FIREARMS

Amendments

States: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H7670, H7671, H7672, H7673, H7674, H7676, H7677, H7678, H7680, H7681 [16NO]

Articles and editorials

Felons Finding It Easy To Regain Gun Rights, H7596-H7599 [15NO]

Have Glock, Will Travel, H7602 [15NO]

So Much for Small Government, H7602 [15NO]

Bills and resolutions

Ammunition: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see S. 32), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 308), H254 [18JA]

ATF: make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 126), H37 [5JA]

Aviation: allow pilots, copilots, or navigators of aircraft, or law enforcement personnel detailed to protect an aircraft to carry a firearm (see H.R. 2616), H5373 [21JY]

Bankruptcy: exempt firearms from claims of creditors (see H.R. 1181), H1983 [17MR]

BLM: convey certain public land in Mohave Valley and Mohave County, AZ, to the Arizona Game and Fish Dept., for use as a public shooting range (see S. 526), S1502 [9MR] (see H.R. 919), H1574 [3MR]

———provide for certain oversight and approval on any decision to close national monument land to recreational shooting (see H.R. 3440), H7713 [16NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: enclose House of Representatives visitors' galleries with a clear and bomb-proof material (see H. Res. 50), H434 [24JA]

Children and youth: prevent access to firearms (see H.R. 227), H134 [7JA]

Civil liberties: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 2252), H4364 [21JN]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 2615), H5373 [21JY]

Coltsville National Historical Park: establish (see S. 1347), S4517 [12JY] (see H.R. 2504), H4945 [12JY]

Courts: clarify circumstances under which the enhanced penalty provisions for subsequent convictions apply (see H.R. 2398), H4575 [24JN]

Crime: deploy Border Patrol agents and increase number of DEA and ATF agents along U.S. border to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by drug traffickers (see H.R. 77), H35 [5JA]

———limit possession, sale, and other disposition by persons convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against children (see H.R. 505), H509 [26JA]

———prohibit possession of a firearm by a person who is adjudicated to have committed a violent act while a juvenile (see H.R. 1552), H2855 [14AP]

Dept. of Defense: establish policies and guidelines to ensure civilian and military law enforcement personnel charged with security functions on military installations will receive active shooter training (see H.R. 826), H1390 [28FE]

———provide police officers, criminal investigators, and game law enforcement officers with authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms (see H.R. 324), H353 [19JA]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see S. 34), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 1506), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit tracking and cataloguing purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns (see S. 570), S1600 [14MR]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land to the Powell Recreation District in Wyoming (see S. 2015), S8734 [16DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see S. 1707), S6505 [13OC] (see H.R. 1898), H3300 [13MY]

———ensure that law enforcement personnel charged with security functions at departmental medical centers receive active shooter training (see H.R. 2619), H5373 [21JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H680 [10FE]

EPA: prohibit regulation of firearm ammunition or fishing tackle based on material composition (see H.R. 1445), H2569 [8AP]

Foreign countries: prohibit possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a felony or domestic violence in a foreign court (see S. 1305), S4291 [30JN]

Foreign trade: provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see S. 381), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 615), H679 [10FE]

Government regulations: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see S. 35), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 591), H599 [9FE]

Gun-Free School Zones Act: repeal (see H.R. 2613), H5373 [21JY]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence due to lack of monitoring and actions during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels (see H. Res. 490), H8727 [12DE]

Interstate commerce: update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see S. 1691), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 58), H34 [5JA]

Law enforcement: coordinate efforts to protect U.S. border cities from drug trafficking, gunrunning, illegal alien smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across U.S. borders (see H.R. 770), H1176 (see H.R. 770), H1196 [17FE] (see H.R. 915), H1574 [3MR]

———enahnce certain prohibitions and penalties relating to certain forms of firearms trafficking (see H.R. 2618), H5373 [21JY]

———prevent gun trafficking (see S. 1973), S8461 [8DE]

———prevent illegal sale (see H.R. 1642), H2912 [15AP]

———prohibit trafficking (see H.R. 2554), H5125 [15JY]

———reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see S. 835), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 1093), H1841 [15MR]

———restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 263), H201 [12JA]

Members of Congress: prohibit knowing possession of a firearm near a venue at which a Member of Congress is performing an official and representational duty or campaigning for public office (see H.R. 367), H394 [20JA]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see S. 798), S2387 [12AP] (see H.R. 420), H469 [25JA]

