US HR367 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 167-0)
Status: Introduced on May 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention. Establishes the House Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention to investigate and report on: the causes of mass shootings, methods to improve the federal firearms purchaser background check system, connections between access to firearms and dangerously mentally ill individuals, strengthening federal penalties for trafficking and straw purchasing of firearms, closing loopholes that allow some domestic abusers continued access to firearms, linkages between firearms and suicide, gun violence's effect on public health, the correlation between state gun violence prevention laws and the incidence of gun violence, the importance of having reliable and accurate information on gun violence and its toll on our nation, the implementation of effective gun violence prevention laws in accordance with the Second Amendment to the Constitution, and rates of gun violence in large metropolitan areas.

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Title

Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention.

Sponsors

Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. David Price [D-NC]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]
Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-05-25HouseReferred to the House Committee on Rules.
2017-05-25HouseIntroduced in House

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