HR 3207 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Accidental Shooting Prevention Act of 2001

Introduced Nov 1, 2001 Originated House Sponsor James R. Langevin D-RI

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Latest action · Nov 27, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

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

Summary

Accidental Shooting Prevention Act of 2001 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit any person from manufacturing or importing, or any Federal firearms licensee from transferring possession of or title to, a pistol manufactured on or after January 1, 2004, unless the pistol includes: (1) a plainly visible device in a contrasting color that clearly indicates whether the pistol is loaded; and (2) a mechanism that prevents any semiautomatic pistol that has a detachable ammunition magazine from being fired when the magazine is not attached.

Specifies that compliance with such provision shall not relieve any person from liability at common law or under State statutory law to any other person.

Cosponsors 47

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 1, 2001 to Jul 16, 2002; 43 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-MABarney FrankOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalNov 1, 2001
D-CABob FilnerOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-GACynthia A. McKinneyOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-ILLane EvansOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalNov 1, 2001
R-ILMark KirkOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-HIPatsy T. MinkOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-ILRod R. BlagojevichOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-CASam FarrOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-CATom LantosOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-PAWilliam J. CoyneOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalNov 1, 2001
D-MAStephen F. LynchMar 19, 2002
D-ILDanny K. DavisJun 18, 2002
D-FLCorrine BrownJun 25, 2002
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezJul 16, 2002

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Nov 1, 2001
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Nov 27, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 27, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
  2. Nov 2, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1980-1981)
  3. Nov 1, 2001Introduced in House
  4. Nov 1, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 E1980James R. Langevin D-RINov 2, 2001

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the manufacture or importation, or transfer by a licensed firearms dealer, of a pistol that does not have a chamber load indicator and, in the case of a semiautomatic pistol that has a detachable magazine, a mechanism that prevents the pistol from being fired when the magazine is not attached.
Short Titles as Introduced
Accidental Shooting Prevention Act of 2001

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2001Introduced in House

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