HR 1739 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

FIREARM Act

Introduced Apr 13, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Diane Black R-TN

Latest action · May 15, 2015 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.

IntroducedApr 13, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

FIREARM Act

Prohibits the federal government from requiring disclosure of the race or ethnicity of a person to whom a firearm is transferred.

Cosponsors 57

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 13, 2015 to Oct 26, 2015; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Apr 13, 2015
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann	Original	Apr 13, 2015
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Apr 13, 2015
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Original	Apr 13, 2015
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Apr 13, 2015
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Apr 13, 2015
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Apr 13, 2015
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher	Original	Apr 13, 2015
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Apr 13, 2015
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp	Original	Apr 13, 2015
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Apr 14, 2015
R-TX	Brian Babin		Apr 21, 2015
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Apr 22, 2015
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Apr 29, 2015
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Apr 30, 2015
R-TX	Bill Flores		Apr 30, 2015
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Apr 30, 2015
R-TN	David P. Roe		Apr 30, 2015
R-NC	David Rouzer		Apr 30, 2015
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Apr 30, 2015
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Apr 30, 2015
R-TX	John R. Carter		Apr 30, 2015
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Apr 30, 2015
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Apr 30, 2015
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		Apr 30, 2015
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman		Apr 30, 2015
R-TX	Pete Olson		Apr 30, 2015
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Apr 30, 2015
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Apr 30, 2015
R-TX	Roger Williams		Apr 30, 2015
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Apr 30, 2015
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Apr 30, 2015
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		May 5, 2015
R-TX	Kay Granger		May 5, 2015
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		May 5, 2015
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		May 12, 2015
R-FL	Bill Posey		May 19, 2015
R-CO	Ken Buck		May 19, 2015
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		May 19, 2015
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		May 19, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson		May 20, 2015
R-AZ	Matt Salmon		May 20, 2015
R-AL	Mike Rogers		May 20, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		May 20, 2015
R-MO	Ann Wagner		May 26, 2015
R-AR	Steve Womack		May 26, 2015
R-MD	Andy Harris		Jun 4, 2015
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jun 4, 2015
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador		Jun 4, 2015
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jun 4, 2015
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jun 8, 2015
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Jun 8, 2015
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Jun 18, 2015
R-NC	Robert Pittenger		Jun 23, 2015
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jun 25, 2015
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Sep 8, 2015
R-MO	Jason Smith		Oct 26, 2015

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Apr 13, 2015
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred May 15, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 15, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 13, 2015Introduced in House
Apr 13, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 6 The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 52, April 13, 2015, page H2153.

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
R44189	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF): FY2016 Appropriations Archived	Report	Dec 30, 2015

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1385	Firearm Act of 2015	Related bill	May 19, 2015

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit the Federal Government from requiring race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection with the transfer of a firearm.
Short Titles as Introduced: FIREARM Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 13, 2015Introduced in House

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