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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB2408

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Legislation Overview

Title: To prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns.

Subject: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Law enforcement administration and funding: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Prohibits the use of federal funds to require or continue to require a person licensed to deal in firearms to report information to the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person.

Session: 113th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Last Action Date: July 15, 2013

Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN02408:@@@L&summ2=m&

Sponsors

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12 sponsors: Schweikert, David; Amash, Justin; Cole, Tom; Farenthold, Blake; Franks, Trent; Hartzler, Vicky; Johnson, Bill; Jones, Walter B., Jr.; Labrador, Raul R.; McClintock, Tom; Pompeo, Mike; Westmoreland, Lynn A.;

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (12 of 435)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jul 15, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
House Jun 18, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Jun 22 2013 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: Judiciary

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

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