PA Bill Number: HB1967
Title: In hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for elk hunting licenses.
Description: In hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for elk hunting licenses. ...
Last Action: Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES
Last Action Date: Oct 12, 2021
Concealed Carry Seminar – Ambridge District Sportsmen’s Assoc. - 10/16/2021
ADSA Clubhouse 2900 Ridge Road Extension, Baden PA
Concealed Carry Seminar – Rep. Stephanie Borowicz - 10/19/2021
Liberty Township Sportsman’s Club 1140 Marsh Creek Road, Howard PA
FOAC Monthly Meeting - November - 11/14/2021
Online only 515 Millers Run Road, Morgan, PA
Federal Legislation Tagged With 'Gun Sales And Transfers' Tag
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2021 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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 30, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
Description: Removes limitations on the civil liability of gun manufacturers and the disclosure of gun trace data in civil actions. Specifically, the bill repeals the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which prohibits civil actions against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, seller, importer, dealer, or trade association for damages resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm. Additionally, the bill states that firearms trace data maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is not immune from legal process. Such data is subject to discovery; is admissible as evidence; and may be used, relied on, or disclosed in a civil action or administrative proceeding.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 22, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2021
Description: Requires the National Tracing Center within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to establish and maintain an electronic, searchable database of records related to certain firearms transactions.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 25, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2021
Description: Requires the National Tracing Center within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to establish and maintain an electronic, searchable database of records related to certain firearms transactions.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 25, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Description: Authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 20, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
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
Session: 117th Congress
Title: State Access to Firearms Evading Revocation Act
Description: The bill expands the categories of persons to whom the sale or disposition of a firearm or ammunition is prohibited. Specifically, the bill adds a new category of prohibited persons: persons (1) who have had a state permit or license to purchase, own, or possess a firearm revoked and not reinstated; or (2) who have been ordered by a state court to surrender all firearms and such firearms have not been lawfully returned.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 8, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Gun Owner Privacy Act
Description: Restricts the use of federal funds in connection with the implementation and operation of a firearms-related background check system. Specifically, it prohibits the use of federal funds for a firearms-related background check system that does not immediately destroy all information about a person who is eligible to own firearms, or the implementation or collection of a tax or fee in connection with a firearms-related background check.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Second Amendment Protection Act
Description: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue guidance to identify firearms business operations of licensed manufacturers and licensed dealers as essential businesses during certain national emergencies, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Background Check Expansion Act
Description: Establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals). Specifically, it prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check. The prohibition does not apply to certain firearm transfers, such as a gift between spouses in good faith.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 2, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Background Check Completion Act of 2021
Description: Prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2021
Description: Makes trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense. A person who commits or conspires to commit a gun trafficking offense is subject to criminal penalties—a prison term of up to 20 years (or up to 25 years, if the person also acted as an organizer), a fine, or both.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Empowering Law Enforcement for Safer Firearm Transfers Act of 2021
Description: Modifies procedural requirements related to the transfer of machine guns, destructive devices, and certain other firearms. Specifically, the bill requires the chief law enforcement officer of the jurisdiction in which the transferee primarily resides to be notified of the pending transfer and given 90 days to object.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 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.B. 8) to require a background check for every firearm sale; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 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: This resolution sets forth the rule for consideration of H.B. 842 (Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021), H.B. 8 (Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021), and H.B. 1446 (Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021). Certain proceedings regarding journal approval and adjournment shall take place on any legislative day from March 13, 2021, through April 22, 2021. It shall be in order at any time through the calendar day of April 22, 2021, for the Speaker of the House to suspend the rules. The resolution waives the two-thirds vote requirement to allow consideration of resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules through the legislative day of April 22, 2021, on the same day they are presented to the House. The resolution also waives certain procedural requirements for a specified time period regarding journal approval, adjournment, suspension of the rules, and consideration of certain resolutions. Finally, the resolution revises H. Res. 8 (adopting and modifying the rules of the House for the 117th Congress) to increase the membership of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis from 15 to 16 with 7 instead of 6 of such members being recommended by the minority leader.
Last Action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021
Description: Establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals). Specifically, it prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check. The prohibition does not apply to certain firearm transfers or exchanges, such as a gift between spouses in good faith.
Last Action: Received in the Senate.
Last Action Date: March 11, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021
Description: (Sec. 2) revises background check requirements applicable to proposed firearm transfers from a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a licensed gun dealer) to an unlicensed person. Specifically, it increases the amount of time, from 3 business days to a minimum of 10 business days, that a federal firearms licensee must wait to receive a completed background check prior to transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person. (This type of transaction is often referred to as a default proceed transaction.) If a submitted background check remains incomplete after 10 business days, then the prospective purchaser may submit a petition for a final firearms eligibility determination. If an additional 10 days elapse without a final determination, then the federal firearms licensee may transfer the firearm to the prospective purchaser. (Sec. 3) The Government Accountability Office must report on the extent to which the changes have prevented firearms transfers to prohibited persons. (Sec. 4) The Federal Bureau of Investigation must report on the number of petitions it receives for final federal firearms determinations. (Sec. 5) The Department of Justice, in consultation with the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms, must report on further amendments to the background check process that would likely reduce the risk of death or great bodily harm to victims of domestic violence, domestic abuse, dating partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Last Action: Received in the Senate.
