the pervasive, and targeted epidemic of fatal violence, economic discrimination, and other factors disproportionally impacting members of the transgender community, and to make recommendations to Congress on appropriate remedies.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 27, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act
Description: 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: September 1, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: To terminate the Office of Gun Violence Prevention in the Executive Office of the President and prohibit the establishment of any similar successor office, and for other purposes.
Description: To terminate the Office of Gun Violence Prevention in the Executive Office of the President and prohibit the establishment of any similar successor office, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 25, 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: 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: 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: States Reform Act of 2023
Description: To amend the Controlled Substances Act regarding marihuana, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Last Action Date: January 18, 2024
Title: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023
Description: To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Last Action Date: May 1, 2024
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: 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: 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: Disarming Cartels Act
Description: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance border security by disrupting the smuggling of United States-sourced firearms and related munitions across the land border with Mexico, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Last Action Date: November 14, 2023
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: SHORT Act Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H621)
Last Action Date: February 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: 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: ARMAS Act of 2023 Americas Regional Monitoring of Arms Sales Act of 2023
Description: To require the transfer of regulatory control of certain munitions exports from the Department of Commerce to the Department of State, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Last Action Date: December 6, 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: Advancing Gun Safety Technology Act
Description: To authorize the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program to make grants to entities to develop gun safety technology, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 11, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
Description: To prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Last Action Date: February 23, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: SECURE Firearm Storage Act Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm Storage Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers to meet certain requirements with respect to securing their firearms inventory, business records, and business premises.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Title: Lead Free Forests Act of 2024
Description: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit the use of lead ammunition on all lands and waters under the jurisdiction and control of the Forest Service, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Last Action Date: September 3, 2024
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: 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: 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: Iron Pipeline Review Act
Description: To direct the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to report on firearms trafficking along the I-95 corridor.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2023
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: Secure Storage Information Act of 2024
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: MASS Act of 2024 Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2024
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: Clean Hands Firearm Procurement Act
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: Restoring Trust in Public Safety Act
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: ATF DATA Act ATF Data and Anti-Trafficking Accountability Act
Description: To require the publication of data sets regarding firearm trace data.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 10, 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: 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: 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: 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.
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 House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2024
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: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 9.
Last Action Date: September 19, 2024
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: 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: 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: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 396) to regulate bump stocks in the same manner as machineguns.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 396) to regulate bump stocks in the same manner as machineguns.
Last Action: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Titus. Petition No: 118-14. (Discharge petition text with signatures.)
Last Action Date: July 9, 2024
Title: Expressing support for the designation of June 21, 2024, as National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children's health and safe storage of guns in the home.
Description: Expressing support for the designation of June 21, 2024, as National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children's health and safe storage of guns in the home.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last Action Date: June 18, 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: Condemning the horrific shootings that occurred in Monterey Park, California, on January 21, 2023, and in Half Moon Bay, California, on January 23, 2023, honoring the memory of the victims of the attacks, expressing condolences and support to all those impacted by these tragedies, and reaffirming the House of Representative's commitment to supporting the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
Description: Condemning the horrific shootings that occurred in Monterey Park, California, on January 21, 2023, and in Half Moon Bay, California, on January 23, 2023, honoring the memory of the victims of the attacks, expressing condolences and support to all those impacted by these tragedies, and reaffirming the House of Representative's commitment to supporting the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Last Action Date: March 7, 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: Declaring gun violence a public health crisis.
Description: Declaring gun violence a public health crisis.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2494) to make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3091) to allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 40) expressing support for local law enforcement officers and condemning efforts to defund or dismantle local law enforcement agencies.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2494) to make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3091) to allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 40) expressing support for local law enforcement officers and condemning efforts to defund or dismantle local law enforcement agencies.
Last Action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last Action Date: May 16, 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: Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all.
Description: Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 15, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2023
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: March 29, 2023
Title: School Security Enhancement Act
Description: A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen school security.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: March 30, 2023
Title: Background Check Completion Act of 2023
Description: A bill to prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the completion of a background check.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 30, 2023
Title: Handgun Permit to Purchase Act
Description: A bill to authorize a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 26, 2023
Title: AIM Act of 2023 ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2023
Description: A bill to remove obstacles to the ability of law enforcement officers to enforce gun safety laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 26, 2023
Title: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023
Description: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Last Action Date: April 18, 2023
Title: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act
Description: A bill to direct the National Center for Education Statistics to produce an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: April 25, 2023
Title: Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2023
Description: A bill to address the importation and proliferation of machinegun conversion devices.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 26, 2023
Title: HEAR Act of 2023 Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2023
Description: A bill to regulate firearm silencers and firearm mufflers.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2023
Title: Age 21 Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the purchase of certain firearms by individuals under 21 years of age, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 23, 2023
Title: Stand Your Ground Act of 2023
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an affirmative defense for certain criminal violations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 4, 2023
Title: Firearm Safety Act of 2023
Description: A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of consumer product in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: May 4, 2023
Title: LEOSA Reform Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 4, 2023
Title: Tribal Police Department Parity Act
Description: A bill to ensure that Federal laws that enable Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to access firearms apply equally to Tribal law enforcement agencies.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: May 11, 2023
Title: SHORT Act Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act
Description: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: January 31, 2023
Title: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
Description: A bill to prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2023
Title: Ethan's Law
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 31, 2023
Title: Responsible Firearms Marketing Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2023
Title: 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2023
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 6, 2023
Title: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2023
Description: A bill to provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 6, 2023
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last Action Date: June 6, 2023
Title: Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2023
Description: A bill to ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 6, 2023
Title: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2023
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Last Action Date: June 8, 2023
Title: Mind Your Own Business Act of 2023
Description: A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to require the contractual provision by large issuers of procedural privileges with respect to certain shareholder claims relating to board and management accountability for "woke" social policy actions as a condition of listing on a national securities exchange, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last Action Date: January 31, 2023
Title: Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023
Description: A bill to establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 8, 2023
Title: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2023
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 8, 2023
Title: BUMP Act of 2023 Banning Unlawful Machinegun Parts Act of 2023
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the illegal modification of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 8, 2023
Title: Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act
Description: A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from providing firearms and ammunition to its employees, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: June 13, 2023
Title: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2023
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S205)
Last Action Date: February 1, 2023
Title: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 20, 2023
Title: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2023
Description: A bill to allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.
Last Action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 10.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Title: Fair Legal Access Grants Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 10, 2023
Title: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2023
Description: A bill to require the search and retention of certain records with respect to conducting criminal background checks, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3152)
Last Action Date: July 19, 2023
Title: SECURE Firearm Storage Act Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm Storage Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers to meet certain requirements with respect to securing their firearms inventory, business records, and business premises.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act of 2023
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S235)
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Title: Protecting Athletes, Schools, and Sports Act of 2023
Description: A bill to protect student athletes, ensure fair competition and compensation, and preserve intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: July 25, 2023
Title: Assault Weapons Ban of 2023
Description: A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S55)
Last Action Date: January 23, 2023
Title: Protecting Kids from Gun Marketing Act
Description: A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting the marketing of firearms to minors, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Title: Language Access to Gun Violence Prevention Strategies Act of 2023
Description: A bill to remove linguistic barriers to participation in Gun Violence Prevention Strategies.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 27, 2023
Title: Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act of 2023
Description: A bill to amend the Clayton Act to establish a new Federal commission to regulate digital platforms, including with respect to competition, transparency, privacy, and national security.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 27, 2023
Title: Ghost Guns and Untraceable Firearms Act of 2023
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 27, 2023
Title: End Gun Violence Act of 2023
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 6, 2023
Title: Jaime’s Law
Description: A bill to prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 11, 2023
Title: Disarm Hate Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 13, 2023
Title: Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make fraudulent dealings in firearms and ammunition unlawful, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4443)
Last Action Date: September 13, 2023
Title: Protecting the Right To Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2023
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last Action Date: September 21, 2023
Title: Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2023
Description: A bill to prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of .50 caliber rifles, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4680-4682)
Last Action Date: September 26, 2023
Title: Keep Americans Safe Act
Description: A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 7, 2023
Title: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act of 2023
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2023
Title: Strengthening Protections for Domestic Violence and Stalking Survivors Act of 2023
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to define intimate partner to include someone with whom there is or was a dating relationship, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 9, 2023
Title: Federal Firearm Licensing Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 2, 2023
Title: AMMO Act Ammunition Modernization and Monitoring Oversight Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 2, 2023
Title: Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 14, 2023
Title: GOSAFE Act Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the possession of certain firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: November 30, 2023
Title: ATF Accountability Act of 2023
Description: A bill to provide procedures for appealing certain Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives rulings or determinations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 14, 2023
Title: Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act of 2024
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit unauthorized private paramilitary activity, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 16, 2024
Title: Pistol Brace Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend the National Firearms Act to provide an exception for stabilizing braces, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: February 9, 2023
Title: A bill to permanently authorize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.
