296 total bills, 189 anti-gun bills,
84 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation
296 total bills, 189 anti-gun bills,
84 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2021
Description: To prohibit the sale of a firearm to, and the purchase of a firearm by, a person who is not covered by appropriate liability insurance coverage.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Title: NICS Review Act of 2021
Description: To require records of the national instant criminal background check system to be retained for at least 90 days.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Title: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2021
Description: To require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Title: Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2021
Description: To prevent gun trafficking.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Title: Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2021
Description: To provide for the development and use of technology for personalized handguns, to require that all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported into, the United States incorporate such technology, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Title: Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a member of the Armed Forces and the spouse of that member shall have the same rights regarding the receipt of firearms at the location of any duty station of the member.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Title: Safe Bases Act
Description: To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish an authority to issue permits to certain members of the Armed Forces who seek to carry concealed firearms while on military installations.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: February 11, 2021
Title: Mandatory Minimum Sentence Reform Act
Description: To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm required to be carried while on-duty.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2021
Title: Gun Owner Privacy Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to protect the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2021
Title: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2021
Description: To require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2021
Title: Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act of 2021
Description: To provide for the hiring of 200 additional Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and investigators to enforce gun laws.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2021
Title: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
Description: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Last Action Date: April 12, 2021
Title: Gun Safety: Not Sorry Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for a 7-day waiting period before a semiautomatic firearm, a silencer, armor piercing ammunition, or a large capacity ammunition magazine may be transferred.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2021
Title: Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act
Description: To provide for the licensing of firearm and ammunition possession and the registration of firearms, and to prohibit the possession of certain ammunition.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2021
Title: Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
Description: To require the safe storage of firearms and ammunition, and to require the investigation of reports of improper storage of firearms or ammunition.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2021
Title: Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2021
Description: To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report to the Congress semiannually on the number of firearms transfers resulting from the failure to complete a background check within 3 business days, and the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2021
Title: Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2021
Description: To authorize funding to increase access to mental health care treatment to reduce gun violence.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2021
Title: No Guns for Abusers Act of 2021
Description: To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States and units of local government to implement statutes, rules, policies, or procedures to authorize courts to issue relinquishment orders with respect to individuals charged with or convicted of a crime of domestic violence, or subject to a domestic violence protective order, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2021
Title: Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee.
Last Action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 391.
Last Action Date: May 25, 2022
Title: Ghost Guns Are Guns Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require firearm assembly kits to be considered to be firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2021
Title: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act
Description: To modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act
Description: To protect victims of stalking from gun violence.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: 21st Century NICS Act
Description: To improve the national instant criminal background check system in order to search the National Data Exchange database when conducting criminal background checks.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2021
Description: To prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purpose of imposing gun control.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2021
Title: Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2021
Description: To establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: Police Officers Protecting Children Act
Description: To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: National Gun Violence Research Act
Description: To provide for a coordinated national research program to examine the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of violence and unintended injury and death relating to gun ownership, use, and trafficking, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: STOP Straw Purchases Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to combat straw purchases of firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: Closing the Law Enforcement Consent Loophole Act of 2021 SHIELD Act of 2021 Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act of 2021 SIMARRA Act Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act
Description: To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 24, 2022
Title: Prosecuting Gun Crimes Saves Lives Act
Description: To direct the Attorney General to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of Federal firearms offenses, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Description: To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2021
Title: Lawful Interstate Transportation of Firearms Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: SAGA Act Second Amendment Guarantee Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the authority of States and localities to regulate conduct, or impose penalties or taxes, in relation to rifles or shotguns.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: COOL OFF Act Choosing Our Own Lives Over Fast Firearms Act
Description: To provide for a 3-day waiting period before a person may receive a handgun, with exceptions.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: NICS Denial Notification Act of 2021
Description: To provide for the reporting to State and local law enforcement authorities of cases in which the national instant criminal background check system indicates that a firearm has been sought to be acquired by a prohibited person, so that authorities may pursue criminal charges under State law, and to ensure that the Department of Justice reports to Congress on prosecutions secured against prohibited persons who attempt to acquire a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act
Description: To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2021
Title: Empowering Law Enforcement for Safer Firearm Transfers Act of 2021
Description: To amend the National Firearms Act to require that local chief law enforcement officers be notified of, and provided a 90-day period to deny, firearm transfers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2021
Title: Ensuring Second Amendment Freedoms are Executed Timely Act
Description: To prevent unnecessary delay in firearms transfers from licensed firearms dealers to unlicensed persons.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: Assault Weapons Ban of 2022
Description: To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: August 1, 2022
Title: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
Description: To prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: U.S. Military Right To Carry Act
Description: To encourage States to permit members of the Armed Forces who are outside of the State under orders to renew a permit to carry a concealed firearm through the mail, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code to prohibit persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes against dating partners and persons subject to protection orders from possessing firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: To require the Inspector General, Department of Justice, to submit a report to the Congress on the number of firearm transaction denials issued by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for investigation, the number of prosecutions resulting from such investigations, and the number of firearms recovered by the Bureau in cases in which such a denial was issued after the firearm was transferred.
