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Introduced
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Passed
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Introduced Session
113th Congress
Bill Summary
Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act
AI Summary
This bill, titled the "Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act," aims to repeal specific provisions within past appropriations acts that have limited the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in its ability to enforce federal firearms laws. Essentially, it seeks to remove restrictions that have prevented the ATF from consolidating firearms acquisition and disposition records from licensed dealers, requiring dealers to conduct physical inventory checks, mandating the destruction of certain instant background check records within 24 hours, and limiting the use of firearms trace data for investigations or drawing conclusions about crime. The bill also addresses restrictions on processing Freedom of Information Act requests related to arson or explosives incidents and firearm traces, as well as limitations on using firearms trace data to make broad statements about gun-related crime. Furthermore, it removes prohibitions on the importation of surplus military firearms and on denying federal firearms licenses solely due to a lack of business activity.
Committee Categories
Justice, Military Affairs and Security
Sponsors (63)
Charles Rangel (D)*,
Joyce Beatty (D),
Corrine Brown (D),
Matt Cartwright (D),
David Cicilline (D),
Katherine Clark (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Lacy Clay (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Gerry Connolly (D),
John Conyers (D),
Joe Courtney (D),
Rosa DeLauro (D),
Theodore Deutch (D),
Michael Doyle (D),
Donna Edwards (D),
Keith Ellison (D),
Sam Farr (D),
Michael Fitzpatrick (R),
Bill Foster (D),
Raúl Grijalva (D),
Luis Gutiérrez (D),
Colleen Hanabusa (D),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Denny Heck (D),
Jim Himes (D),
Michael Honda (D),
Steny Hoyer (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Marcy Kaptur (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
James Langevin (D),
Rick Larsen (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Stephen Lynch (D),
Betty McCollum (D),
Jim McDermott (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Gregory Meeks (D),
Grace Meng (D),
Gwen Moore (D),
James Moran (D),
Richard Neal (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Mike Quigley (D),
Dutch Ruppersberger (D),
Bobby Rush (D),
Tim Ryan (D),
John Sarbanes (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Adam Schiff (D),
Allyson Schwartz (D),
Jackie Speier (D),
Mark Takano (D),
Mike Thompson (D),
John Tierney (D),
Dina Titus (D),
Chris Van Hollen (D),
Marc Veasey (D),
Henry Waxman (D),
Frederica Wilson (D),
John Yarmuth (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (on 06/14/2013)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location | Created |
|---|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1728/all-info | 04/26/2013 |
| BillText | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr1728ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1728ih.pdf | 05/01/2013 |
| Bill | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr1728ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1728ih.pdf.pdf | 05/01/2013 |
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