Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act
Latest action · Jul 9, 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.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act
This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.
The amended appropriations laws include:
- the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012;
- the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013;
- the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010;
- the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009;
- the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008;
- the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006;
- the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005; and
- the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003.
The bill removes provisions from these laws that:
- prohibit the consolidation or centralization within the Department of Justice of firearms acquisition and disposition records maintained by federal firearms licensees;
- prohibit the imposition of a requirement that firearms dealers conduct a physical inventory;
- require instant background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours;
- limit the use of firearms tracing data;
- limit the processing of Freedom of Information Act requests in connection with arson or explosive incidents or firearm traces;
- limit denials of applications to import "curios or relics" firearms, parts, or ammunition; and
- prohibit denials of federal firearms licenses due to lack of business activity.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2015 to Jun 16, 2016; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 25, 2015 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jun 25, 2015 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Jul 7, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jul 13, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Oct 21, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Mar 1, 2016 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Mar 3, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Mar 21, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 15, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 16, 2016 |
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 Jun 25, 2015 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jul 9, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Jun 25, 2015Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 103, June 25, 2015, page H4773.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44686 | Gun Control: FY2017 Appropriations for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Other Initiatives Archived | Report | Aug 7, 2017 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4905 | ATF Enforcement Act | Related bill | Apr 28, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To repeal certain appropriations riders that limit the ability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to administer the Federal firearms laws.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2015Introduced 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.
