PA Bill Number: SB1274
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Last Action: Act No. 143 of 2024
Last Action Date: Oct 31, 2024
Proposed Federal House Legislation HB1279
This legislation would authorize grants to States, units of local government,
and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs.
Legislation Overview
Title: Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2019
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Retail and wholesale trades
Description: Authorizes the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make grants to states, local governments, or gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs. The BJA may distribute smart prepaid cards for use by a state, local government, or gun dealer to compensate individuals who dispose of firearms. Additionally, the bill establishes a new criminal offense for using or accepting a smart prepaid card in the acquisition or transfer of a firearm or ammunition. A violator is subject to a fine, up to two years in prison, or both.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1279/all-info
Sponsors
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69 sponsors: Donald Payne (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Val Demings (D); Ro Khanna (D); David Scott (D); Sean Casten (D); Katie Hill (D); Darren Soto (D); Pramila Jayapal (D); Susan Wild (D); Grace Napolitano (D); Joseph Morelle (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Steve Cohen (D); Danny Davis (D); Bobby Rush (D); Grace Meng (D); David Cicilline (D); Gwen Moore (D); Albio Sires (D); Jerry McNerney (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Bill Foster (D); Nydia Velazquez (D); Doris Matsui (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Marcia Fudge (D); Eliot Engel (D); Donald Norcross (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Jackie Speier (D); Betty McCollum (D); Henry Johnson (D); Debra Haaland (D); James McGovern (D); Ayanna Pressley (D); Diana DeGette (D); Jahana Hayes (D); Brian Higgins (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Andre Carson (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Jesus Garcia (D); Raul Ruiz (D); Hakeem Jeffries (D); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D); Lacy Clay (D); Lisa Rochester (D); Rashida Tlaib (D); Brenda Lawrence (D); Adriano Espaillat (D); Dwight Evans (D); Robin Kelly (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Cedric Richmond (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Ed Perlmutter (D); Bill Pascrell (D); Tim Ryan (D); Al Lawson (D); James Clyburn (D); Peter King (R); Elijah Cummings (D); Tom Malinowski (D); Max Rose (D); Barbara Lee (D); James Himes (D); Mike Quigley (D); Zoe Lofgren (D)
History
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | Mar 25 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
House | Mar 7 2019 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2511) |
House | Feb 14 2019 | Introduced in House |
House | Feb 14 2019 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Mar 2 2019 | federal bill text | bill text |
Amendments
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
There are no amendments to this bill at this time |
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Votes
There have not been any votes on this bill
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