PA Bill Number: HB235
Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for sale or transfer of firearms.
Description: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for sale or transfer of firearms. ...
Last Action: Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill presented
Last Action Date: Jun 22, 2022
82 total bills, 38 anti-gun bills,
16 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed U.S. Senate Firearm Legislation
82 total bills, 38 anti-gun bills,
16 pro-gun bills for this session
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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 of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Egypt of certain defense articles and services.
Description: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Egypt of certain defense articles and services.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Last Action Date: June 7, 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: Terror Intelligence Improvement Act of 2021
Description: Establishes a framework to limit the transfer of a firearm or explosive to a person who is or has been under a federal terrorism investigation. Specifically, the bill requires each federal department or agency to provide to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) information about a person who is or has been under a federal terrorism investigation. Additionally, it requires the FBI and its Joint Terrorism Task Forces to immediately be notified of a request to transfer a firearm or explosive to a person who is, or was within the previous 10 years, under a federal terrorism investigation (i.e., a suspected terrorist). Further, the Department of Justice must establish a process to delay and prevent the transfer of a firearm or explosive to a suspected terrorist.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2021
Title: Ethan's Law
Description: Establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels. At the federal level, the bill establishes statutory requirements for firearms on residential premises to be safely stored if a minor is likely to gain access without permission or if a resident is ineligible to possess a firearm. An individual who violates the requirements is subject to criminal penalties. A firearm stored in violation of the requirements is subject to seizure and forfeiture. At the state and tribal levels, the bill requires the Department of Justice to award grants to implement functionally identical requirements for the safe storage of firearms.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 3, 2021
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: This resolution supports the designation of National Gun Violence Awareness Month and the designation of National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 26, 2021
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2021
Description: Authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct or support 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: Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2021
Description: Establishes a new grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws. Extreme risk protection order laws, or red flag laws, generally allow certain individuals (e.g., law enforcement officers or family members) to petition a court for a temporary order that prohibits an at-risk individual from purchasing and possessing firearms. The bill also expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. Specifically, it adds a new category of prohibited persons: persons who are subject to an extreme risk protection order.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Title: Lawful Interstate Transportation of Firearms Act
Description: Revises criminal provisions related to the interstate transportation of firearms and ammunition. An individual may transport a firearm between two places (e.g., states) where it is legal to possess, carry, or transport the firearm. During transport, the firearm must be unloaded and secured or securely stored. Additionally, an individual may transport ammunition, or a detachable magazine or feeding device, between two places where it is legal to possess, carry, or transport the ammunition, magazine, or feeding device. During transport, the ammunition, magazine, or feeding device must not be loaded into a firearm and must be securely stored. The term transport includes staying in temporary lodging overnight; stopping for food, fuel, vehicle maintenance, an emergency, or medical treatment; or any other activity incidental to the transport. The bill prohibits the arrest or detention of an individual for a state or local firearm or ammunition violation unless there is probable cause to believe the individual failed to comply with the provisions of this bill.
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: Establishes new federal firearms restrictions for individuals who are convicted of misdemeanor stalking offenses. The bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. Specifically, it adds a new category of prohibited persons: persons convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking. The term misdemeanor crime of stalking means a misdemeanor stalking offense under federal, state, tribal, or municipal law and a course of harassment, intimidation, or surveillance of another person that (1) places such person in reasonable fear of harm to themselves, an immediate family member, a household member, or a spouse or intimate partner (including a current or former dating partner); or (2) causes emotional distress to such person. The bill also specifically prohibits dating partners who are convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence or who are subject to certain restraining orders from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. Currently, such restrictions generally only apply to spouses, co-parents, and cohabitants.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 2, 2021
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
Title: Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2021
Description: Establishes the Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence. Among other things, the advisory council must assess the needs of victims of gun violence and disseminate information about helpful resources.
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: 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
Title: A resolution urging the development of a strategy to counter the rise in violent crime across the United States.
