Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB8957
Legislation Overview
Title: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022
Subject: Taxation
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase certain taxes related to firearms, and for other purposes.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8957/all-info
Sponsors
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24 sponsors: Danny Davis (D); Bill Pascrell (D); Bradley Schneider (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Thomas Suozzi (D); Gwen Moore (D); Dwight Evans (D); Linda Sanchez (D); Terri Sewell (D); Brian Higgins (D); Don Beyer (D); Juan Vargas (D); Katie Porter (D); Andre Carson (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Jake Auchincloss (D); Anthony Brown (D); Carolyn Maloney (D); Steve Cohen (D); Henry Johnson (D); Robin Kelly (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 6% (24 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Nov 1, 2022 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Sep 23, 2022 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| House | Sep 22, 2022 | Introduced in House |
| House | Sep 22, 2022 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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 | Oct 5 2022 | 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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