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PA Bill Number: HB2453
Title: Designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 5059, carrying State Route 2021 over Mineral Springs Creek in the City of Reading, Berks County, as ...
Description: Designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 5059, carrying State Route 2021 over Mineral Springs Creek in the City of Reading, Berks County ...
Last Action: Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
Last Action Date: Jul 1, 2024
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Proposed Federal Senate Legislation HB7702
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Further control of gun sales is not needed in Pennsylvania.
Legislation Overview
Title: Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2020
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Accounting and auditing: Business records: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Government information and archives: Law enforcement officers: Retail and wholesale trades: State and local government operations
Description: Authorizes the Department of Justice to make annual grants to an eligible state that establishes or maintains a point-of-contact system for a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer to verify that a firearm sale or transfer would be lawful. To be eligible for such a grant, the state shall meet certain requirements related to the system, including (1) prohibiting a sale or transfer from being completed unless the parties to the transaction receive an approval from the system within 10 days of the start of the transaction; (2) operating a hotline for contacting the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), for use by licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers; and (3) publishing an annual report with certain information from the system and information substantially similar to the information found in a NICS operations report.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 21, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7702/all-info
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Madeleine Dean (D)
History
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | Jul 21 2020 | Introduced in House |
House | Jul 21 2020 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Aug 23 2020 | 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: Judiciary
Votes
There have not been any votes on this bill
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