Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB4199
Legislation Overview
Title: Safer Communities Act of 2019
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Child health: Congressional oversight: Criminal justice information and records: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use: Education programs funding: Elementary and secondary education: Firearms and explosives: Health information and medical records: Health personnel: Health programs administration and funding: Home and outpatient care: Law enforcement administration and funding: Law enforcement officers: Medical research: Medical tests and diagnostic methods: Mental health: Performance measurement: Research administration and funding: Retail and wholesale trades: State and local government operations: Violent crime
Description: To protect individuals by strengthening the Nation's mental health infrastructure, improving the understanding of violence, strengthening firearm prohibitions and protections for at-risk individuals, and improving and expanding the reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4199/all-info
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Mike Thompson (D); Ed Perlmutter (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 0% (2 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Sep 25, 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Aug 21, 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| House | Aug 20, 2019 | Introduced in House |
| House | Aug 20, 2019 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 | Aug 20, 2019 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 | Aug 21 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
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