Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB2319
Legislation Overview
Title: 21st Century NICS Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Government information and archives
Description: Modifies provisions governing the national instant criminal background check system (NICS). Specifically, it permits the NICS to query an additional database—the National Data Exchange—as part of a firearm-related background check.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 20, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2319/all-info
Sponsors
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38 sponsors: Tom Rice (R); Richard Hudson (R); Mario Diaz-Balart (R); Rob Woodall (R); Michael Conaway (R); John Moolenaar (R); Debbie Lesko (R); Chris Stewart (R); Ted Yoho (R); Kenny Marchant (R); Bill Huizenga (R); Lee Zeldin (R); Mark Amodei (R); Vicente Gonzalez (D); Xochitl Torres Small (D); Darin LaHood (R); Ron Kind (D); Jeff Fortenberry (R); Don Bacon (R); Mike Gallagher (R); Sean Duffy (R); French Hill (R); William Timmons (R); Joe Wilson (R); Ralph Norman (R); Garland Barr (R); Bill Flores (R); Gus Bilirakis (R); Steve Stivers (R); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R); Austin Scott (R); John Rutherford (R); Vicky Hartzler (R); Ann Wagner (R); Dan Crenshaw (R); Pete Stauber (R); Ross Spano (R); Garret Graves (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 9% (38 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 20, 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Apr 12, 2019 | Introduced in House |
| House | Apr 12, 2019 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Apr 24 2019 | 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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