PA Bill Number: SB945
Title: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals.
Description: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals. ...
Last Action: Third consideration and final passage (199-0)
Last Action Date: Apr 17, 2024
Proposed Federal Senate Legislation HB33
Awaiting language.
Legislation Overview
Title: Gun Trafficking Prohibition Act
Subject: Administrative law and regulatory procedures: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Drug trafficking and controlled substances: Firearms and explosives: Immigration status and procedures: Smuggling and trafficking: Violent crime: Crime and law enforcement: Citizenship and naturalization: Currency: Organized crime: U.S. Sentencing Commission
Description: Establishes stand-alone criminal offenses for trafficking in firearms and straw purchasing of firearms. The bill expands the categories of prohibited persons (i.e., persons barred from receiving or possessing a firearm or ammunition) to include persons who intend (1) to sell or transfer a firearm or ammunition to a prohibited person, (2) to sell or transfer a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense, or (3) to unlawfully export. It increases the maximum prison term for the sale or transfer of a firearm to or the receipt or possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The bill revises the existing prohibition on transferring a firearm knowing that it will be used to commit a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense. It broadens the scope of unlawful conduct and increases the maximum prison term for a violator. The bill also revises the existing prohibition on smuggling a firearm into the United States with the intent to unlawfully import or to promote a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense. It broadens the scope of unlawful conduct and increases the maximum prison term for a violator. Finally, the bill makes it a crime to smuggle a firearm or ammunition out of the United States, or conspire or attempt to do so, with the intent to unlawfully export or to promote a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: January 3, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/33/all-info
Sponsors
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38 sponsors: Bobby Rush (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Daniel Lipinski (D); Yvette Clarke (D); Steve Cohen (D); Danny Davis (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Henry Johnson (D); Ro Khanna (D); Grace Napolitano (D); James McGovern (D); Jerry McNerney (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); John Garamendi (D); Mike Quigley (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Robin Kelly (D); Alan Lowenthal (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D); Gwen Moore (D); Norma Torres (D); Jesus Garcia (D); Theodore Deutch (D); C.A. Ruppersberger (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); David Cicilline (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Bennie Thompson (D); Adam Smith (D); Zoe Lofgren (D); Andre Carson (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Stephen Lynch (D); Debra Haaland (D)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 3 2019 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jan 3 2019 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| House | Jan 3 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 8 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
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