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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB4183

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Domestic Violence Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2017

Subject: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Domestic Violence Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 to require a state, as an eligibility condition to receive a grant under the National Criminal History Improvement Program, to provide to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) a certain percentage of records related to domestic violence convictions and protection orders. Additionally, the bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to waive the requirement for a state to certify, as an eligibility condition to receive a grant under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP), that it has a relief from disabilities program, if the state's primary purpose for the NARIP grant is to improve access to domestic violence records in the NICS.

Session: 115th Congress

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

Last Action Date: November 17, 2017

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4183/all-info

Sponsors

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6 sponsors: Ryan Costello (R); Kathleen Rice (D); Mike Quigley (D); William Keating (D); Steve Cohen (D); Earl Blumenauer (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (6 of 435)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Nov 17, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
House Oct 31, 2017 Introduced in House
House Oct 31, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Nov 4 2017 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, Homeland Security, And Investigations

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

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