Description: A resolution urging the development of a strategy to counter the rise in violent crime across the United States.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2522-2523)
Last Action Date: May 16, 2022
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: This resolution expresses support for the designation of June 2022 as National Gun Violence Awareness Month and the designation of June 3, 2022, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2755-2756)
Last Action Date: May 26, 2022
Title: NICS Denial Notification Act of 2021
Description: Requires the Department of Justice to notify state and local law enforcement authorities following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2021
Title: A resolution designating June 15, 2022, as "World Elder Abuse Awareness Day" and the month of June as "Elder Abuse Awareness Month".
Description: A resolution designating June 15, 2022, as "World Elder Abuse Awareness Day" and the month of June as "Elder Abuse Awareness Month".
Last Action: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3008; text: CR S3006-3007)
Last Action Date: June 16, 2022
Title: A resolution designating June 26, 2022 as the "International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking".
Description: A resolution designating June 26, 2022 as the "International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking".
Last Action: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3028; text: CR S3033-3034)
Last Action Date: June 21, 2022
Title: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
Description: Prohibits federal funding of, or support for, state databases that list (1) firearms lawfully owned or possessed by individuals, or (2) individuals who lawfully own or possess firearms.
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: Requires a state that receives funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to have implemented (1) a law or policy authorizing members of the Armed Forces who are outside of their state of residence under orders to renew a permit to carry a concealed firearm through the mail, and (2) a law or policy that treats members of the Armed Forces on active duty in the state as residents of the state for purposes of issuing a permit to carry a concealed firearm in the state. The Department of Justice must reduce by 5% the amount that a state would otherwise receive under the grant program if the state fails to comply with either requirement.
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: Makes it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). The prohibition does not apply to a firearm that is (1) manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action; (2) permanently inoperable; (3) an antique; or (4) a rifle or shotgun specifically identified by make and model. The bill also exempts from the prohibition the following, with respect to a SAW or LCAFD: importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and possession by a retired law enforcement officer. The bill permits continued possession, sale, or transfer of a grandfathered SAW, which must be securely stored. A licensed gun dealer must conduct a background check prior to the sale or transfer of a grandfathered SAW between private parties. The bill permits continued possession of, but prohibits sale or transfer of, a grandfathered LCAFD. Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification. Newly manufactured SAWs and LCAFDs must display the date of manufacture. The bill also allows a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender a SAW or LCAFD under a buy-back program.
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: Makes changes to the federal statutory framework that prohibits the shipment, transport, receipt, or possession of firearms or ammunition by an individual who is subject to a qualifying domestic violence court order. Under current law, a qualifying domestic violence court order must meet certain criteria, including to (1) be issued after a hearing of which the individual had notice and an opportunity to participate; and (2) restrain the individual from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner (i.e., a current or former spouse, a co-parent of a child, or a current or former cohabitant) or the child of an intimate partner. expands the scope of qualifying domestic violence court orders to include an order that is issued after an ex parte hearing (i.e., a hearing with only one party present); restrains the individual from harassing, stalking, or threatening a dating partner or former dating partner; or restrains the individual from intimidating a witness. Current law also prohibits an individual who is convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing firearms or ammunition. These restrictions generally only apply to spouses, co-parents, and cohabitants, and to offenses that involve physical force or deadly weapons. expands the scope of these restrictions to include dating partners and offenses that involve stalking.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2021
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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2021
Title: Firearms Safety Act
Description: Allows an individual taxpayer a new refundable tax credit for the sum of amounts paid for any gun safe and for a concealed carry firearms course or firearm safety course. The bill prohibits any requirement to provide information on firearms owned by the taxpayer.
