HR 8957 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022

Introduced Sep 22, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Danny K. Davis D-IL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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. IntroducedSep 22, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022

This bill increases by .5% the excise tax on firearms, including pistols, revolvers, and shells and cartridges. The bill establishes the Gun Violence Prevention Trust Fund into which the increased tax revenues are deposited to fund gun violence prevention programs. The Trust Fund creates separate accounts for violence prevention, gun violence research, hate crimes data collection and enforcement, and firearm forensics.

The bill also requires an inflation adjustment to the amount of the special tax on importers, manufacturers, and dealers in firearms and the transfer tax on firearms.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 22, 2022 to Oct 7, 2022; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalSep 22, 2022
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalSep 22, 2022
D-PADwight EvansOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalSep 22, 2022
D-MAJake AuchinclossOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOct 4, 2022
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOct 7, 2022

Committees 3

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Sep 22, 2022
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Sep 22, 2022
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Nov 1, 2022
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Sep 22, 2022
Health Subcommittee
Referred Sep 23, 2022

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Sep 23, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Sep 22, 2022Introduced in House
  4. Sep 22, 2022Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the powers enumerated under section 8 and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 153, September 22, 2022, page H8114.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4283Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2023Reintroduced BillJun 23, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase certain taxes related to firearms, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2022Introduced in House

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