S 1807 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2003

Introduced Oct 31, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor John McCain R-AZ

Latest action · Oct 31, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

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IntroducedOct 31, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2003 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to provide for regulation of firearms transfers at special firearms events (events at which 75 or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale, exchange, or transfer if one or more of the firearms has been shipped or transported in, or otherwise affects, interstate or foreign commerce, excluding an offer or exhibit of firearms: (1) by an individual, from that individual's personal collection, at that individual's private residence, if the individual is not required to be licensed; and (2) at events conducted and attended by permanent or annual dues paying members of private, not-for-profit organizations whose primary purpose is owning and maintaining real property for hunting activities).

Prohibits any person from operating a special firearms event without notifying the Attorney General. Sets forth: (1) responsibilities of special firearms events operators and of firearms licensees and transferors other than licensees at such events, including with regard to criminal background checks; (2) special firearms event license application requirements; and (3) penalties for violation of this Act.

Authorizes a State to apply to the Attorney General for, and sets forth criteria for, certification of the 24-hour verification authority of that State with respect to criminal background checks.

Increases penalties for: (1) serious record keeping violations by licensees; and (2) violations of criminal background check requirements.

Cosponsors 13

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 31, 2003 to Mar 30, 2004; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Oct 31, 2003
D-NJ	Frank R. Lautenberg	Original	Oct 31, 2003
D-RI	Jack Reed	Original	Oct 31, 2003
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Oct 31, 2003
R-RI	Lincoln Chafee	Original	Oct 31, 2003
R-OH	Mike DeWine	Original	Oct 31, 2003
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton		Nov 4, 2003
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy		Dec 9, 2003
D-MA	John F. Kerry		Dec 9, 2003
D-MI	Carl Levin		Jan 22, 2004
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine		Jan 22, 2004
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin		Mar 12, 2004
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd		Mar 30, 2004

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Judiciary Committee	Referred Oct 31, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 31, 2003Introduced in Senate
Oct 31, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13711-13712)
Oct 31, 2003Read twice and referred to the 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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S13711–S13714	Jack Reed D-RI, John McCain R-AZ, Joseph I. Lieberman I-CT, Mike DeWine R-OH	Oct 31, 2003

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 108-489	SUICIDE PREVENTION AND YOUTH: SAVING LIVES97 pages	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Mar 2, 2004

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL32842	Gun Control Legislation Archived	Report	Nov 14, 2012

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3832	Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2004	Identical bill	Apr 2, 2004

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at events that provide a venue for the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 31, 2003Introduced in Senate

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