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: Removes short-barreled rifles (barrels of less than 16 inches in length) from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also eliminates the prohibition on the transportation of such rifles in interstate commerce and treats persons who acquire or possess a short-barreled rifle as meeting the registration or licensing requirements for such rifle where such requirements are determined by reference to the National Firearms Act. The bill preempts state or local laws that impose a tax or recordkeeping requirements on short-barreled rifles. The Department of Justice must destroy records relating to the registration of certain rifles within one year after the enactment of this bill.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: March 17, 2021
Title: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2021
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: March 22, 2021
Title: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
Description: Amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws. Specifically, the bill removes provisions that limit the use of firearms tracing data, limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act, prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory, prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees (e.g., gun dealers), and require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2021
Title: SHUSH Act Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act
Description: Modifies the treatment of silencers under federal statutes governing the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Specifically, it removes silencers from the list of firearms subject to regulation (i.e., registration and licensing requirements) under the National Firearms Act (NFA). Additionally, it excludes a muffler or silencer from the list of firearms subject to regulation (e.g., background check requirements) under the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA). Finally, the bill does the following: preempts state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers, specifies that a person who lawfully acquires or possesses a silencer under provisions of the GCA meets the registration and licensing requirements of the NFA, eliminates mandatory minimum prison terms for a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense in which a defendant uses or carries a firearm equipped with a silencer or muffler, and permits active and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed silencer.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: April 13, 2021
Title: Keep Americans Safe Act
Description: Establishes a new criminal offense for the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). The bill does not prohibit certain conduct with respect to an LCAFD, including the following: importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and possession by a retired law enforcement officer. The bill permits continued possession of, but prohibits sale or transfer of, a grandfathered LCAFD. Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification and the date of manufacture. Additionally, the bill allows a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender an LCAFD under a buy-back program.
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: Establishes a new criminal offense for the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a firearm silencer or firearm muffler. The bill does not prohibit certain conduct with respect to a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, including the following: importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; and importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials. In addition, the bill requires the Department of Justice to establish and implement a buy-back program to purchase firearm silencers and firearm mufflers. States and local governments may use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender firearm silencers and firearm mufflers under this buy-back program.
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: Makes various changes to federal firearms laws, including to expand background checks, limit handgun purchases, and extend firearms-related restrictions to new categories of persons. The bill also establishes a grant program to support the implementation of extreme risk protection order laws. Among its provisions, the bill establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals); generally prohibits an unlicensed person from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period; establishes a grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws (i.e., red flag laws); generally requires gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms to law enforcement within 48 hours of discovery; makes it unlawful to recklessly leave a loaded and unsecured firearm in a manner that endangers a minor who is under 14 years of age; and extends firearms-related restrictions on the receipt, possession, shipment, or transportation of firearms and ammunition to persons convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking and persons who are subject to an extreme risk protection order.
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: Establishes background check requirements for the sale and transfer of ammunition. Specifically, the bill prohibits a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring ammunition to an unlicensed individual prior to submitting a background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. It also establishes penalties for violations. (Currently, background checks are required under these circumstances for the transfer of firearms, but not for ammunition.) Additionally, it prohibits an ammunition transfer between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals) unless a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer first takes possession of the ammunition to conduct a background check. However, this prohibition does not apply to certain ammunition 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: April 20, 2021
Title: Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act
Description: Requires the national instant criminal background check system to automatically notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and relevant state and local law enforcement agencies when the system indicates that a prospective firearm transferee is illegally or unlawfully in the United States.
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: 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
Title: SAME Act Second Amendment Mandates Equality Act
Description: Reduces the minimum age—from 21 years to 18 years—at which an individual may obtain a handgun from a federally licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2021
Title: PUBLIC Lands Act Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California Lands Act
Description: Sets forth provisions concerning the restoration, economic development, and conservation of, and recreational access to, certain public lands in California. The bill establishes the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area, the California Public Lands Remediation Partnership, the Trinity Lake and Del Norte County visitor centers, the Horse Mountain Special Management Area, the Elk Camp Ridge Recreation Trail, the Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area, and the Condor National Scenic Trail. The bill designates specified federal lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the North Fork Wilderness as the North Fork Eel River Wilderness, specified federal lands as potential wilderness areas, specified segments of certain rivers and creeks and of a specified river estuary as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the Machesna Mountain and the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness Areas, the Condor Ridge and Black Mountain Scenic Areas, and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area. Also, the bill authorizes the utilization of certain forest residues for research and development of biobased products that result in net carbon sequestration, authorizes initiatives to restore degraded redwood forest ecosystems in the Redwood National Forest and state parks, requires specified recreational studies and partnerships, and expands the boundaries of the Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.
