Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB4214
Legislation Overview
Title: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015
Subject: Crime prevention: Criminal justice information and records: Education programs funding: Elementary and secondary education: Firearms and explosives: Inflation and prices: Juvenile crime and gang violence: Law enforcement administration and funding: Manufacturing: Research administration and funding: Retail and wholesale trades: Sales and excise taxes: Violent crime: Taxation
Description: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on the sale of firearms by manufacturers, producers, or importers, to: (1) increase the rate of such tax to 20% on pistols, revolvers, and other firearms and on any lower frame or receiver for a firearm; and (2) impose a 50% tax on shells and cartridges. The bill exempts any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States from such tax. The bill allocates revenues from the increased excise tax under this Act for law enforcement and public safety grant programs, including programs for research on gun violence and its prevention. The bill: (1) increases the occupational tax on importers, manufacturers, and dealers in firearms and the transfer tax on firearms; and (2) modifies the definition of "firearm" for excise tax purposes to include a semiautomatic pistol chambered for cartridges and configured with receivers commonly associated with rifles and capable of accepting detachable magazines.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Last Action Date: March 23, 2016
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4214/all-info
Sponsors
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13 sponsors: Danny Davis (D); Bill Pascrell (D); Barbara Lee (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); James Langevin (D); Suzanne Bonamici (D); Tony Cardenas (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Brenda Lawrence (D); James McGovern (D); Alan Grayson (D); Andre Carson (D); Marc Veasey (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (13 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 23, 2016 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. |
| House | Jan 15, 2016 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | Dec 16, 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. |
| House | Dec 11, 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| House | Dec 10, 2015 | Referred to House Judiciary |
| House | Dec 10, 2015 | Introduced in House |
| House | Dec 10, 2015 | Referred to House Education and the Workforce |
| House | Dec 10, 2015 | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| House | Dec 10, 2015 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, 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. |
| House | Dec 10, 2015 | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| House | Dec 10, 2015 | Referred to House Natural Resources |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 12 2015 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
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