Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 12:00pm H-312, The Capitol View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Monday, February 25, 2019 - 5:00pm H-313, the Capitol View Announcement »
Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 12:00pm H-312, The Capitol View Announcement »
Monday, February 25, 2019 - 5:00pm H-313, the Capitol View Announcement »
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE OF 8-4 on Monday, February 25, 2019.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 145:
Agreed to by record vote of 227-194, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 229-191, on Tuesday, February 26, 2019.
MANAGERS: Raskin/Lesko
1. Structured rule for H.R. 8.
2. Provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Makes in order as original text for purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-5 and provides that it shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute.
6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of the report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
9. Structured rule for H.R. 1112.
10. Provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
11. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
12. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-6 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
13. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
14. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
15. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the report.
16. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
# | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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1 | Version 1 | Rush (IL) | Democrat | Establishes trafficking in firearms and straw purchasing of firearms as criminal offenses and prohibits transferring a firearm knowing that it will be used to commit a violent crime or drug trafficking offense. | Submitted |
2 | Version 1 | Hudson (NC) | Republican | Provides reciprocity for concealed carry permit holders when crossing states lines. | Submitted |
3 | Version 1 | Rush (IL) | Democrat | Provides for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms. | Submitted |
4 | Version 1 | Brown (MD) | Democrat | Requires the FBI to submit a report to Congress with recommendations on how to improve the FBI's public access line. | Submitted |
5 | Version 1 | Brown (MD) | Democrat | Requires that individuals must be 21 years of age to purchase a semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that has or can accept a magazine of more than five rounds, and provides an exemption for active duty military members and full-time law enforcement. | Submitted |
6 | Version 1 | Brown (MD) | Democrat | Prohibits those who are subject to an ex parte domestic violence restraining order issued by Sate, tribal, or territorial law from possessing a firearm. | Submitted |
7 | Version 2 | Buck (CO) | Republican | Revised Allows the temporary transfer of a firearm to prevent anyone who is suicidal, has threatened others, or has exhibited disturbing behavior access to a firearm; and to allow a victim of domestic violence to protect himself or herself. | Revised |
8 | Version 1 | Buck (CO) | Republican | Prohibits the creation of a national firearms registry, and provides that if any part of this legislation is found to be unconstitutional, then any records created pursuant to this legislation must be destroyed. | Submitted |
9 | Version 1 | Buck (CO) | Republican | Includes transfers between additional kinds of family members as exempt from the requirements of the bill, including spouses in a common law marriage, step-parents/step child, foster-parent/foster child, step and foster siblings, first cousins and great-grandparent and great-grandchild. | Submitted |
10 | Version 1 | Armstrong (ND), Hurd (TX) | Republican | Adds ranching and farming to the list of exempted activities for a temporary transfer of a firearm. | Submitted |
11 | Version 1 | Lesko (AZ) | Republican | Allows for the transfer of a firearm to a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault who has an order of protection issued by a court. | Submitted |
12 | Version 1 | Lesko (AZ) | Republican | Allows the transfer of firearms to individuals who have been admitted and are participants in the Global Entry Program. | Submitted |
13 | Version 2 | Lesko (AZ) | Republican | Revised Allows the temporary transfer of firearms to individuals which take place solely on the property of the firearm owner. | Revised |
14 | Version 1 | Lesko (AZ) | Republican | Allows the transfer of firearms to individuals who have a valid state-issued permit to purchase or own a firearm. | Submitted |
15 | Version 1 | Lesko (AZ) | Republican | Allows the transfer of firearms to individuals who participate in the TSA Pre-Check program of the Department of Homeland Security. | Made In Order |
16 | Version 1 | Palmer (AL) | Republican | Ensures that state laws and regulations related to private party transfers are not pre-empted by the bill. | Submitted |