Description: To require the Inspector General, Department of Justice, to submit a report to the Congress on the number of firearm transaction denials issued by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for investigation, the number of prosecutions resulting from such investigations, and the number of firearms recovered by the Bureau in cases in which such a denial was issued after the firearm was transferred.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2021
Title: Stopping the Iron Pipeline Act of 2021
Description: To provide for the establishment of a national standard for incorporating a passive identification ability into all firearms sold in the United States, and to require the reporting of lost or stolen firearms to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: ATF Accountability Act of 2021
Description: To provide procedures for appealing certain Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives rulings or determinations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2021
Title: Prevent Gun Trafficking Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to combat straw purchases of firearms and deter firearms trafficking.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
Description: To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2022
Description: To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Last Action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Title: State Access to Firearms Evading Revocation Act
Description: To prohibit the transfer of a firearm to a person whose State license to purchase, own, or possess a firearm has been revoked, or a person who has been ordered by a State court to surrender all firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: NFA Modernization Act of 2021
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the transfer tax on certain firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2021
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include armor-piercing, concealable weapons within the definition of "firearm" under the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act SHUSH Act
Description: To provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Keep Americans Safe Act
Description: To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2021
Description: To regulate firearm silencers and firearm mufflers.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Description: To authorize for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Jaime’s Law
Description: To prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
Description: To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
Last Action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 340.
Last Action Date: July 26, 2022
Title: GRAM Act Gun Rights And Marijuana Act
Description: Removes federal firearms-related restrictions on certain individuals who use or are addicted to marijuana. Currently, federal firearms law prohibits the sale or disposition of a firearm or ammunition to persons who are unlawful users of or addicted to a controlled substance. exempts from the prohibition an adult whose use of or addiction to marijuana is lawful in the state or on the tribal lands where the person resides.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: SAFER Voter Act Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act
Description: To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age at which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Law Enforcement Officers Safety COVID Extension Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an exception for certain qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Title: Foreign National Firearms Background Check Enhancement Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require an alien lawfully admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa to obtain the approval of the Attorney General before receiving a firearm, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Title: Gun Trafficking Prohibition Act
Description: To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2021
Title: Raise the Age Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel and full-time law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Title: Untraceable Firearms Act of 2021
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Title: Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act
Description: To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Title: RIFLE Act Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: May 11, 2021
Title: Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2021
Description: To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 12, 2021
Title: POLICE Act of 2021 Protecting Officers of the Law In Civilian Establishments Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to permit uniformed law enforcement officers to carry agency-issued firearms in certain Federal facilities, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Title: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for certain thefts of a firearm from certain Federal firearms licensees, and to criminalize the theft of a firearm from a gun range that rents firearms or a shooting club.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Title: Disarming Felons Act
Description: To prohibit the disposition of a firearm to, and the possession of a firearm by, an adult who, while a juvenile who had attained 15 years of age but not 18 years of age, committed an offense that would have been a felony if committed by an adult.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Title: Protecting Our Communities Act
Description: To help reduce gun violence through background checks and the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021
Description: To support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access to firearms from individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant to court orders for this purpose.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Safe Gun Storage Act of 2021
Description: To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish consumer product safety standards for firearm locks and firearm safes, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Last Action Date: May 26, 2021
Title: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2021
Description: To amend section 923 of title 18, United States Code, to require an electronic, searchable database of the importation, production, shipment, receipt, sale, or other disposition of firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act