Last Action Date: March 11, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Closing the Loophole on Interstate Firearm Sales Act
Description: Restricts the sale or transfer of shotguns and rifles across state lines. Specifically, it prohibits a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector from selling or transferring a rifle or shotgun to an out-of-state resident. Current law allows such sales or transfers if both parties meet in person to conduct the transaction and if the transaction complies with the laws of both states.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Description: Makes it unlawful for a person who is not a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm at a gun show. The prohibition does not apply to a transfer to a licensed manufacturer, importer, dealer, or collector. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term, or both.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2021
Description: Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to report to Congress on the number of firearm transfers where (1) a licensed gun dealer submits a background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), (2) NICS fails to respond within three business days, and (3) the licensed gun dealer completes the transfer. The FBI must also report on the procedures followed once the transferee is discovered to be ineligible.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2021
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Keeping Guns From Criminals Act
Description: To provide an incentive for firearm owners to sell their firearms safely and responsibly.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 27, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 23, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Firearms Retailer Code of Conduct Act of 2020
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 a minimum level of business liability insurance, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: August 7, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2020
Description: A bill to reform Federal firearms laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 22, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Background Check Completion Act of 2020
Description: Prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 25, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2020
Description: Modifies requirements governing the national instant criminal background check system (NICS). Specifically, it allows the NICS to retain records related to a firearms-related background check for as long as necessary to make a final determination of firearms eligibility. Additionally, it requires the NICS to query an additional database—the National Data Exchange—as part of a firearm-related background check.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 21, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2020
Description: Requires the National Tracing Center within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to establish and maintain an electronic, searchable database of records related to certain firearms transactions.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 27, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2020
Description: Requires the National Tracing Center within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to establish and maintain an electronic, searchable database of records related to certain firearms transactions.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 27, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act
Description: Imposes restrictions on the transfer of business inventory firearms by a firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer whose license is revoked or denied. An individual who violates the restrictions is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, prison term of up to one year (or five years if the violation was willful), or both.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: December 18, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2019
Description: A bill to increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 31, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
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: August 28, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
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: Committee Hearings Held.
Last Action Date: September 10, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2019
Description: To ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: June 28, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2019
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: June 12, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2019
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 twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 16, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Prevent Crime and Terrorism Act of 2019
Description: Prohibits the President from removing various items from the U.S. Munitions List, which lists weapons and related equipment that are subject to export controls. Items that the President may not remove from the list include combat shotguns, silencers, flame throwers, electric armor, and various types of ammunition and weapons components.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Closing the Loophole on Interstate Firearm Sales Act
Description: Generally prohibits a licensed importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector (transferor) from selling or delivering a rifle or shotgun to an out-of-state resident (transferee). Specifically, the bill removes an exception under current law that allows a transferee to obtain a rifle or shotgun from a transferor in another state, provided that (1) the transferee and transferor meet in person to accomplish the transfer; and (2) the sale, delivery, and receipt of the firearm comply with the laws of both states.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: June 26, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Age 21 Act
Description: Raises the minimum age to purchase a large capacity ammunition feeding device or semiautomatic assault weapon from 18 to 21 years of age.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 9, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a licensed dealer.
Description: Makes it unlawful for a person who is not a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm at a gun show. The prohibition does not apply to a transfer to a licensed manufacturer, importer, dealer, or collector. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term, or both.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: January 3, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
Description: Removes certain restrictions on interstate firearms transactions. Among other things, the bill does the following: permits a licensed firearms dealer to sell firearms at an out-of-state gun show, subject to compliance with state laws; and specifies the particular states in which a member of the Armed Forces, or his or her spouse, is a resident for purposes of federal firearms laws.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 20, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Description: Broadens the scope of allowable firearm transactions involving active duty service members and their spouses. Specifically, the bill allows a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States.) The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is a resident of the state in which (1) the member or spouse maintains legal residence, (2) the permanent duty station of the member is located, and (3) the member maintains a home from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 20, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2019
Description: 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.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 8, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
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: April 8, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 8) to require a background check for every firearm sale, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1112) 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.
Description: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 8) to require a background check for every firearm sale, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1112) 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: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last Action Date: February 26, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Ghost Guns Are Guns Act
Description: Broadens the definition of "firearm" for purposes of federal firearms laws. Specifically, it includes as a firearm any combination of parts designed and intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Raise the Age Act
Description: Establishes new restrictions on the sale or transfer of certain semiautomatic firearms to individuals under 21 years of age. Specifically, this bill makes it unlawful for a licensed gun dealer, importer, manufacturer, or collector to sell or deliver a semiautomatic center-fire rifle that has the capacity to accept more than five rounds to an individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is under age 21. The prohibition does not apply if the individual under age 21 is a full-time law enforcement officer or active-duty member of the Armed Forces. The bill also requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report on the operation of its public access line, including a description of information sharing protocols and recommendations for improving such protocols.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2019
Session: 115th Congress
Title: Prevent Crime and Terrorism Act of 2018
Description: Prevent Crime and Terrorism Act of 2018 This bill amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the President from removing any of the following items under category I, II, or III (firearms, armament, ammunition) of the United States Munitions List in order to transfer them to the Commerce Control List: (1) significant military equipment or their components, parts, or accessories; (2) flame throwers designed or modified for military application; or (3) devices for launching or delivering ordnance. Such items are currently under Department of State jurisdiction.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Last Action Date: January 10, 2018