17 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Provides notice to Homeland Security of prospective firearm transferees that are illegally or unlawfully in the United States. | Submitted |
18 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Withdrawn Exempts individuals who possess a valid permit to carry a firearm, and valid hunter’s education, from the universal background check requirements. | Withdrawn |
19 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Prohibits the ATF from copying firearms transaction record forms, and adding them to or creating a database, without a specific warrant to do so. | Submitted |
20 | Version 1 | Lesko (AZ) | Republican | Allows the transfer of firearms to individuals who have a security clearance. | Submitted |
21 | Version 1 | Gianforte (MT), Hurd (TX) | Republican | Clarifies that transferring firearms from a property owner to a ranch hand for the purposes of ranch activities such as predator and pest control, hunting, target practice, and for the use in safety courses is permitted. | Submitted |
22 | Version 1 | Reschenthaler (PA) | Republican | Allows an individual who thinks they may be a danger to themselves or others to immediately transfer their firearm. The recipient must be an individual who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm under current law. | Submitted |
23 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the VA, any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness from being considered adjudicated as a mental defective for purposes of the right to receive or transport firearms without the order or finding of a judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others. | Submitted |
24 | Version 1 | Green, Al (TX) | Democrat | Prohibits the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a licensed dealer. | Submitted |
25 | Version 1 | Delgado (NY) | Democrat | Withdrawn Allows for loan and bona fide gift transfers between legal guardians and wards. | Withdrawn |
26 | Version 1 | Delgado (NY) | Democrat | Withdrawn Allows for loan and bona fide gift transfers between step-parents and step-children. | Withdrawn |
27 | Version 1 | Dean (PA) | Democrat | Clarifies that the exemption from the background check requirement in instances of imminent threats of death or great bodily harm would apply to someone who is at risk of committing suicide. | Made In Order |
28 | Version 1 | Scalise (LA) | Republican | Allows the transfer of a firearm to a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault, an individual protected under an order of protection issued by a court of law, a person with a valid concealed carry permit, a member of the Armed Forces who is on active duty, or an active duty or retired law enforcement officer. | Submitted |
29 | Version 1 | Steube (FL), Buck (CO), Hurd (TX) | Republican | Requires the national instant criminal background check system to notify the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency of the Department of Homeland Security whenever the information available to the system indicates that a person illegally or unlawfully in the United States may be attempting to receive a firearm. | Submitted |
30 | Version 1 | Van Drew (NJ), Brindisi (NY), Delgado (NY) | Democrat | Clarifies that the exception for gifts and loans of firearms between parents and their children applies to step-parents and step-children. | Made In Order |
31 | Version 1 | Byrne (AL) | Republican | SUBSTITUTE Late Strikes the text of the bill and provides for concealed carry reciprocity among the states. | Submitted |
32 | Version 1 | Collins, Doug (GA) | Republican | Late Withdrawn Exempts transfers of firearms to a victim of domestic violence who has a court-issued restraining order against the perpetrator of domestic violence. | Withdrawn |
33 | Version 1 | Collins, Doug (GA) | Republican | Late Exempts transfers of firearms to or from museums or historical displays. | Submitted |
34 | Version 1 | Collins, Doug (GA) | Republican | SUBSTITUTE Late Establishes a fusion center at the FBI to prevent mass violence and encourage coordination amongst law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. | Submitted |
35 | Version 1 | Collins, Doug (GA) | Republican | Late Allows an FFL to transfer a firearm to the spouse of an active-duty member of the military. | Submitted |
36 | Version 1 | Collins, Doug (GA) | Republican | Late Permits the transfer of a firearm without use of a FFL if the transferee has presented to the transferor, a qualifying valid permit or license to purchase or possess a firearm. | Submitted |
37 | Version 1 | Cline (VA) | Republican | Late Requires that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency is notified of firearm transfer denials by reason of illegal or unlawful presence in the United States. | Submitted |
