US Congress House Bill 1781 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 96-1)
Status: Introduced on May 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011 - Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (NICS Act) to increase the amount of a state's allocation under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program that the Attorney General shall withhold to: (1) 15% for a period of 5 fiscal years if the state provides less than 75% of the records required to be provided under the NICS Act's requirements for making data electronically available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (System), and (2) 25% thereafter if the state provides less than 90% of the records required. Authorizes the Attorney General to reduce the amount withheld to a specified percentage if a state provides substantial evidence that it is making a reasonable effort to comply. Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act) to: (1) require each federal agency to submit to the Attorney General a semiannual written certification indicating whether it has provided the pertinent information in any record in its possession identifying persons prohibited from purchasing or receiving firearms or ammunition, and (2) make federal court information available for inclusion in the System. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each college, university, or postsecondary institution that receives federal funds or financial assistance to develop and implement a mental health assessment plan to address the risks posed by students who pose a safety risk to themselves or others and to make such plan available to students, faculty, and staff. Extends Brady Act background check procedures to unlicensed transferors and transferees of firearms. Specifies exceptions. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study to determine: (1) the effects that the NICS Act has had on state reporting to the System, (2) which states are in compliance and which are not, (3) any challenges or obstacles that states or local governments face in complying with the NICS Act's reporting requirements, and (4) states' compliance with NICS Act provisions regarding relief from the disabilities program required as a condition for participation in grant programs.

Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2011-05-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2011-05-05	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-05-05	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-05-05	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.

SB436 (Related) 2011-11-15 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1781/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1781/BILLS-112hr1781ih.pdf