Last Action: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2021
Description: Allows a qualified individual to carry a concealed handgun into or possess a concealed handgun in another state that allows its residents to carry concealed firearms. A qualified individual must (1) be eligible to possess, transport, or receive a firearm under federal law; (2) carry a valid photo identification document; and (3) carry a valid state-issued concealed carry permit, or be eligible to carry a concealed firearm in his or her state of residence.
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: Establishes a federal statutory framework to regulate the manufacture, sale, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, and receipt of ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers). Additionally, the bill revises the federal statutory framework regulating the manufacture, possession, sale, import, shipment, delivery, receipt, and transfer of undetectable firearms. Among the revisions, the bill defines undetectable firearm as a firearm without a major component wholly made of detectable material.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 11, 2021
Title: Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act
Description: Modifies the prior convictions that trigger a 15-year enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who commits a firearms offense after three or more such prior convictions.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 12, 2021
Title: LEOSA Reform Act
Description: Broadens the authority for certain law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms across state lines. Specifically, the bill allows qualified active and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms and ammunition (including magazines) in school zones; in national parks; on state, local, or private property that is open to the public; and in certain federal facilities that are open to the public. Further, the bill permits states to reduce the frequency with which retired law enforcement officers must meet certain qualification standards.
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: 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
Title: Safe Gun Storage Act of 2021
Description: Requires safety standards for firearm locks and safes. Under such standards, firearm locks must be reasonably designed to (1) prevent the firearm from discharging while the lock is activated, and (2) prevent unauthorized access to the firearm. Further, firearm safes must be reasonably designed to (1) secure firearms, and (2) prevent unauthorized access to the safe through physical manipulation or damage.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: May 25, 2021
Title: Protecting the Right To Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2021
Description: Prohibits (1) the President or the Department of Health and Human Services from declaring emergencies or disasters for the purpose of imposing gun control; and (2) a federal officer or employee, or person operating under color of federal law, from banning the manufacture, sale, or transfer of firearms or ammunition while acting in support of relief from a major disaster or emergency.
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: Establishes a federal statutory process for licensed gun dealers, importers, or manufacturers to appeal a ruling or determination by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 27, 2021
Title: Hearing Protection Act
Description: Removes silencers from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also treats persons acquiring or possessing a firearm silencer as meeting any registration and licensing requirements of such Act. The Department of Justice must destroy certain records relating to the registration, transfer, or making of a silencer. The bill also revises the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler under the federal criminal code and includes such items in the 10% excise tax category.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: June 15, 2021
Title: Disarm Hate Act
Description: The bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm. Specifically, it prohibits firearm sale or transfer to and receipt, possession, shipment, or transport by a person (1) who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) who has received an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence.
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: Allows federal prosecutors and judges (including magistrate judges) who meet certain criteria to carry concealed firearms across state lines. The bill authorizes the Attorney General or any U.S. Attorney to file a civil action against any state government, agency, or employee for actions or practices that impede qualified law enforcement officers, including federal prosecutors and judges, from carrying a concealed firearm across state lines.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 24, 2021
Title: A bill to increase the maximum penalties for assaulting Federal officers by 50 percent.
Description: Increases the statutory maximum penalties for the following criminal offenses: assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain federal officers or employees using a deadly or dangerous weapon or by inflicting bodily injury; assaulting a family member of certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; and assaulting certain former federal officials or their family members to retaliate against the former federal official.
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: Makes it unlawful to intentionally publish digital instructions for programming a three-dimensional printer to make a firearm.
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: Modifies the requirements and penalties applicable to an individual who engages in the business of dealing, importing, or manufacturing firearms (i.e., a federal firearms licensee, or FFL). Among other things, the bill does the following: increases the allowable number of annual compliance inspections; authorizes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to hire at least 80 additional personnel to conduct additional inspections; increases the maximum prison term for an FFL or licensed collector who knowingly makes a false statement or representation in required firearms records; allows the ATF to require an FFL to conduct physical inventories if the FFL unlawfully transfers a firearm or if 10 or more crime guns are traced back to the FFL; allows the ATF to deny an application for a federal firearms license if it would endanger public safety or if the applicant is unlikely to comply with the law; and modifies the liability standard for an FFL who fails to comply with laws or regulations.