Description: To require the national instant criminal background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the relevant State and local law enforcement agencies whenever the information available to the system indicates that a person illegally or unlawfully in the United States may be attempting to receive a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 5, 2021
Title: Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2021
Description: To provide for the mandatory licensing and registration of handguns, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a means by which nonresidents of a State whose residents may carry concealed firearms may also do so in the State.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2021
Title: Firearm Due Process Protection Act
Description: To enforce the requirement that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System make a final disposition of requests to correct its records within 60 days, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: PISTOL Act Protecting Individual Sovereignty Through Our Laws Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to update the definition of rifles, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Disarm Hate Act
Description: To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Brian A. Terry Memorial Eliminate the ATF Act
Description: To eliminate the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, remove firearm restrictions on lawful gun owners, and provide funds to surviving families of border patrol agents killed as a result of Operation Fast and Furious.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Defective Firearms Protection Act
Description: To amend the consumer product safety laws to repeal the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of consumer product under such laws.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Last Action Date: June 18, 2021
Title: Fairness in Firearm Testing Act
Description: To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: LEAD Act of 2021 Lead Endangers Animals Daily Act of 2021
Description: To require the Secretary of the Interior to prohibit the use of lead ammunition on United States Fish and Wildlife Service lands, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Last Action Date: February 18, 2021
Title: Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021
Description: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing firearms, or importing or manufacturing ammunition pursuant to section 923 of title 18, United States Code, as a critical infrastructure sector, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Responsible Ownership of Firearms Act of 2021
Description: To establish competitive grant programs to incentivize the safe and responsible storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program relating to the removal of firearms from adjudicated domestic violence offenders, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2021
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the distribution of 3D printer plans for the printing of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2021
Description: To provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2021
Description: To establish a grant program through the Department of Justice to incentivize States to establish point-of-contact systems for firearm sales subject to a background check, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2021
Description: To ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: NFA SBS Act No Frivolous Application for Short-Barreled Shotguns Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled shotguns from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Gun Theft Prevention Act
Description: To enhance safety and security at federally licensed gun shops, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Vote Without Fear Act
Description: To prohibit the unauthorized possession of a firearm at a Federal election site.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act
Description: To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to provide notification to relevant law enforcement agencies in the event that a background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System determines that a person may not receive a firearm, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Firearm Owners Responsibility and Safety Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Local Public Health And Safety Protection Act
Description: To encourage States to allow local governments to implement laws to reduce gun violence, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: National Firearms Amendments Act of 2021
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to subject to the requirements of the National Firearms Act any semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: August 6, 2021
Title: 21 to Buy Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the age at which a rifle or shotgun may be acquired from a federally licensed firearms dealer, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act
Description: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to establish or expand programs to implement evidence-aligned practices in health care settings for the purpose of reducing the suicide rates of covered individuals, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: August 16, 2021
Title: Secure Background Checks Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition, to increase the penalties for transfer of a firearm to any person who is under indictment, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Transparency in Reporting for an Accurate Count of Combat Equipment (TRACCE) Act
Description: To require an annual report on missing, lost, and stolen weapons, large amounts of ammunition, destructive devices, and explosive material, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: August 31, 2021
Title: Gun Trafficker Detection Act
Description: To require lost or stolen firearms to be reported to law enforcement authorities within 48 hours, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Gun Safety Board and Research Act
Description: To establish a Gun Safety Board, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: September 20, 2021
Title: Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2021
Description: Prohibits the use of federal funds to implement or enforce red flag laws. The term red flag laws means a risk-based, temporary, and preemptive protective order that authorizes the removal of firearms without due process.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Closing the Bump Stock Loophole Act of 2021
Description: To regulate bump stocks in the same manner as machineguns.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act
Description: To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on school shootings, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 227.
