HR 255 · 107th Congress 2001โ€“2003, ended

Safer America For Everyone's Children (SAFE Children) Act

Latest action · Mar 15, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Safer America For Everyone's Children (SAFE Children) Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide grants to: (1) units of local governments that have in effect specified gun buyback programs, school violence initiatives, and activities to meet the child care needs of parents during non-school hours; and (2) States that have in effect laws that impose criminal penalties on a person under age 21 who purchases a handgun in the State, that require each licensed manufacturer, importer, or dealer of firearms to sell a secure gun storage or safety device with each firearm sold, and that create a public-private partnership to support organizations and units of local governments that promote safe schools and gun safety.

Juvenile Assault Weapon Loophole Closure Act - Bans the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices. Defines such devices to cover those manufactured before the enactment of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

Community Protection Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize qualified government agency law enforcement officers carrying an official badge and photographic identification to carry a concealed firearm, notwithstanding State or local laws. Sets forth similar provisions authorizing qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms notwithstanding State or local laws.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to award grants or enter into contracts to establish or expand elementary and secondary school counseling programs.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jan 30, 2001
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Feb 12, 2001
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jan 30, 2001
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred Mar 15, 2001

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 15, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
  2. Feb 12, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
  3. Jan 31, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E75-76)
  4. Jan 30, 2001Introduced in House
  5. Jan 30, 2001Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E75Benjamin A. Gilman R-NYJan 31, 2001

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide grant funds to units of local government that comply with certain requirements and to amend certain Federal firearms laws.
Short Titles as Introduced
Safer America For Everyone's Children (SAFE Children) Act
Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
Juvenile Assault Weapon Loophole Closure Act
Community Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 30, 2001Introduced in House

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