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Proposed Federal Legislation - Senate

  • Federal - S 7

    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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 42

    A bill to require a background check for every firearm sale.

    Oppose

  • Federal - S 47

    A bill to provide for the management of the natural resources of the United States (official title to be confirmed).

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 66

    A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

    Oppose

  • Federal - S 69

    A bill to allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.

    Support

  • Federal - S 94

    A bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States.

    Support

  • Federal - S 120

    A bill to protect victims of stalking from gun violence.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 184

    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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 193

    A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 202

    A bill to provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 320

    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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - S 351

    A bill to prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for other purposes.

    Support

  • Federal - S 382

    A bill to authorize a special resource study on the spread vectors of chronic wasting disease in Cervidae, and for other purposes.

    Support

  • Federal - S 443

    A bill to modify the definition of an antique firearm.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 447

    A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

    Oppose

  • Federal - S 459

    A bill to protect the American people from undetectable ghost guns, and for other purposes.

    Oppose

  • Federal - S 506

    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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 689

    A bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to support State and Tribal efforts to develop and implement management strategies to address chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose populations, to support research regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control the further spread of the disease, and for other purposes.

    Support

  • Federal - S 730

    A bill to prevent gun trafficking.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 817

    A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.

    Support

  • Federal - S 821

    A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit certain member banks from using discount window lending programs, and for other purposes.

    Support

  • Federal - S 875

    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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 1352

    A bill to establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 1395

    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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - S 1462

    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 the commission, from obtaining a firearm.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 1506

    A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to permit certain individuals complying with State law to possess firearms.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 1519

    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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - S 1665

    A bill to modify the procedures for issuing special recreation permits for certain public land units, and for other purposes.

    Support

Proposed Federal Legislation - House

  • Federal - HR 8

    A bill to require a background check for every firearm sale.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 33

    A bill to increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 38

    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.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 49

    A bill 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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 155

    A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 157

    A bill to repeal the provisions of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act prohibiting the bringing of qualified civil liability actions in Federal or State court.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 167

    A bill to prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a licensed dealer.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 175

    A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 282

    A bill to improve public safety through sensible reforms to firearms regulations.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 435

    A bill 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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 511

    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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 569

    A bill to protect victims of stalking from gun violence.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 606

    A bill 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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 659

    A bill to establish a gun buyback grant program.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 674

    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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 686

    A bill to require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 687

    A bill to provide for the mandatory licensing and registration of handguns, and for other purposes.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 717

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 719

    A bill to require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping ammunition, and to prohibit the removal, obliteration, or alteration of the microstamped code or microstamping capability of a firearm.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 743

    A bill to establish a Commission on Securing our Nation's Children, and for other purposes.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 744

    A bill to provide States with funding to establish new tools to prevent suicide and violence, and for other purposes.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 775

    A bill to provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 820

    A bill to require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 822

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 837

    A bill to authorize a special resource study on the spread vectors of chronic wasting disease in Cervidae, and for other purposes.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 869

    A bill to modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 877

    A bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 930

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 939

    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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 942

    A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an enhanced research credit for the development of smart gun technologies.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 952

    A bill to enact into law a framework for deciding whether certain projectiles are "primarily intended for sporting purposes" for purposes of determining whether the projectiles are armor piercing ammunition.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 971

    A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession of a firearm by, or the disposition of a firearm to, a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of animal cruelty.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1072

    A bill 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.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 1112

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1114

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1115

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1116

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1134

    A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the removal of certain items under category I, II, or III of the United States Munitions List.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1186

    A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1222

    A bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 1236

    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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1262

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1263

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1266

    A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require firearm assembly kits to be considered to be firearms.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1279

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1287

    A bill 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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1296

    A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1297

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1324

    A bill to improve the national instant criminal background check system in order to search the National Data Exchange database when conducting criminal background checks.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1326

    A bill to provide for the preservation of America's outdoor heritage and enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1339

    A bill to enhance penalties for theft of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee, to establish a Mass Violence Prevention Center, and for other purposes.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1397

    A bill to require the national instant criminal background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of firearm transfer denials by reason of illegal or unlawful presence in the United States.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1412

    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 the information available to the system indicates that a person illegally or unlawfully in the United States may be attempting to receive a firearm.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1501

    A bill to allow certain off-duty law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1531

    A bill to increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or the issuance of firearms or explosives licenses to a known or suspected dangerous terrorist.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1550

    A bill to support State and tribal efforts to develop and implement management strategies to address chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose populations, to support applied research regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control the further spread of the disease, and for other purposes.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 1670

    A bill to prevent gun trafficking.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1671

    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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1705

    A bill to prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1726

    A bill 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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 1745

    A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that persons subject to firearm restraining orders and persons convicted of violent misdemeanors are prohibited from possessing firearms, and for other purposes.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 1761

    A bill to prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for other purposes.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 2071

    A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the sale, purchase, shipment, receipt, or possession of a firearm or ammunition by a user of medical marijuana, and for other purposes.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 2079

    A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit certain member banks from using discount window lending programs, and for other purposes.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 2105

    A bill to establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, recreational shooting, and for other purposes.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 2179

    A bill 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.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 2303

    A bill to establish a registration for violent gun offenders, to provide for sufficient notification of their whereabouts, to honor the memory of Gladys Ricart and other gun crime victims, and for other purposes.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 2319

    A bill to improve the national instant criminal background check system in order to search the National Data Exchange database when conducting criminal background checks.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 2364

    A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose in an annual report any substantial financial relationship with any manufacturer or dealer of firearms or ammunition.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 2443

    A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 2291

    A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat.

    Support

  • Federal - HR 2621

    A bill to direct the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security to develop and disseminate a threat assessment regarding terrorist use of ghost guns, and for other purposes.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 2634

    A bill 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.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 2674

    A bill to enhance safety and security at federally licensed gun shops, and for other purposes.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 2708

    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.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 2786

    A bill to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States that have in place laws that authorize law enforcement agencies to retain firearms taken from dangerous individuals, and for other purposes.

    Monitoring

  • Federal - HR 2867

    A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.

    Oppose

  • Federal - HR 2959

    A bill to remove assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices from circulation, and for other purposes.

    Oppose