Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013
Latest action · Apr 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose upon the seller of any concealable firearm an excise tax equal to 10% of its retail sales price. Exempts sales to federal, state, or local governments. Makes any person who uses a concealable firearm prior to its first retail sale liable for such tax as if such person sold such firearm at retail.
Directs the Attorney General to award grants to states, Indian tribal governments, and local governments for their law enforcement agencies to carry out anti-violence and gun safety campaigns and firearms buyback programs.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2013 to May 15, 2013; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Feb 26, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 26, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Feb 26, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Feb 26, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Feb 26, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Apr 18, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 18, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 15, 2013 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2013 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2013 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Apr 8, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
- Feb 15, 2013Introduced in House
- Feb 15, 2013Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H598.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45123 | Guns, Excise Taxes, Wildlife Restoration, and the National Firearms Act | Report | Mar 5, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on concealable firearms and to require the Attorney General to establish a firearms buyback grant program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