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: Authorizes grants for states to implement or maintain firearms and firearms dealer licensing requirements. A state's requirements must incorporate certain elements, including the following: an individual must have a firearms license at the time of acquiring, and during the entire period of possessing, a firearm or ammunition; and an individual who sells, rents, or leases a minimum number of firearms, or sells ammunition, must obtain a firearms dealer license.
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: Modifies criminal penalties for an offense involving the theft of a firearm from a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer, or from their business premises. Specifically, the bill does the following: increases from 10 to 20 years the maximum prison term, and creates a 3- or 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an offense that occurs during the commission of a burglary or robbery. An attempt to commit an offense is subject to the same penalties as a substantive offense.
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: Removes the federal liability protection that a provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) receives for content provided by third parties if the provider operates an online firearms marketplace. Online firearms marketplace refers to an interactive computer service that (1) facilitates firearm-related transactions, (2) advertises or otherwise makes available proposals for transferring firearms, or (3) makes digital instructions for programming a three-dimensional printer to make a firearm.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: September 13, 2021
Title: SECURE Firearm Storage Act Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm Storage Act
Description: Establishes security requirements for the business premises of a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer. Specifically, when the premises are closed for business, an importer, manufacturer, or dealer must secure the firearms inventory and securely store paper business records. A violator is subject to penalties—a civil fine, suspension or revocation of a license, or both a civil fine and suspension or revocation of a license.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 30, 2021
Title: Recreational Lands Self Defense Act
Description: Requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow an individual to possess a firearm in any area open to the public (other than a federal facility) at a Corps water resources development project as long as the individual's possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Last Action Date: October 6, 2021
Title: Fair Adjudications for Immigrants Act
Description: Narrows the scope of certain crime-based grounds for barring or removing an alien from the United States. (Generally, a conviction for certain crimes, such as a crime that carries a term of incarceration of a certain length, may constitute grounds for denying an individual certain immigration benefits.) The bill redefines the term conviction to exclude convictions that have been dismissed, expunged, deferred, annulled, invalidated, withheld, vacated, or pardoned. The term must also exclude adjudications where a court issued a recommendation against removal, an order of probation without entry of judgment, or a similar disposition. In addition, any reference to a term of imprisonment or sentence must, unless otherwise provided (1) only consider the period of incarceration ordered by a court, and (2) exclude any suspended portion of a sentence. Currently, for immigration purposes, a term of incarceration includes any part of the sentence that was suspended. These provisions pertaining to the definition of conviction and terms of imprisonment shall apply to convictions and judgments entered either before or after this bill's enactment. Furthermore, certain crime-based grounds for barring or removing an alien shall not apply if the sentencing court issues a recommendation that the alien not be removed on the basis of the conviction.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7001)
Last Action Date: October 7, 2021
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act
Description: Directs the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to collect information from financial institutions and develop an advisory regarding the reporting of suspicious transactions related to gun violence. Specifically, FinCEN must gather information and develop an advisory related to (1) the procurement of firearms and firearm accessories for the purpose of carrying out lone-wolf acts of terror, and (2) how the U.S. firearms market facilitates gun violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last Action Date: October 28, 2021
Title: Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act
Description: Addresses certain protections for election workers and polling places. In particular, the bill prohibits, with enhanced penalties for certain types of threats and harms (1) intimidation of poll watchers, election officials, and election agents, vendors, and contractors involving violence or threats of harm; and (2) physical damage to or threats to physically damage a polling place, tabulation center, or other election infrastructure.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 2, 2021
Title: Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act
Description: Expands the special criminal jurisdiction of tribal courts over crimes of domestic violence to include other crimes and types of defendants. Specifically, the bill expands jurisdiction to include the crimes of obstruction of justice, sexual violence, sex trafficking, and stalking. The bill also allows tribal courts to exercise jurisdiction over defendants regardless of whether the defendant has ties to the tribe. The bill also (1) authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reimburse tribal governments for related expenses (e.g., arrests, prosecution, and detention); and (2) reauthorizes DOJ grants to support tribal criminal justice systems and services.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Last Action Date: December 7, 2021
Title: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2021
