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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HR798

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationship between firearm violence and intimate partner violence and to honor the memory of Gladys Ricart and other victims of intimate partner homicide killed by firearms, and for other purposes.

Subject: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationship between firearm violence and intimate partner violence and to honor the memory of Gladys Ricart and other victims of intimate partner homicide killed by firearms, and for other purposes.

Session: 117th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Last Action Date: November 1, 2022

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/798/all-info

Sponsors

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18 sponsors: Adriano Espaillat (D); Eric Swalwell (D); Debbie Dingell (D); Thomas Suozzi (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Carolyn Maloney (D); Jim Costa (D); Alma Adams (D); Frank Mrvan (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Andre Carson (D); Barbara Lee (D); Ro Khanna (D); David Scott (D); Suzanne Bonamici (D); Marilyn Strickland (D); Ritchie Torres (D); Robin Kelly (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (18 of 435)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
House Dec 7, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
House Dec 1, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
House Nov 18, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
House Nov 17, 2021 Introduced in House
House Nov 17, 2021 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Dec 1 2021 federal link 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 - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

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