2017 Firearm-Related Bills Introduced in Washington, D.C.

Call your Senators NOW and tell them to vote NO on S.J.Res. 14.

S.J.Res.14: A bill to repeal a rule enacted by the Obama administration that requires the Social Security Administration to report mentally impaired beneficiaries who are incapable of managing their own financial affairs to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NIC) so they are prohibited from purchasing firearms. Read more.
Position: Oppose
  
HR 34 Guns in K-12 Schools: This bill amends the federal criminal code to repeal provisions that prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a school zone. Read more.
Position: Oppose
 
HR 38 Forced Mandated Concealed Carry: Concealed handgun license (CHL) holders who are non-residents of a state are granted the privilege of carrying a hidden, loaded gun in a state even if the person does not meet the other state’s standards. Read more.
Position: Oppose
  
HR 57 Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act: This bill requires the FBI to submit a report to Congress about the outcome of completed gun sales made possible by the Charleston Loophole. Read more.
Position: Support
   
HR 62 Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act: To provide for the hiring of 200 additional Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and investigators to enforce gun laws. Read more.
Position: Support
 
HR 358 Interstate Transportation of Firearms or Ammunition: Relaxes laws regarding transportation of firearms. Changes burden of proof to prosecution. This bill could increase gun trafficking and make that more difficult to prosecute. Read more.
Position: Oppose
   
HR 367 Deadly Silence Act/Hearing Protection Act: The Deadly Silence Act will allow gunfire suppressors to be deregulated and be sold to the public without regard to the dangers posed by silencers. Read more.
Position: Oppose
   
HR 509 Abolish the ATF: To abolish the ATF and transfer its functions to the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration. Read more.
Position: Oppose
   
HR 550 Checkpoint Safety Act of 2017: Require the deployment of law enforcement personnel at airport screening locations at very large airports, and for other purposes. Read more.
Status: House Homeland Security, Transportation Security
Position: Neutral
   
S 72  Counterterror Alert Act: A bill to require that certain information relating to terrorism investigations be included in the NICS database, and for other purposes. Read more.
Position: Support