HR 2621 · 116th Congress 2019โ€“2021, ended

Homeland Security Assessment of Terrorists

Latest action · Jun 10, 2019 Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Homeland Security, H. Rept. 116-88, Part II.

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. IntroducedMay 9, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Homeland Security Assessment of Terrorists Use of Ghost Guns Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to annually disseminate a terrorism threat assessment regarding ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers) .

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseHomeland Security Committee
Referred May 9, 2019Markup May 15, 2019Reported Jun 10, 2019

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 10, 2019PERMISSION TO FILE SUPPLEMENTAL - Miss Rice (NY) asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security be authorized to file a supplemental report on the bill, H.R. 2621. Agreed to without objection.
  2. Jun 10, 2019Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Homeland Security, H. Rept. 116-88, Part II.
  3. May 28, 2019Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-88.
  4. May 28, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 63.
  5. May 15, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  6. May 15, 2019Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  7. May 9, 2019Introduced in House
  8. May 9, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H4364Kathleen M. Rice D-NYJun 10, 2019

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. May 23, 2019H.R. 2621, Homeland Security Assessment of Terrorists Use of Ghost Guns ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 15, 2019

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof''.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 77, May 9, 2019, page H3680.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security to develop and disseminate a threat assessment regarding terrorist use of ghost guns, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Homeland Security Assessment of Terrorists
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Homeland Security Assessment of Terrorists

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 28, 2019Reported in House
  2. May 9, 2019Introduced in House

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