Last Action Date: May 6, 2022
Title: Gun Suicide Prevention Act
Description: To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless the firearm or packaging carries a label that provides the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Last Action Date: October 1, 2021
Title: No Congressional Gun Loophole Act
Description: To amend title 40, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their employees from carrying firearms in the Capitol building, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Last Action Date: February 4, 2021
Title: SECURE Firearm Storage Act Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm Storage Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers to meet certain requirements with respect to securing their firearms inventory, business records, and business premises.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Firearms Retailer Code of Conduct Act of 2021
Description: To require federally licensed firearms manufacturers, importers, and dealers and their employees to undergo annual training to be eligible to sell a firearm, to require a notice to be posted at retail firearms locations that describes the signs of unlawful firearms purchases, to require such licensees to maintain physical security elements to prevent theft and a minimum level of business liability insurance, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act
Description: To require the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to issue an advisory about how homegrown violent extremists and other perpetrators of domestic terrorism procure firearms and firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Last Action Date: October 28, 2021
Title: End Gun Violence Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposition of any firearm or ammunition to any person who has been convicted of a violent misdemeanor, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: PREACH Act Protecting Religious Exemptions for Amish Communities and Households Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to allow a religious exemption for certain individuals from photo identification requirements, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to restrict the ability of a person whose Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, to transfer business inventory firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Federal Firearm Licensee Act
Description: To modernize the business of selling firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: PROTECT the Second Amendment Act Preserving Rights Of Tenants by Ensuring Compliance To the Second Amendment Act
Description: To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing may lawfully possess firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Last Action Date: December 13, 2021
Title: Stand Your Ground Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an affirmative defense for certain criminal violations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2021
Description: To require the search and retention of certain records with respect to conducting criminal background checks, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Safe Guns, Safe Kids Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: School Security Enhancement Act
Description: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen school security.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Last Action Date: February 1, 2021
Title: Closing the Loophole on Interstate Firearm Sales Act
Description: To prohibit a Federal firearms licensee from transferring a long gun to a person who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe does not reside in (or if the person is a corporation or other business entity, does not maintain a place of business in) the State in which the licensee's place of business is located.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2021
Title: Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022
Description: To create an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 14, 2022
Title: Firearm Lockbox Protection Act of 2022
Description: To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the secure storage of a licensed firearm possessed by a Federal judge, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Protecting Americans from Gun Violence Act of 2022
Description: To reduce gun violence, fund gun violence research and victim assistance, and enhance the tracking of lost and stolen firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Protect Children Through Safe Gun Ownership Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require adequate supervision before a juvenile can possess a firearm, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act
Description: To prevent the illegal sale of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act
Description: To ensure that the background check system used for firearms purchasers denies a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing guns by a lawful court order governing the pretrial release of the person.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: No Backdoor Gun Control Act of 2022
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove certain weapons from the definition of firearms for the purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Securing Air Travel Act
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.
Last Action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 461.
Last Action Date: December 14, 2022
Title: No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to discontinue the collection by the Federal Government of firearm transaction records of discontinued firearms businesses, to require the destruction of such already collected records, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: No Gun Lists Act of 2022
Description: To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to eliminate its Enterprise Content Management Imaging Repository System, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: FIND Act Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination Act
Description: To amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit the Federal Government from entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2022
Title: Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to make fraudulent dealings in firearms and ammunition unlawful, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: No User Fees for Gun Owners Act
Description: To ban the imposition of any State or local liability insurance, tax, or user fee requirement for firearm or ammunition ownership or commerce.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Safe Students Act
Description: Repeals provisions of federal criminal law that prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a school zone.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 6, 2022
Title: Ethan's Law
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2021
Title: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022
Description: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: To provide a private right of action against the maker of any component of a ghost gun, and any person who facilitated a sale of the ghost gun, for injury or death resulting from the use of the ghost gun.
Description: To provide a private right of action against the maker of any component of a ghost gun, and any person who facilitated a sale of the ghost gun, for injury or death resulting from the use of the ghost gun.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
Description: To make unlawful the sale of any firearm by a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer without a written notice promoting safe storage and a safe storage device, to create and disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, to create a grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against tax for sales at retail of safe firearm storage devices, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2022
Description: To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Security Act of 2022
Description: To allow qualified current or former law enforcement officers to purchase their service weapons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Accountability for Online Firearms Marketplaces Act of 2022
Description: To amend the Communications Decency Act to remove immunity for online firearms marketplaces, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2022
Title: Multiple Firearm Sales Reporting Modernization Act of 2022
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand to all firearms the requirement that Federal firearms licensees report sales of 2 or more handguns to the same unlicensed person within 5 consecutive business days.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: PASS Act Protect Against School Shootings Act
Description: To amend the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 to permit qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired law enforcement officers, and persons not prohibited by State law from carrying a concealed firearm to carry a firearm, and to discharge a firearm in defense of self or others, in a school zone.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Protecting Our Kids Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Received in the Senate.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Title: Firearm Training and Proficiency Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an above-the-line deduction for the purchase of gun safes, gun safety devices, and gun safety courses.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: June 7, 2022
Title: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021
Description: To require a background check for every firearm sale.
Last Action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390.
Last Action Date: May 25, 2022
Title: Don Young Arctic Warrior Act
Description: To amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to establish special pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces assigned to cold weather operations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Title: Assault Weapons Excise Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an additional 1000 percent excise tax on the sale of large capacity ammunition feeding devices and semiautomatic assault weapons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: June 14, 2022
Title: Default Proceed Sale Transparency Act
Description: To improve the procedures of the national instant criminal background check system in the case of firearm transfers by federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers before the completion of the related criminal background check, and to provide for annual reports on default firearm transfers.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: RETURN our Constitutional Rights Act of 2022 RETURN (Repealing Excise Tax on Unalienable Rights Now) our Constitutional Rights Act of 2022
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain excise taxes relating to firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6869)
Last Action Date: July 19, 2022
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2021
Description: To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: February 5, 2021
Title: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2023
Description: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 304.
