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The bill was passed by the House on June 24 by a vote of 234–193, with 14 Republicans voting in favor alongside all 220 Democrats. [13] The bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 25, 2022. [14] It was the first major federal gun legislation to be passed since the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994. [13]
The resolution passed 219-210 nearly on party lines and after a contentious floor debate where Republicans accused the administration of “executive overreach” and Democrats condemned a bill ...
Congress Short title Bill number(s) Date introduced Sponsor(s) # of cosponsors Latest status 116th Congress: Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act H.R. 4081: July 26, 2019 Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) 0 Died in Committee N/A N/A N/A N/A No bill introduced in the Senate 117th Congress: Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act
Minnesota, New York, Delaware also have new gun laws coming into effect in the New Year. Minnesota passed a binary trigger ban, which goes into effect on Jan. 1. A binary trigger allows a gun to ...
Congress Short title Bill number(s) Date introduced Sponsor(s) # of cosponsors Latest status 116th Congress: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 H.R. 8: January 8, 2019 Mike Thompson (D-CA) 232 Passed in the House (240–190). [4] Background Check Expansion Act of 2019 S. 42: January 8, 2019 Chris Murphy (D-CT) 41 Died in Committee. 117th ...
Passed in 2022 on a bipartisan basis, the Safer Communities Act was the first gun control law approved by Congress in nearly three decades and included additional funding for mental health and red ...
The bills of the 117th United States Congress list includes proposed federal laws that were introduced in the 117th United States Congress.. The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses: the lower house known as the House of Representatives and the upper house known as the Senate.
The House sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades on Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable ...