Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB5080
Legislation Overview
Title: Secure Background Checks Act of 2021
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
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.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5080/all-info
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Joseph Neguse (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Ed Perlmutter (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Veronica Escobar (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (5 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Nov 1, 2022 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Aug 23, 2021 | Introduced in House |
| House | Aug 23, 2021 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Aug 25 2021 | 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 Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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