Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015
Latest action · Nov 23, 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.
- IntroducedOct 26, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional tax of $100 on the sale of a firearm by a manufacturer, producer, or importer. Firearm purchases by federal, state, and local governments for law enforcement purposes are exempt from the additional tax.
The bill establishes the Gun Violence Reduction and Mental Health Counseling Trust Fund at the Department of the Treasury. It transfers revenues from the additional tax into the trust fund to support the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program and the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) must establish and newly manufactured firearms must meet a national standard for incorporating passive identification capability into all firearms sold in the United States. Passive identification capability means technology that: (1) enables identification by a mobile or fixed reading device, and (2) does not transmit an electronic monitoring or tracking signal.
DOJ's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives must establish the National Database of Lost and Stolen Firearms.
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require a gun owner to report a lost or stolen firearm to local law enforcement authorities within 48 hours of discovery. Local law enforcement authorities must transmit the report to the national database within seven days.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2015 to Sep 28, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Original | Oct 26, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Nov 16, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Nov 30, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jan 5, 2016 |
Committees 3
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 Oct 26, 2015 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Oct 26, 2015 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Nov 23, 2015 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 26, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 30, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 23, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Oct 30, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 26, 2015Introduced in House
- Oct 26, 2015Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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.
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 H6008 | Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY | Sep 28, 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. 157, October 26, 2015, page H7189.
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 reduce gun violence, increase mental health counseling, and enhance the tracking of lost and stolen firearms.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Civil actions and liability
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crimes against property
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Justice
- Firearms and explosives
- Government trust funds
- Health programs administration and funding
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Manufacturing
- Mental health
- Sales and excise taxes
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 26, 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.
