3.0.0 307 2023-01-11T13:29:09Z 2023-01-11T13:29:09Z House HR 2015-01-13 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DEUTCH:H.R. 307.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S.Constitution.[Page H359]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2015-02-02T14:25:28Z Referred to 2015-01-13T15:00:30Z 2015-02-02 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Committee 2015-01-13 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-01-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-01-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000610 Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21] Theodore Deutch D FL E. 21 N Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 2015-01-13 True C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2015-01-13 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2015-07-09 False R000599 Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] Raul Ruiz D CA 36 2015-07-13 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2015-09-15 False C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 2015-12-16 False Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional oversight Crime prevention Firearms and explosives Law enforcement administration and funding Violent crime Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-01-13 Introduced in House 2019-03-12T16:49:33Z Buyback Our Safety Act

Directs the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice to establish a gun buyback program under which the Assistant Attorney General may make grants to assist in funding gun buyback programs carried out by state, local, and Indian tribal law enforcement agencies.

Conditions such a grant on the law enforcement agency providing assurances that: (1) it will adequately advertise the program to the public, (2) such program will be administered by law enforcement personnel, (3) all guns received will remain in the possession of law enforcement personnel, (4) adequate safeguards will be established and followed to prevent fraud, (5) the agency will have in place a process to test on site a gun purchased before payment is provided, and (6) an adequate process will be in place to destroy all guns received. Requires the agency to certify that it will match all federal funds provided with an equal amount of cash or in-kind goods or services from other non-federal sources.

Directs the Assistant Attorney General to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) develop standards for identifying, and to identify, guns that are the most likely to be used in violent crimes; and (2) establish a pricing scale for purchasing such guns through gun buyback programs. Authorizes the Assistant Attorney General to waive all or part of the matching funds requirement for a program that provides for obtaining only such guns.

]]> Buyback Our Safety Act Display Title Buyback Our Safety Act Official Title as Introduced To establish a gun buyback grant program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Buyback Our Safety Act Introduced in House 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr307ih/xml/BILLS-114hr307ih.xml 2015-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.