Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB5717
Legislation Overview
Title: Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Administrative law and regulatory procedures: Assault and harassment offenses: Business records: Citizenship and naturalization: Civil actions and liability: Community life and organization: Congressional oversight: Consumer Product Safety Commission: Crime victims: Crimes against property: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal justice information and records: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Department of Justice: Domestic violence and child abuse: Due process and equal protection: Elementary and secondary education: Firearms and explosives: Government information and archives: Health facilities and institutions: Health programs administration and funding: Health promotion and preventive care: Higher education: Judicial procedure and administration: Judicial review and appeals: Law enforcement administration and funding: Law enforcement officers: Licensing and registrations: Medical research: Mental health: Personnel records: Product safety and quality: Religion: Research administration and funding: Retail and wholesale trades: Sales and excise taxes: Smuggling and trafficking: State and local government operations: Trade restrictions: Violent crime
Description: Makes various changes to the federal framework governing the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms and ammunition. Among other things, the bill does the following: generally requires individuals to obtain a license to purchase, acquire, or possess a firearm or ammunition; raises the minimum age—from 18 years to 21 years—to purchase firearms and ammunition; establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties; requires law enforcement agencies to be notified following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial; creates a statutory process for a family or household member to petition a court for an extreme risk protection order to remove firearms from an individual who poses a risk of committing violence; restricts the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices; restricts the manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, or receipt of ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers); makes trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense; requires federally licensed gun dealers to submit and annually certify compliance with a security plan to detect and deter firearm theft; removes limitations on the civil liability of gun manufacturers; allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components; establishes a community violence intervention grant program; and promotes research on firearms safety and gun violence prevention.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5717/all-info
Sponsors
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22 sponsors: Henry Johnson (D); Joseph Kennedy (D); Mike Quigley (D); Anthony Brown (D); Joseph Morelle (D); Rosa DeLauro (D); Carolyn Maloney (D); William Keating (D); Stephen Lynch (D); Seth Moulton (D); Ayanna Pressley (D); Lori Trahan (D); James McGovern (D); Danny Davis (D); Richard Neal (D); Katherine Clark (D); Bill Pascrell (D); Eliot Engel (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Grace Napolitano (D); David Trone (D); Pete Aguilar (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 5% (22 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 10, 2020 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Feb 5, 2020 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H838) |
| House | Jan 30, 2020 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jan 30, 2020 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. |
| House | Jan 30, 2020 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. |
| House | Jan 30, 2020 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 3 2020 | 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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