HR 3284 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

To require the Attorney General to study whether an individual's history of domestic violence can be used to determine the likelihood of such individual committing a mass shooting.

Introduced Jun 13, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Mike Quigley D-IL

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Latest action · Jun 13, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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. IntroducedJun 13, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill directs the Department of Justice to study and report to Congress on whether an individual's history of domestic violence can be used to determine the likelihood of that individual committing a mass shooting.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2019 to Aug 23, 2019; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-PAChrissy HoulahanOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalJun 13, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-PASusan WildOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalJun 13, 2019
D-MAJames P. McGovernJun 18, 2019
D-AZTom O'HalleranJun 18, 2019
D-FLKathy CastorJul 11, 2019
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezAug 23, 2019

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 13, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2019Introduced in House
  2. Jun 13, 2019Referred 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: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 99, June 13, 2019, page H4696.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4290To require the Attorney General to study whether an individual's history of domestic violence can be used to determine the likelihood of such individual committing a mass shooting.Reintroduction ofDec 13, 2017

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Attorney General to study whether an individual's history of domestic violence can be used to determine the likelihood of such individual committing a mass shooting.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2019Introduced in House

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