Last Action Date: July 1, 2022
Title: Disarm the IRS Act
Description: To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from acquiring ammunition.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: July 1, 2022
Title: ATF DATA Act ATF Data and Anti-Trafficking Accountability Act
Description: To require the publication of data sets regarding firearm trace data.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Iron Pipeline Review Act
Description: To direct the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to report on firearms trafficking along the I-95 corridor.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Preventing Suicide Through Voluntary Firearm Purchase Delay Act
Description: To help prevent suicide by giving people more control over their own lethal means purchase decisions, through the creation of a voluntary purchase delay database.
Last Action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 16.
Last Action Date: December 7, 2022
Title: Shall Not Be Infringed Act
Description: Repeals the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which was signed into law on June 25, 2022. The act makes various changes to federal firearms laws, including to expand background check requirements, broaden the scope of existing restrictions, and establish new criminal offenses. The act also reauthorizes, funds, and supports various programs, grants, and activities to promote access to behavioral and mental health services, enhance school safety and security initiatives, and address gun violence in communities.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
Last Action Date: July 15, 2022
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the National Firearms Act.
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the National Firearms Act.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: July 15, 2022
Title: AIM Act ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2022
Description: To remove obstacles to the ability of law enforcement officers to enforce gun safety laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Protecting Our Second Amendment Data Act
Description: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require certifications related to the intentional, accidental, or otherwise knowing disclosure of personally identifiable information of persons involved in transactions related to possession of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Responsible Gun Ownership Licensing Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Mass Shooter Prosecution Act of 2022
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for mass killings involving machineguns or certain semiautomatic weapons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Responsible Firearms Marketing Act
Description: To direct the Federal Trade Commission to conduct an investigation and submit to Congress a report on unfair or deceptive acts or practices that may be prevalent in the advertising or marketing of firearms and to issue regulations to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices related to the advertising or marketing of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last Action Date: July 28, 2022
Title: Firearm Industry Crime and Trafficking Accountability Act
Description: To establish reasonable controls on firearms manufacturers and importers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Firearm Industry Fairness Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on the total revenue of manufacturers and importers of semi-automatic assault weapons.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: State Firearms Dealer Licensing Enhancement Act
Description: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for grants for State firearms dealer licensing programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: To restrict the possession, use, and acquisition of firearms and ammunition by the Internal Revenue Service.
Description: To restrict the possession, use, and acquisition of firearms and ammunition by the Internal Revenue Service.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: August 30, 2022
Title: Firearm Safety Act of 2021
Description: To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of consumer product in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Title: To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.
Description: To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Title: Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act
Description: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Title: Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act
Description: To improve certain criminal provisions.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: SAFES Act Storing All Firearms Effectively and Safely Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable tax credit for certain gun safes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: September 15, 2022
Title: Federal Assault Weapons Licensing Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a license to acquire or receive an assault weapon, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase certain taxes related to firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: SHORT Act Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Prevent Family Fire Act of 2022
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against tax for sales at retail of safe firearm storage devices.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: September 29, 2022
Title: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2022
Description: To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Last Action Date: October 28, 2022
Title: Range Access Act
Description: To facilitate the creation of designated shooting ranges on National Forest System land and public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management for the public to use for recreational target shooting, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Last Action Date: October 28, 2022
Title: Keep Americans Safe Act
Description: To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 21, 2022
Title: Local Gun Violence Reduction Act
Description: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain a local gun violence prevention laws database, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: October 26, 2022
Title: Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Title: Tribal Firearm Access Act
Description: To provide that identification documents issued by tribal governments are generally accorded the same treatment under Federal criminal law as identification documents issued by the Federal Government or by a State or local government.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 1, 2022
Title: Hearing Protection Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2021
Title: ARMAS Act of 2022 Americas Regional Monitoring of Arms Sales Act of 2022
Description: To require the development of an inter-agency strategy and the submission of certain reports relating to the illegal export and trafficking of firearms from the United States to recipients in Mexico and certain Central American and Caribbean countries, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Last Action Date: December 14, 2022
Title: To end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.
Description: To end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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.
Last Action Date: December 20, 2022
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the making of short-term, Buy Now, Pay Later loans for the purchase of semiautomatic assault weapons.
