US Congress House Bill 5717 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-10 - 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]

Makes various changes to the federal framework governing the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms and ammunition. Among other things, the bill does the following: generally requires individuals to obtain a license to purchase, acquire, or possess a firearm or ammunition; raises the minimum age—from 18 years to 21 years—to purchase firearms and ammunition; establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties; requires law enforcement agencies to be notified following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial; creates a statutory process for a family or household member to petition a court for an extreme risk protection order to remove firearms from an individual who poses a risk of committing violence; restricts the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices; restricts the manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, or receipt of ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers); makes trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense; requires federally licensed gun dealers to submit and annually certify compliance with a security plan to detect and deter firearm theft; removes limitations on the civil liability of gun manufacturers; allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components; establishes a community violence intervention grant program; and promotes research on firearms safety and gun violence prevention.

Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020

Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2020-02-05	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H838)
2020-01-30	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
2020-01-30	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
2020-01-30	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
2020-01-30	House	Introduced in House

HB569 (Related) 2019-02-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB1115 (Related) 2019-02-08 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HB1186 (Related) 2019-09-10 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 16.
HB1236 (Related) 2019-09-10 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
HB1266 (Related) 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB1296 (Related) 2019-02-15 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HB1670 (Related) 2019-04-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB1671 (Related) 2019-04-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB2959 (Related) 2019-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB3076 (Related) 2019-06-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB3454 (Related) 2019-07-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB3553 (Related) 2019-08-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB3569 (Related) 2019-07-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB4691 (Related) 2019-10-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
SB42 (Related) 2019-01-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB66 (Related) 2019-01-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S103-104)
SB447 (Related) 2019-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB506 (Related) 2019-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB730 (Related) 2019-03-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB875 (Related) 2019-03-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB1943 (Related) 2019-06-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB2014 (Related) 2019-06-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB3065 (Related) 2019-12-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
SB3254 (Related) 2020-02-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB1779 (Related) 2019-06-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB1395 (Related) 2019-05-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5717/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5717/BILLS-116hr5717ih.pdf