National Instant Criminal Background Check System: ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed and require a background check for every firearm sale (see S. 436), S1120 [2MR] (see H.R. 1781), H3108 [5MY]

Public lands: protect the right of individuals to bear arms at Corps of Engineers water resources development projects (see S. 1588), S5838 [21SE] (see H.R. 1865), H3278 [12MY]

———protect use of traditional hunting and fishing equipment and prevent certain restrictions on hunting and fishing implements and equipment (see H.R. 1443), H2569 [8AP]

———require hunting activities be a land use in management plans for compatible Federal lands (see H.R. 1444), H2569 [8AP]

Safety: prohibit carrying of a firearm near a place at which a senior Federal official is performing an official and representational duty or a person is campaigning for public office (see H.R. 496), H508 [26JA]

States: establish minimum standards for States that allow carrying of concealed firearms (see S. 176), S127 [25JA]

———establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H1250 (see H.R. 822), H1362 [18FE] (see H.R. 3543), H8075 [1DE]

———establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), consideration (see H. Res. 463), H7577 [14NO]

———facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see S. 1249), S4023 [22JN] (see H.R. 3065), H6456 [23SE]

———provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 2900), H6138 [13SE]

U.N.: terminate funding if the U.S. agrees to any treaty that threatens U.S. sovereignty or infringes on U.S. constitutional rights, such as the right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3594), H8260 [7DE]

Letters

Clarify that authority to obtain information under the USA PATRIOT Act does not include certain firearm records: Chris W. Cox, NRA, S3396, S3420 [26MY]

National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act: Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, H7603 [15NO]

———Mary Elizabeth Heffernan, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and Marian J. McGovern, Massachusetts State Police, H7595 [15NO]

Whistleblower allegations relative to Dept. of Justice operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms: Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2475 [14AP]

Memorandums

Congressional Investigation Regarding Whistleblower Allegations Relative to Operations Transferring Firearms to Drug Cartels Where U.S. Law Enforcement Personnel Do Not Monitor Such Firearms: Gary M. Styers, Dept. of Justice, S8572 [14DE]

Motions

States: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H7688 [16NO]

Press releases

National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act: Mayors Against Illegal Guns (organization), H7595 [15NO]

Remarks in House

Ammunition: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 308), H1448-H1452 [1MR]

Armed Forces: ensure rules of engagement for members in any hostile fire area fully protect their right to bear arms and defend themselves from hostile actions, H3629, H3630 [25MY]

ATF: prohibit funding to collect information from federally licensed firearms retailers relative to sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person, H1272, H1273 [18FE]

Carson City, NV: express condolences to victims and their families of shooting at IHOP restaurant, H5977 [8SE]

Civil liberties: protect right to keep and bear arms, H206 [18JA], H3163 [11MY]

Dept. of Defense: provide police officers, criminal investigators, and game law enforcement officers with authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms (H.R. 324), E99 [24JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow Border Patrol agents to use live ammunition against Mexican outlaws, H1676 [10MR]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists, H4199 [15JN]

———appoint special counsel to investigate whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, H6677 [11OC], H7237 [2NO], H8265 [8DE], H8973 [15DE]

———whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, H3163 [11MY], H5090 [15JY], H5167 [19JY], H6846 [12OC], H8345-H8347 [12DE]

EPA: prohibit regulation of firearm ammunition or fishing tackle based on material composition (H.R. 1445), E689 [8AP]

FBI: National Instant Criminal Background Check System funding, H888, H889 [15FE], E239, E241 [16FE]

GAO: study ability of State and local law enforcement to verify the validity of out-of-state concealed handgun carrying licences, H7681, H7682 [16NO]

Government regulations: Executive order to require Southwest border States to report purchases of two or more of certain rifles during a certain time period, H5167 [19JY]

———limitations on concealed handgun carrying reciprocity for child sex offenders, domestic violence offenders, and known or suspected terrorists, H7688 [16NO]

Holder, Attorney General: call for resignation due to contradictory testimony during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels, H8191 [7DE]

Law enforcement: coordinate efforts to protect U.S. border cities from drug trafficking, gunrunning, illegal alien smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across U.S. borders, H6843-H6848 [12OC]

———create a comprehensive database containing all permits and licenses issued by States for carrying concealed weapons and ensure access to such database by law enforcement officers, H7674-H7676 [16NO]