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the making of short-term, Buy Now, Pay Later loans for the purchase of semiautomatic assault weapons.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 22, 2022
Title: Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2021
Description: To protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects administered by the Secretary of the Army, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Last Action Date: February 12, 2021
Title: Second Amendment Preservation Act
Description: To remove Federal funding from enforcing gun control.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Title: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Department of Justice relating to "Definition of 'Frame or Receiver' and Identification of Firearms".
Description: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Department of Justice relating to "Definition of 'Frame or Receiver' and Identification of Firearms".
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Expressing support for the designation of June 3, 2022, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2022 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Description: Expressing support for the designation of June 3, 2022, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2022 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2377) to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7910) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2377) to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7910) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
Last Action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last Action Date: June 8, 2022
Title: Declaring gun violence a public health crisis.
Description: Declaring gun violence a public health crisis.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Title: Expressing support for the designation of June 21, 2022, as National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children's health and safe storage of guns in the home.
Description: Expressing support for the designation of June 21, 2022, as National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children's health and safe storage of guns in the home.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last Action Date: June 21, 2022
Title: Recognizing and honoring Elisjsha Dicken for his demonstration of courage, self-sacrifice, and fidelity to his fellow Americans.
Description: Recognizing and honoring Elisjsha Dicken for his demonstration of courage, self-sacrifice, and fidelity to his fellow Americans.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Last Action Date: July 28, 2022
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1808) to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1808) to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last Action Date: July 29, 2022
Title: Expressing support for the designation of November 20, 2022, through December 20, 2022, as "National Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month".
Description: Expressing support for the designation of November 20, 2022, through December 20, 2022, as "National Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month".
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that firearms should not be present at any Federal election site.
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that firearms should not be present at any Federal election site.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Last Action Date: September 30, 2022
Title: Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Nonviolence Week" to raise awareness of youth violence in the United States.
Description: Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Nonviolence Week" to raise awareness of youth violence in the United States.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Last Action Date: October 4, 2022
Title: Calling for the submission to the House of Representatives of certain information in the possession of the Attorney General regarding NICS Indices Self-Submission Forms.
Description: Calling for the submission to the House of Representatives of certain information in the possession of the Attorney General regarding NICS Indices Self-Submission Forms.
Last Action: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 163.
Last Action Date: December 13, 2022
Title: Calling for the submission to the House of Representatives of certain information regarding the decision of the President of the United States to institute the "Ghost Gun" Rule.
Description: Calling for the submission to the House of Representatives of certain information regarding the decision of the President of the United States to institute the "Ghost Gun" Rule.
Last Action: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 164.
Last Action Date: December 13, 2022
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 842) to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to require a background check for every firearm sale; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1446) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee; and for other purposes.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 842) to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to require a background check for every firearm sale; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1446) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee; and for other purposes.
Last Action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2021
Title: Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all.
Description: Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Biden's gun policies are unconstitutional and should never be approved.
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Biden's gun policies are unconstitutional and should never be approved.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Title: Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Nonviolence Week" to raise awareness of youth violence in the United States.
Description: Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Nonviolence Week" to raise awareness of youth violence in the United States.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Last Action Date: October 8, 2021
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationship between firearm violence and intimate partner violence and to honor the memory of Gladys Ricart and other victims of intimate partner homicide killed by firearms, and for other purposes.
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationship between firearm violence and intimate partner violence and to honor the memory of Gladys Ricart and other victims of intimate partner homicide killed by firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: Expressing support for the designation of May 18 as "National Day of Healing".
Description: Expressing support for the designation of May 18 as "National Day of Healing".
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: November 24, 2021
Title: Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to preserve liberty by operating within the enumerated powers in the Constitution of the United States and its founding principles.
Description: Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to preserve liberty by operating within the enumerated powers in the Constitution of the United States and its founding principles.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Title: SHUSH Act Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act
Description: A bill to provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: April 13, 2021
Title: Keep Americans Safe Act
Description: A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 14, 2021
Title: HEAR Act Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2021
Description: A bill to regulate firearm silencers and firearm mufflers.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 15, 2021
Title: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2021
Description: A bill to reform Federal firearms laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1985)
Last Action Date: April 15, 2021
Title: Jaime’s Law
Description: A bill to prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 20, 2021
Title: Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act
Description: A bill to require the national instant criminal background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the relevant State and local law enforcement agencies whenever information contained in the system indicates that an alien who is illegally or unlawfully in the United States attempted to receive a firearm.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 21, 2021
Title: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
Description: A bill to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 22, 2021
Title: SAME Act Second Amendment Mandates Equality Act
Description: A bill to reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age at which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms license.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2021
Title: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2021
Description: A bill to allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 29, 2021
Title: Untraceable Firearms Act of 2021
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 11, 2021
Title: Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Imports Act Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Modernization Act of 2021 Foreign Service Families Act of 2021 Public Diplomacy Modernization Act of 2021 Department of State Authorization Act of 2021 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 Afghanistan War Commission Act of 2021
Description: A bill to designate the National Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Became Public Law No: 117-81.