38 | Version 1 | Gaetz (FL) | Republican | Late Makes its illegal for a manufacture, importer, or dealer to sell a firearm to anyone they have reasonable cause to believe has been convinced of illegal entry or is an illegal immigrant to the United States. | Submitted |
39 | Version 1 | Gaetz (FL) | Republican | Late Amends the section of the bill to include those that have served in the military in the past as well those currently serving in the military. | Submitted |
40 | Version 1 | Gaetz (FL) | Republican | Late Creates an exemption for current and former servicemembers who have won accolades, ribbons, awards, medals, or any commendation for their marksmanship. | Submitted |
41 | Version 1 | Gaetz (FL) | Republican | Late Creates an exemption for individuals who have completed firearm/marksmanship safety or training classes. | Submitted |
42 | Version 1 | Gaetz (FL) | Republican | Late Creates additional exclusions for former law enforcement officers and removes the limitation of firearm transfers to their course of duty. | Submitted |
43 | Version 1 | Gaetz (FL) | Republican | Late Adds an additional exclusion to those with security clearances. | Submitted |
44 | Version 1 | Gaetz (FL) | Republican | Late Removes the time limitation on the term "imminent bodily harm" | Submitted |
45 | Version 1 | Gaetz (FL) | Republican | Late Creates an exemption for individuals who have recieved orders of protection against others such as restraining orders | Submitted |
46 | Version 1 | Van Drew (NJ), Brindisi (NY) | Democrat | Late Adds sales to the list of family exceptions such as loans and gifts. | Submitted |
47 | Version 1 | Horn (OK), Murphy (FL) | Democrat | Late Clarifies that "great bodily harm" includes domestic violence, dating partner violence, sexual assault, stalking, and domestic abuse. | Made In Order |
48 | Version 1 | Duncan (SC) | Republican | Late Removes suppressors from the purview of the National Firearm Act, replacing the antiquated federal transfer process with an instantaneous National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background check. The HPA also includes a provision to eliminate the $200 transfer tax and replace it with a 10% Pittman-Robertson tax added to all suppressor sales. | Submitted |
Motion by Mr. Cole to amend the rule to H.R. 8 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #29, offered by Rep. Steube (FL) and Rep. Hurd (TX) and Rep. Buck (CO), which requires the national instant criminal background check system to notify the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency of the Department of Homeland Security whenever the information available to the system indicates that a person illegally or unlawfully in the United States may be attempting to receive a firearm. Defeated: 4–8
Motion by Mr. Woodall to amend the rule to H.R. 8 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #16, offered by Rep. Palmer (AL), which ensures that state laws and regulations related to private party transfers are not pre-empted by the bill. Defeated: 4–8
Motion by Mr. Woodall to amend the rule to H.R. 8 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #21, offered by Rep. Gianforte (MT) and Rep. Hurd (TX), clarifies that transferring firearms from a property owner to a ranch hand for the purposes of ranch activities such as predator and pest control, hunting, target practice, and for the use in safety courses is permitted. Defeated: 4–8
Motion by Rep. Lesko to amend the rule to H.R. 8 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #28, offered by Rep. Scalise (LA), which allows the transfer of a firearm to a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault, an individual protected under an order of protection issued by a court of law, a person with a valid concealed carry permit, a member of the Armed Forces who is on active duty, or an active duty or retired law enforcement officer. Defeated: 4–8
Motion by Rep. Lesko to amend the rule to H.R. 8 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #11, offered by Rep. Lesko (AZ), allows for the transfer of a firearm to a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault who has an order of protection issued by a court. Defeated: 4–8
Motion by Rep. Lesko to amend the rule to H.R. 8 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to the following amendments: Amendment #12, offered by Rep. Lesko (AZ), which allows the transfer of firearms to individuals who have been admitted and are participants in the Global Entry Program; amendment #13 offered by Rep. Lesko (AZ), which allows the temporary transfer of firearms to individuals which take place solely on the property of the firearm owner; amendment #14 offered by Rep. Lesko (AZ), which allows the transfer of firearms to individuals who have a valid state-issued permit to purchase or own a firearm; and amendment #20 offered by Rep. Lesko (AZ), which allows the transfer of firearms to individuals who have a security clearance. Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Mr. Raskin to report the rule. Adopted: 8-4