Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 113th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime.
Latest action · Mar 20, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 29, 2014
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) gun violence is a public health issue; and (2) Congress should enact, by the end of the 113th Congress, comprehensive legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including by expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a federal crime.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2014 to Feb 14, 2014, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Original | Jan 29, 2014 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Jan 29, 2014 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jan 31, 2014 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jan 31, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jan 31, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jan 31, 2014 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 31, 2014 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 6, 2014 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Feb 6, 2014 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Feb 6, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 6, 2014 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Feb 6, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Feb 6, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Feb 14, 2014 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Feb 14, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Feb 7, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 29, 2014Introduced in House
- Jan 29, 2014Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
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- Jan 29, 2014Introduced in House
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