Description: Modifies procedures for conducting firearms-related background checks through the national instant criminal background check system (NICS). Specifically, the bill requires the NICS to retain records related to a firearms-related background check for as long as necessary to determine whether an individual is eligible to receive a firearm. Additionally, the bill requires the NICS to query additional databases for relevant information, including the National Data Exchange, the Interstate Identification Index System, and the National Crime Information Center databases.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 14, 2021
Title: Drone Act of 2022
Description: A bill to prevent the misuse of drones, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 1, 2022
Title: Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2022
Description: Modifies the appointment procedures and term of service for the Director of the Bureau of Prisons. Currently, the director is appointed by the Attorney General. requires the director to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The bill also limits the director to a single term of 10 years.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S445)
Last Action Date: February 1, 2022
Title: Kids Online Safety Act
Description: A bill to protect the safety of children on the internet.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: February 16, 2022
Title: RETURN Act of 2022 Return Employees to Understaffed Work Sites to Reopen Now Act of 2022
Description: Requires each federal agency to submit to Congress and publish on the agency's website a plan for the agency to resume in-person operations. The plan shall, among other things, include the agency's policy with respect to permitting permanent remote work for employees who can successfully achieve their duties away from their official work sites, metrics to measure the productivity of employees performing remote work to identify employees that fail to fulfill their duties, a plan to provide essential government services in person for individuals in the United States, and measures to prepare for future public health emergencies that can be quickly implemented if remote work becomes necessary. Each agency must submit a report to the General Services Administration recommending termination of the agency's leases of physical work spaces that are underused.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last Action Date: February 16, 2022
Title: Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act
Description: Makes it unlawful to import, manufacture, or sell a firearm or ammunition by fraudulent means (e.g., false representations). Further, it makes it unlawful to transmit a wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce related to such a fraudulent importation, manufacture, or sale. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2022
Title: Traveler's Gun Rights Act
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to define "State of residence" and "resident", and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 7, 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: Directs the Department of the Interior to promulgate final regulations prohibiting the discharge of a firearm using ammunition other than nonlead ammunition included on the list established pursuant to this bill on all lands and waters under the jurisdiction and control of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Interior shall establish and annually update a list of nonlead ammunition. The prohibition shall not apply to (1) a government official or agent who is carrying out a statutory duty unrelated to the management of wildlife; (2) a state, local, tribal, or federal law enforcement officer, or the agent of such an officer, who is carrying out a statutory duty; or (3) an active member of the U.S. military who is carrying out official duties. The regulations promulgated pursuant to this bill shall provide that any person that knowingly violates the prohibition may be assessed a civil penalty by Interior of (1) no more than $500 for the first violation, and (2) no less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 for each subsequent violation.
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: International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022.
Description: A bill to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407.
Last Action Date: June 14, 2022
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2022
Description: Establishes new requirements and restrictions with respect to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Among the requirements, the bill generally requires owners of certain firearms—handguns and semiautomatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable ammunition feeding device—to obtain a license, and establishes background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties.
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: 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 19, 2022
Title: Protecting our Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022
Description: A bill to improve certain sexual assault and domestic violence prevention policies.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text: CR S2895)
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Title: Strengthening Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations (C-UAS) Partnerships Act
Description: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Defense to build capacity for counter-unmanned aircraft systems operations.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Last Action Date: June 14, 2022
Title: A bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.
Description: A bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.
Last Action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 425.
Last Action Date: June 21, 2022
Title: 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.
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: A bill to establish a pilot program within the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice relating to advocacy for domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking victims, and for other purposes.
Description: A bill to establish a pilot program within the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice relating to advocacy for domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking victims, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 23, 2022