Description: A bill to permanently authorize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 25, 2024
Title: FIREARM Act Fighting Irrational Regulatory Enforcement to Avert Retailers' Misfortune Act
Description: A bill to provide firearm licensees an opportunity to correct statutory and regulatory violations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 27, 2024
Title: LEAD Act of 2024 Lead Endangers Animals Daily Act of 2024
Description: A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to promulgate regulations prohibiting the use of lead ammunition on all land and water under the jurisdiction and control of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Last Action Date: February 29, 2024
Title: Hearing Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: February 14, 2023
Title: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
Description: A bill to prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from a general merchandise retailer or sporting goods retailer, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last Action Date: April 8, 2024
Title: Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2024
Description: A bill to address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 10, 2024
Title: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2024
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: April 16, 2024
Title: Ammunition Supply Chain Act
Description: A bill to require a report on the United States supply of nitrocellulose.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: April 18, 2024
Title: Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act
Description: A bill 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 information contained in the system indicates that an alien who is illegally or unlawfully in the United States attempted to receive a firearm.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 18, 2024
Title: Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act
Description: A bill to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: May 2, 2024
Title: FIND Act Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last Action Date: February 15, 2023
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2024
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 9, 2024
Title: RIFLE Act Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act
Description: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: May 15, 2024
Title: Stop the BIS RULE Act Stop the Bureaucratic Ineptitude Shuttering Respectable and Upstanding Lawful Exporters Act
Description: A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds to finalize, implement, or enforce the interim final rule of the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce entitled "Revision of Firearms License Requirements".
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last Action Date: June 5, 2024
Title: Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 20, 2024
Title: ARMAS Act of 2024 Americas Regional Monitoring of Arms Sales Act of 2024
Description: A bill to require the transfer of regulatory control of certain munitions exports from the Department of Commerce to the Department of State, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Last Action Date: July 9, 2024
Title: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 10, 2024
Title: Federal Firearm Licensee Act
Description: A bill to modernize the business of selling firearms.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 11, 2024
Title: SHUSH Act Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act
Description: A bill to provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: July 29, 2024
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
Title: Background Check Expansion Act
Description: A bill to require a background check for every firearm sale.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 16, 2023
Title: Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act
Description: A bill to prohibit State excise taxes on firearms and ammunition manufacturers and dealers.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: August 1, 2024
Title: Lawful Purpose and Historical Firearms Act
Description: A bill to revise various laws that interfere with the lawful use of firearms and to promote America's firearms heritage.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: August 1, 2024
Title: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024 Closing the Law Enforcement Consent Loophole Act of 2024
Description: A bill to hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: August 1, 2024
Title: Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2024
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: September 12, 2024
Title: Armed Forces Crisis Intervention Notification Act
Description: A bill to require the United States Armed Forces to fully utilize applicable State extreme risk protection order programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6053-6054)
Last Action Date: September 16, 2024
Title: A bill 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: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6444-6445)
Last Action Date: September 25, 2024
Title: A bill to prohibit the imposition of requirements that handguns have certain features generally absent from firearms in common use, to restore the civil and natural rights of the people of the United States in States hostile to liberty, and for other purposes.
Description: A bill to prohibit the imposition of requirements that handguns have certain features generally absent from firearms in common use, to restore the civil and natural rights of the people of the United States in States hostile to liberty, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2024
Title: A bill to prohibit the unauthorized possession of a firearm at a Federal election site.
Description: A bill to prohibit the unauthorized possession of a firearm at a Federal election site.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2024
Title: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
Description: A bill to repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2023
Title: ATF Transparency Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 2, 2023
Title: A bill to provide that no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the rule of the Department of Justice entitled "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'".
Description: A bill to provide that no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the rule of the Department of Justice entitled "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'".
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 15, 2023
Title: Respect for the Second Amendment Act
Description: A bill to protect the rights of the people of the United States under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2023
Title: State Firearms Dealer Licensing Enhancement Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2023
Title: America’s Outdoor Recreation Act of 2023 Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
Description: A bill to improve recreation opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to, Federal public land, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 172.
Last Action Date: July 26, 2023
Title: Tribal Firearm Access Act
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2023
Title: Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2023
Description: A bill to establish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2023
Title: A joint resolution 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 "Definition of 'Engaged in the Business' as a Dealer in Firearms".
Description: A joint resolution 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 "Definition of 'Engaged in the Business' as a Dealer in Firearms".
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 15, 2024
Title: A joint resolution 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: A joint resolution 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last Action Date: June 5, 2024
Title: A resolution 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: A resolution 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 Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1901)
Last Action Date: June 1, 2023
Title: A resolution 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: A resolution 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 Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3934)
Last Action Date: June 3, 2024
Title: A resolution keeping guns out of classrooms.
Description: A resolution keeping guns out of classrooms.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5589)
Last Action Date: July 30, 2024