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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HR373

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Expressing support for the designation of June 2017 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month" and calling on Congress to address gun violence.

Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Administrative law and regulatory procedures: Appropriations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Commemorative events and holidays: Crime prevention: Criminal justice information and records: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Department of Health and Human Services: Executive agency funding and structure: Firearms and explosives: Fraud offenses and financial crimes: Health programs administration and funding: Health promotion and preventive care: Medical research: Research administration and funding: Retail and wholesale trades: Smuggling and trafficking: U.S. Sentencing Commission: Violent crime

Description: Expressing support for the designation of June 2017 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month" and calling on Congress to address gun violence. Expresses support for the designation of June 2017 as National Gun Violence Awareness Month. Calls on Congress to enact the following legislation to address gun violence: H.B. 1475, the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act; H.B. 1478, the Gun Violence Research Act of 2017; H.B. 1612, the Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2017; and legislation to ban assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines.

Session: 115th Congress

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

Last Action Date: June 23, 2017

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/373/all-info

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Eleanor Norton (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 0% (1 of 435)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jun 23, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
House Jun 9, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
House Jun 2, 2017 Introduced in House
House Jun 2, 2017 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 Jun 2, 2017 Referred to House Judiciary
House Jun 2, 2017 Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Jun 6 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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