HR 86 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Safe Students Act

Introduced Jan 6, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Thomas Massie R-KY

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 6, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Safe Students Act

Amends the federal criminal code to repeal provisions making it unlawful to possess or discharge a firearm in a school zone.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 2, 2015; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jan 8, 2015
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Jul 21, 2015
R-TX	Brian Babin		Dec 2, 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 6, 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 6, 2015Introduced in House
Jan 6, 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This Act is justified by the lack of a mandate or assertion of authority in the United States Constitution for the federal government to establish the laws affected by this Act; by Article One of the United States Constitution that grants legislative powers; by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution that recognizes the right to bear arms; and by the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, which recognize that rights and powers are retained and reserved by the people and to the States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 1, January 6, 2015, page H45.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 34	Safe Students Act	Reintroduced Bill	Jan 12, 2017

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that Act.
Short Titles as Introduced: Safe Students 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 6, 2015Introduced in House

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