Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB6856
Legislation Overview
Title: Securing Air Travel Act
Subject: Transportation and public works
Description: To reduce the number of firearms at Transportation Security Administration passenger screening checkpoints by directing the Administrator to carry out a range of activities to inform the public about restrictions regarding the carrying of firearms in sterile areas of airports and to strengthen enforcement of such restrictions and for other purposes.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 461.
Last Action Date: December 14, 2022
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6856/all-info
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Bonnie Coleman (D); Bennie Thompson (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 0% (2 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Dec 14, 2022 | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 117-641. |
| House | Dec 14, 2022 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 461. |
| House | Mar 2, 2022 | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 12. |
| House | Mar 2, 2022 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
| House | Mar 2, 2022 | Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Discharged. |
| House | Mar 1, 2022 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security. |
| House | Feb 28, 2022 | Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. |
| House | Feb 28, 2022 | Introduced in House |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 15 2022 | federal link | bill text |
| Introduced | Mar 1 2022 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
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