HR 4550 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

PASS Act

Introduced Feb 11, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Randy K. Weber, Sr. R-TX

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 29, 2016 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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 11, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protect Against School Shootings Act or the PASS Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to permit active and retired law enforcement officers and persons who are legally allowed to carry a concealed firearm under state law to bring their firearms onto traditionally gun-free school grounds.

Additionally, the bill permits such persons to discharge a firearm in defense of self or others, in a school zone.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2016 to Mar 22, 2016; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TXBlake FarentholdOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-ALGary J. PalmerOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-TXJoe BartonOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-TXJohn R. CarterOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-TXK. Michael ConawayOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-NDKevin CramerOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-TXLamar SmithOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-OKMarkwayne MullinOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-TXPete OlsonOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-TXRandy NeugebauerOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-TXSam JohnsonOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-OKSteve RussellOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-MSSteven M. PalazzoOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-FLTed S. YohoOriginalFeb 11, 2016
R-TXKevin BradyFeb 23, 2016
R-CATom McClintockFeb 26, 2016
R-IASteve KingMar 22, 2016

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Feb 11, 2016
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Feb 29, 2016

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 29, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  2. Feb 11, 2016Introduced in House
  3. Feb 11, 2016Referred 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: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under the Second Amendment of the Constitution. ``A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.'' ____________________

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 25, February 11, 2016, page H775.

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To permit qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired law enforcement officers, and persons not prohibited by State law from carrying a concealed firearm to carry a firearm, and to discharge a firearm in defense of self or others, in a school zone.
Short Titles as Introduced
PASS Act
Protect Against School Shootings Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 11, 2016Introduced in House

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