Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015
Latest action · Mar 23, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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.
- IntroducedDec 10, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on the sale of firearms by manufacturers, producers, or importers, to: (1) increase the rate of such tax to 20% on pistols, revolvers, and other firearms and on any lower frame or receiver for a firearm; and (2) impose a 50% tax on shells and cartridges. The bill exempts any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States from such tax.
The bill allocates revenues from the increased excise tax under this Act for law enforcement and public safety grant programs, including programs for research on gun violence and its prevention.
The bill: (1) increases the occupational tax on importers, manufacturers, and dealers in firearms and the transfer tax on firearms; and (2) modifies the definition of "firearm" for excise tax purposes to include a semiautomatic pistol chambered for cartridges and configured with receivers commonly associated with rifles and capable of accepting detachable magazines.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 10, 2015 to Jul 14, 2016, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Dec 10, 2015 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jul 14, 2016 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jan 15, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Dec 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Dec 11, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 10, 2015Introduced in House
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Crime prevention
- Criminal justice information and records
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Firearms and explosives
- Inflation and prices
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Manufacturing
- Research administration and funding
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Sales and excise taxes
- Taxation
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2015Introduced in House
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