Last Action Date: December 27, 2021
Title: LEOSA Reform Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 13, 2021
Title: Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2021
Description: A bill to address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 62.
Last Action Date: May 24, 2021
Title: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2021
Description: A bill to amend section 923 of title 18, United States Code, to require an electronic, searchable database of the importation, production, shipment, receipt, sale, or other disposition of firearms.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 25, 2021
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021
Description: A bill to support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access to firearms from individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant to court orders for this purpose.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 25, 2021
Title: Safe Gun Storage Act of 2021
Description: A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish consumer product safety standards for firearm locks and firearm safes, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: May 25, 2021
Title: Terror Intelligence Improvement Act of 2021
Description: A bill to provide appropriate information to Federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, pursuant to investigating terrorism, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2021
Title: Ethan's Law
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 3, 2021
Title: Protecting the Right To Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2021
Description: A bill to prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purposes of imposing gun control.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 27, 2021
Title: ATF Accountability Act of 2021
Description: A bill to provide procedures for appealing certain Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rulings or determinations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 27, 2021
Title: Hearing Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: June 15, 2021
Title: Disarm Hate Act
Description: A bill to prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 16, 2021
Title: Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program relating to the removal of firearms from adjudicated domestic violence offenders, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 22, 2021
Title: A bill to extend concealed carry rights to Federal judges and prosecutors.
Description: A bill to extend concealed carry rights to Federal judges and prosecutors.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 24, 2021
Title: 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2021
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the distribution of 3D printer plans for the printing of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 13, 2021
Title: Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2021
Description: A bill to ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 13, 2021
Title: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2021
Description: A bill to provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 13, 2021
Title: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2021
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for theft of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 22, 2021
Title: Accountability for Online Firearms Marketplaces Act of 2021
Description: A bill to amend the Communications Decency Act to remove immunity for online firearms marketplaces, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: September 13, 2021
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2021
Description: A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Title: SECURE Firearm Storage Act Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm Storage Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers to meet certain requirements with respect to securing their firearms inventory, business records, and business premises.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 30, 2021
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2021
Description: A bill to provide family members of an individual who they fear is a danger to himself, herself, or others, or law enforcement, with new tools to prevent gun violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Title: Luke and Alex School Safety Act of 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022
Description: A bill to designate the United States Courthouse and Federal Building located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as the "Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal Building", and for other purposes.
Last Action: Became Public Law No: 117-159.
Last Action Date: June 25, 2022
Title: Recreational Lands Self Defense Act
Description: A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Last Action Date: October 6, 2021
Title: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 Science Appropriations Act, 2022 Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2022 Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2022
Description: A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7156-7158)
Last Action Date: October 21, 2021
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act
Description: A bill to require the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to issue an advisory about how homegrown violent extremists and other perpetrators of domestic terrorism procure firearms and firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last Action Date: October 28, 2021
Title: America’s Outdoor Recreation Act of 2022 Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
Description: A bill to improve recreation opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to, Federal public land, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 501.
Last Action Date: September 21, 2022
Title: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2021
Description: A bill to require the search and retention of certain records with respect to conducting criminal background checks, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 14, 2021
Title: Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make fraudulent dealings in firearms and ammunition unlawful, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2022
Title: Pistol Brace Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend the National Firearms Act to provide an exception for stabilizing braces, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: April 7, 2022
Title: Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act
Description: A bill to ensure that the background check system used for firearms purchases denies a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing a firearm by a lawful court order governing the pretrial release of the person.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 5, 2022
Title: LEAD Act of 2022 Lead Endangers Animals Daily Act of 2022
Description: A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to promulgate regulations prohibiting the use of lead ammunition on all land and water under the jurisdiction and control of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and other for purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Last Action Date: May 5, 2022
Title: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act
Description: A bill to require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on school shootings, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: May 9, 2022
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2022
Description: A bill to provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 11, 2022
Title: Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2022
Description: A bill to prevent gun trafficking.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 17, 2022
Title: Federal Firearm Licensing Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 19, 2022
Title: Age 21 Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the purchase of certain firearms by individuals under 21 years of age, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 19, 2022
Title: Don Young Arctic Warrior Act
Description: A bill to amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to establish special pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces assigned to cold weather operations, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Title: FIND Act Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination Act
Description: A bill to amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit the Federal Government from entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last Action Date: June 21, 2022
Title: School Security Enhancement Act
Description: A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen school security.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: January 26, 2021
Title: Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a means by which nonresidents of a state whose residents may carry concealed firearms may also do so in the State.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 11, 2022
Title: Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Description: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445.
