HR 5271 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act

Introduced Mar 14, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Barbara Lee D-CA

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Latest action · Apr 30, 2018 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. IntroducedMar 14, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act

This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.

Specifically, the bill removes provisions that:

  • limit the use of firearms tracing data,
  • prohibit the imposition of a requirement that firearms dealers conduct a physical inventory,
  • require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 5, 2018 to May 18, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaApr 5, 2018
D-TNSteve CohenApr 12, 2018
D-MASeth MoultonApr 17, 2018
D-CAMark DeSaulnierMay 18, 2018

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 14, 2018
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Apr 30, 2018

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 30, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  2. Mar 14, 2018Introduced in House
  3. Mar 14, 2018Referred 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: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 45, March 14, 2018, page H1608.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws.
Short Titles as Introduced
Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal 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. Mar 14, 2018Introduced in House

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