———prohibit trafficking (H.R. 2554), E1338 [15JY]

———reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (H.R. 1093), H2330 [6AP]

Mexico: allow U.S. law enforcement officers to carry weapons while in Mexico, H1656 [9MR]

Northern Illinois University: anniversary of shooting, E314 [18FE]

Public lands: protect the right of individuals to bear arms at Corps of Engineers water resources development projects, H5053, H5054 [14JY]

———protect use of traditional hunting and fishing equipment and prevent certain restrictions on hunting and fishing implements and equipment (H.R. 1443), E689 [8AP]

———require hunting activities be a land use in management plans for compatible Federal lands (H.R. 1444), E689 [8AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H706 [11FE]

States: allow a State to limit possession or carrying of concealed handguns to individuals that have passed that State's laws on firearm safety training that includes live-fire exercise, H7676, H7677 [16NO]

———allow States with current reciprocal concealed handgun carrying licenses agreements to continue enforcing preexisting agreements, H7671, H7672 [16NO]

———establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H4950, H4951 [13JY], H7053 [25OC], H7586 [15NO], H7631, H7643, H7661-H7689 [16NO], E2073, E2077, E2079, E2082, E2091 [17NO], E2093 [18NO]

———establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), consideration (H. Res. 463), H7593-H7604 [15NO]

———establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), motion to recommit, H7687-H7689 [16NO]

———exempt from right-to-carry reciprocity to enforce State laws requiring a person to be at least 21 years of age to possess or carry a concealed handgun, H7677, H7678 [16NO]

———exempt from right-to-carry reciprocity when the State does not require individuals to apply for and complete a carry permit application at their local law enforcement station, H7673, H7674 [16NO]

———require individuals to provide advance notice to law enforcement agencies of their intention to carry or posses a concealed weapon in another State, H7678-H7680 [16NO]

———require States to certify that other States' carry laws are substantially similar to their own prior to granting reciprocity for concealed handgun carrying licenses, H7680, H7681 [16NO]

———require States to pass legislation agreeing to a national standard for concealed handgun carrying licenses before such standard can go into effect in that State, H7601 [15NO], H7673 [16NO]

U.N.: oppose drafting of U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, H5501 [26JY]

Virginia Tech University: express condolences to victim and the university community impacted by campus shootings, H8296, H8297 [8DE]

Weapons: gun control, H151 [12JA], H7596 [15NO]

Remarks in Senate

Breuer, Lanny: call for resignation for allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S8390-S8392 [7DE]

Carson City, NV: express condolences to victims and their families of shooting at IHOP restaurant, S5321 [6SE], S5348 [7SE], S5748 [20SE]

Coltsville National Historical Park: establish (S. 1347), S4527 [12JY]

DeKalb, IL: anniversary of shooting at Northern Illinois University, S652 [14FE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (S. 34), S4218 [29JN]

———make permanent certain appropriations riders relating to firearms, S6805 [20OC]

———prohibit funding for operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S6634, S6635, S6648 [18OC]

———response to request for release of documents on whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S2765, S2770 [9MY], S4139 [28JN]

———whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S2474 [14AP], S6991-S6993 [1NO], S8110 [1DE], S8570-S8573 [14DE]

FBI: improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, S1931 [29MR]

Foreign countries: prohibit possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a felony or domestic violence in a foreign court (S. 1305), S4293 [30JN]

Government regulations: establish background check procedures for gun shows (S. 35), S4218 [29JN]

———Executive order to require Southwest border States to report purchases of two or more of certain rifles during a certain time period, S5240 [2AU]

States: facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (S. 1249), S4029 [22JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: clarify that authority to obtain information does not include certain firearm records, S3391, S3395, S3399 [26MY]

Weapons: gun control, S4218 [29JN], S7607 [16NO]

Reports

Loosening Restrictions on the Carrying of Concealed Guns in Public Does Not Improve Public Safety: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (excerpt), H7600 [15NO]

Reports filed

Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 915) (H. Rept. 112-268), H7396 [4NO]

Consideration of H.R. 822, National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 463) (H. Rept. 112-283), H7577 [14NO]

National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 822) (H. Rept. 112-277), H7405 [10NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 463, consideration of H.R. 822, National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act, H7593 [15NO]

S. 1249, Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act, S4029 [22JN]

S. 1305, No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act, S4294 [30JN]

S. 1347, Coltsville National Historical Park Act, S4528 [12JY]