Last Action Date: July 18, 2022
Title: AIM Act of 2022 ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2022
Description: A bill to remove obstacles to the ability of law enforcement officers to enforce gun safety laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 21, 2022
Title: Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2022
Description: A bill to address the importation and proliferation of firearm modification devices.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 25, 2022
Title: Officer Ella Grace French Task Force Support Act of 2022
Description: A bill to amend the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 to support multijurisdictional task forces that investigate and disrupt illegal firearm trafficking and straw purchasing, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3697)
Last Action Date: July 26, 2022
Title: Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act
Description: A bill to improve certain criminal provisions.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 27, 2022
Title: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 Science Appropriations Act, 2023 Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2023 Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2023
Description: A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Last Action Date: July 28, 2022
Title: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to restrict the ability of a person whose Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, to transfer business inventory firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 8, 2022
Title: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2022
Description: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Last Action Date: September 22, 2022
Title: Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022
Description: A bill to create an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 27, 2022
Title: PROCURE Act Promoting Readiness for Overseas Contingencies and Unexpected Responses Emergencies Act
Description: A bill to establish the Critical Munitions Acquisition Fund.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Last Action Date: September 28, 2022
Title: Vote Without Fear Act
Description: A bill to prohibit the unauthorized possession of a firearm at a Federal election site.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 28, 2022
Title: SHORT Act Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act
Description: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: September 28, 2022
Title: A bill to require the sale of ammunition stockpiled by the Internal Revenue Service.
Description: A bill to require the sale of ammunition stockpiled by the Internal Revenue Service.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: September 29, 2022
Title: Lawful Interstate Transportation of Firearms Act
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 2, 2021
Title: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2021
Description: A bill to protect victims of stalking from gun violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 2, 2021
Title: Background Check Expansion Act
Description: A bill to require a background check for every firearm sale.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 2, 2021
Title: A bill to end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.
Description: A bill to end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: December 19, 2022
Title: Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2021
Description: A bill to establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 3, 2021
Title: Background Check Completion Act of 2021
Description: A bill to prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the completion of a background check.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2021
Title: NICS Denial Notification Act of 2021
Description: A bill to provide for the reporting to State and local law enforcement authorities of cases in which the national instant criminal background check system indicates that a firearm has been sought to be acquired by a prohibited person, so that authorities may pursue criminal charges under State law, and to ensure that the Department of Justice reports to Congress on prosecutions secured against prohibited persons who attempt to acquire a firearm.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2021
Title: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
Description: A bill to prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last Action Date: March 11, 2021
Title: U.S. Military Right to Carry Act
Description: A bill to encourage States to permit members of the Armed Forces who are outside of the State under orders to renew a permit to carry a concealed firearm through the mail, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 11, 2021
Title: Assault Weapons Ban of 2021
Description: A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 11, 2021
Title: Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2021
Title: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Description: A bill to authorize for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2021
Title: Firearms Safety Act
Description: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a nonrefundable tax credit for the purchase of gun safes and gun safety courses.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: March 17, 2021
Title: Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021
Description: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: March 17, 2021
Title: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
Description: A bill to repeal certain impediments to the administration of firearms laws.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2021
Title: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Definition of 'Frame or Receiver' and Identification of Firearms".
Description: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Definition of 'Frame or Receiver' and Identification of Firearms".
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2022
Title: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to Definition of "Frame or Receiver" and Identification of Firearms.
Description: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to Definition of "Frame or Receiver" and Identification of Firearms.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 23, 2022
Title: A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 4, 2021, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2021 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Description: A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 4, 2021, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2021 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 26, 2021
Title: A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 3, 2022, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2022 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Description: A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 3, 2022, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2022 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2755-2756)
Last Action Date: May 26, 2022
Title: A resolution expressing the condolences of the Senate and honoring the memory of the victims of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022.
Description: A resolution expressing the condolences of the Senate and honoring the memory of the victims of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022.
Last Action: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3312; text: CR S3311)
Last Action Date: July 14, 2022
