S 1923 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Background Check Completion Act of 2017

Introduced Oct 5, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Richard Blumenthal D-CT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 14, 2018 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

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 5, 2017
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Background Check Completion Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to completion of a background check. (Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.)

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 5, 2017 to Apr 9, 2018, with 22 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin	Original	Oct 5, 2017
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-DE	Christopher A. Coons	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-CT	Christopher Murphy	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-NJ	Cory A. Booker	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-MA	Elizabeth Warren	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-RI	Jack Reed	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-CA	Kamala D. Harris	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-NH	Margaret Wood Hassan	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Original	Oct 5, 2017
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Oct 5, 2017

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 14, 2018Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Oct 5, 2017Introduced in Senate
Oct 5, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3464	Background Check Completion Act of 2017	Identical bill	Feb 27, 2018
HR 5164	Urban Progress Act of 2018	Related bill	Apr 6, 2018

Subjects

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

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Oct 5, 2017Introduced in Senate

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