Buyback Our Safety Act
Latest action · Feb 2, 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.
- IntroducedJan 13, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Buyback Our Safety Act
Directs the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice to establish a gun buyback program under which the Assistant Attorney General may make grants to assist in funding gun buyback programs carried out by state, local, and Indian tribal law enforcement agencies.
Conditions such a grant on the law enforcement agency providing assurances that: (1) it will adequately advertise the program to the public, (2) such program will be administered by law enforcement personnel, (3) all guns received will remain in the possession of law enforcement personnel, (4) adequate safeguards will be established and followed to prevent fraud, (5) the agency will have in place a process to test on site a gun purchased before payment is provided, and (6) an adequate process will be in place to destroy all guns received. Requires the agency to certify that it will match all federal funds provided with an equal amount of cash or in-kind goods or services from other non-federal sources.
Directs the Assistant Attorney General to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) develop standards for identifying, and to identify, guns that are the most likely to be used in violent crimes; and (2) establish a pricing scale for purchasing such guns through gun buyback programs. Authorizes the Assistant Attorney General to waive all or part of the matching funds requirement for a program that provides for obtaining only such guns.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2015 to Dec 16, 2015; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jan 13, 2015 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Jan 13, 2015 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jul 13, 2015 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 15, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Dec 16, 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 Jan 13, 2015 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Feb 2, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Jan 13, 2015Introduced in House
- Jan 13, 2015Referred to the House 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H425 | Donald M. Payne, Jr. D-NJ | Feb 1, 2016 |
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. 6, January 13, 2015, page H359.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 445 | Buyback Our Safety Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 6, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a gun buyback grant program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Buyback Our Safety Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 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.
