3.0.0 2502 2023-01-11T13:40:01Z 2023-01-11T13:40:01Z Senate S 2018-03-06 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2018-03-14T13:30:46Z Referred to 2018-03-06T20:18:36Z Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act 115 6624 HR 2018-10-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS 2018-03-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Committee 2018-03-06 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2018-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2018-03-06 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2018-03-20 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2018-03-20 False Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2018-03-20 False S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2018-03-20 False Crime and Law Enforcement Accounting and auditing Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Assault and harassment offenses Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Department of Justice Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Drug trafficking and controlled substances Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Family relationships Firearms and explosives Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Intergovernmental relations Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Judicial procedure and administration Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Licensing and registrations Mental health Military personnel and dependents Personnel records Public contracts and procurement Retail and wholesale trades Sales and excise taxes Smuggling and trafficking State and local government operations Terrorism U.S. Sentencing Commission Veterans' medical care Violent crime Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2018-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-05T16:22:47Z Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018

This bill reauthorizes grant programs, creates new criminal offenses, and makes several other changes related to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms.

Among other things, the bill does the following:

  • modifies and reauthorizes grants under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program,
  • modifies and reauthorizes the Secure Our Schools grant program,
  • removes certain restrictions on interstate firearms transactions, and
  • creates stand-alone criminal offenses for trafficking in firearms and straw purchasing of firearms.
]]> Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018 Display Title Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill School Safety Enhancements Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2502is/xml/BILLS-115s2502is.xml 2018-03-14 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. 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.