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US HR3159

US HR3159
Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2021


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Introduced
05/12/2021
In Committee
05/12/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2023

Introduced Session

117th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assist- ance to make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs, and for other purposes.

AI Summary

This bill, the Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2021, authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to states, local governments, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs. The bill establishes a program where the government provides "smart prepaid cards" that can be used to purchase guns from individuals wishing to sell them. The bill also prohibits the use of these cards to purchase guns or ammunition and imposes penalties for violating this prohibition. Additionally, the bill requires that guns received through the buyback program be recycled or, if used in a crime, turned over to the appropriate authorities.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (47)

Donald Payne (D)* Jake Auchincloss (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  G. Butterfield (D),  André Carson (D),  Sean Casten (D),  Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Lou Correa (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Chuy García (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Brian Higgins (D),  Jim Himes (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Hakeem Jeffries (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Tom Malinowski (D),  Kathy Manning (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Bill Pascrell (D),  Ed Perlmutter (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  David Scott (D),  Terri Sewell (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (on 05/12/2021)

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