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.
USA115th CongressS-2502| Senate
| Updated: 3/14/2018
Chuck Grassley
Republican Senator
Iowa
Cosponsors (5)
Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes grant programs, creates new criminal offenses, and makes several other changes related to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Among other things, the bill does the following: modifies and reauthorizes grants under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program, modifies and reauthorizes the Secure Our Schools grant program, removes certain restrictions on interstate firearms transactions, and creates stand-alone criminal offenses for trafficking in firearms and straw purchasing of firearms.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Crime and Law Enforcement
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesAssault and harassment offensesChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of JusticeDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationExecutive agency funding and structureFamily relationshipsFirearms and explosivesFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsIntergovernmental relationsInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaJudicial procedure and administrationLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersLicensing and registrationsMental healthMilitary personnel and dependentsPersonnel recordsPublic contracts and procurementRetail and wholesale tradesSales and excise taxesSmuggling and traffickingState and local government operationsTerrorismU.S. Sentencing CommissionVeterans' medical careViolent crime
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.
USA115th CongressS-2502| Senate
| Updated: 3/14/2018
Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes grant programs, creates new criminal offenses, and makes several other changes related to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Among other things, the bill does the following: modifies and reauthorizes grants under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program, modifies and reauthorizes the Secure Our Schools grant program, removes certain restrictions on interstate firearms transactions, and creates stand-alone criminal offenses for trafficking in firearms and straw purchasing of firearms.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Chuck Grassley
Republican Senator
Iowa
Cosponsors (5)
Judiciary Committee
Crime and Law Enforcement
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesAssault and harassment offensesChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of JusticeDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationExecutive agency funding and structureFamily relationshipsFirearms and explosivesFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsIntergovernmental relationsInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaJudicial procedure and administrationLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersLicensing and registrationsMental healthMilitary personnel and dependentsPersonnel recordsPublic contracts and procurementRetail and wholesale tradesSales and excise taxesSmuggling and traffickingState and local government operationsTerrorismU.S. Sentencing CommissionVeterans' medical careViolent crime