Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB903
Legislation Overview
Title: Alien Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2013
Subject: Firearms and explosives: Immigration status and procedures: Visas and passports: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Alien Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to consider a legal alien to be a state resident for purposes of federal firearms possessions only if the alien is residing in a state in which he or she has resided for at least 90 days before the date of sale or delivery of a firearm. Makes it illegal for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person is not a lawful U.S. permanent resident alien.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 8, 2013
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:SN00903:@@@L&summ2=m&
Sponsors
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6 sponsors: Lautenberg, Frank R.; Blumenthal, Richard; Durbin, Richard; Reed, Jack; Schumer, Charles E.; Whitehouse, Sheldon;
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 6% (6 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 8, 2013 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 13 2013 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
