FIREARMS related term(s) Weapons

Amendments

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 (H.R. 915), S6664 [21SE], H6437 [27NO]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), H1879, H1881, H1882, H1883, H1885, H1886, H1887, H1888, H1889 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), consideration (H. Res. 614), H1870 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6636, S6638, S6639 [21SE], S6727, S6748, S6749, S6759, S6760 [13NO], S6807, S6808, S6809, S6810, S6811, S6812, S6821, S6822, S6824, S6826, S6827 [14NO], S6904 [26NO], S7359 [3DE]

Articles and editorials

Taking It to the Street, E1115–E1118 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions

Ammunition: require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition (see S. 3458), S5658 [30JY] (see H.R. 6241), H5525 [31JY]

Army: expand authority to loan or donate excess small arms to certain eligible organizations for funeral and other ceremonial purposes (see S. 2089), S494 [9FE] (see H.R. 3981), H640 [8FE]

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): disapprove of Chairman Issa’s actions relative to certain ongoing criminal investigations and statements relative to Attorney General Holder (see H. Res. 718), H4614 [29JN] (see H. Res. 718), H4684 [9JY]

——— initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas issued to Attorney General Holder (see H. Res. 706), H4064 [26JN]

——— initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas issued to Attorney General Holder (H. Res. 706), consideration (see H. Res. 708), H4155 [27JN]

Crime: combat illegal gun trafficking (see H.R. 6195), H5291 [25JY]

——— enhance penalties for straw purchasers of firearms (see H.R. 4190), H1304 [8MR]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 2554), S2922 [7MY] (see H.R. 5742), H2712 [15MY]

——— prohibit tracking and cataloguing purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns (see H.R. 3814), H158 [24JA]

Government regulations: implement a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and a record of sale system for those firearms (see H.R. 6680), H7264 [18DE]

——— find Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 711), consideration (see H. Res. 708), H4155 [27JN]

——— recommend against finding Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (see H. Res. 712), H4604 [28JN]

Interstate commerce: more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 4269), H1641 [27MR]

Law enforcement: ban the manufacture, importation, sale, or purchase of certain armor-piercing, ‘‘cop-killer’’ handguns and ammunition (see H.R. 6685), H7359 [19DE]

National parks and recreation areas: repeal certain laws relative to carrying certain weapons in national parks (see H.R. 4063), H901 [16FE]

National Right To Keep and Bear Arms Act: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 578), H1305 [8MR]

Obama, President: appoint special counsel to investigate operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms (see H. Res. 532), H374 [1FE]

Safety: require background checks for purchases and gun shop employees, prohibit purchase by individuals on terrorist watch list, report lost or stolen guns, and establish standards for concealed carry permits (see H.R. 6725), H7516 [31DE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 3525), S6062 [10SE] (see H.R. 4089), H965 [27FE]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), consideration (see H. Res. 614), H1844 [16AP]

——— recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see S. 2066), S323 [2FE]

——— recognize hunters, anglers, trappers, recreational boaters and shooters, industry, State and Federal fish and wildlife agencies for restoring healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and other natural resources (see H. Res. 801), H6232 [20SE]

States: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see S. 2188), S1613 [13MR]

——— provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 2213), S1847 [20MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in District of Columbia v. Heller on handgun ownership (see H. Res. 677), H3480 [5JN]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Res. 814), H6428 [16NO]

——— prohibit funding to negotiate if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms (see S. 2205), S1790 [19MR] (see H.R. 5846), H3162 [18MY]

Weapons: reauthorize ban on undetectable firearms (see H.R. 6704), H7429 [21DE]

Cloture motions

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6728 [13NO], S6830 [15NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), motion to proceed, S6502 [20SE], S6604 [21SE]

Letters

Investigation of Dept. of Justice operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms: Representative Cummings, H4171, H4172 [28JN]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H4409–H4411 [28JN], E1188, E1189 [29JN]

Oppose U.N. Arms Trade Treaty if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms: several Representatives, S4807 [10JY]

Recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting opportunities protection and enhancement: several sportsmen organizations, S6498 [20SE]

Sportsmen’s Heritage Act: Jonathan W. Gassett, Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, H1874 [17AP]

——— Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H1874 [17AP]

——— Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), H1874 [17AP]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1874 [17AP]

——— several recreational sports and wildlife conservation organizations, H1875 [17AP]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 3525, Sportsmen’s Act, S6560 [21SE]

Motions

——— initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas issued to Attorney General Holder (H. Res. 706), consideration (H. Res. 708), H4174 [28JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), H1895 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6502 [20SE], S6559 [21SE], S6727 [13NO], S6890 [26NO]

Poems

‘‘We Are Virginia Tech,’’ Nikki Giovanni, E526 [16AP]

‘‘We Now So Weep,’’ Albert C. Caswell, S8451 [27DE]

Press releases

NBPC Calls for the Resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder: National Border Patrol Council, H4171 [28JN]

Remarks in House

Ammunition: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 308), H6821 [17DE], H6837 [18DE], H7353 [19DE]

Armed Forces: implement certain suicide prevention policies to separate at-risk servicemembers from personal private weapons, H6703 [12DE]

——— preserve right to keep and bear arms for active duty military personnel stationed or residing in the District of Columbia, H3074, H3075 [17MY], H3156 [18MY]

Assault weapons: prohibit transfer or sale, H5135 [24JY]

ATF: Multiple Sales Reporting Program funding, H2455, H2456 [9MY]

BLM: provide for certain oversight and approval on any decision to close national monument land to recreational shooting, H1877 [17AP]

Cabot Guns (company): tribute, H1030 [29FE]

Children and youth: prevent access to firearms (H.R. 227), H1854 [17AP], H7279 [19DE]

——— hold bipartisan public hearings with testimony from persons having knowledge relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels, H4412, H4413 [28JN]

——— initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas issued to Attorney General Holder (H. Res. 706), H4418–H4421 [28JN], E1196 [29JN], E1405 [3AU]

——— initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas issued to Attorney General Holder (H. Res. 706), consideration (H. Res. 708), H4164–H4175 [28JN]

——— vote by Republican members to hold Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels, H3959 [21JN]

Constitution—U.S.: uphold the Second Amendment right to bear arms relative to Illinois laws denying the right of residents to carry firearms, H6524 [29NO]

Dept. of Defense: allow military commanders and mental health professionals to discuss privately-owned firearms by Armed Forces members who appear to be a threat to themselves or others, H7393 [20DE]

——— 40-millimeter ammunition production funding, H4993 [18JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Border Enforcement Security Task Force, H3244, H3245 [30MY]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (H.R. 1506), H2456 [9MY]

——— condition Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funding for bulletproof vests and body armor on unique fit for female officers and mandatory wear policy, E1401 [3AU]

——— whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, H2493–H2496 [9MY], H3813 [20JN], H3918, H3947 [21JN], H6794 [13DE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 645), H3074 [17MY]

Endangered species: prohibit importation of polar bear trophies from Canada, H1885, H1886 [17AP]

FBI: National Instant Criminal Background Check System funding, H2457 [9MY]

Forest Service: prohibit from banning use of dogs while deer hunting in Kisatchie National Forest, H1886, H1887 [17AP]

Government regulations: establish background check procedures for gun shows, H1918 [18AP], H5204 [25JY]

House of Representatives: find Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 711), H4069, H4072, H4073, H4074, H4076, H4077 [27JN], H4161, H4162, H4163, H4402–H4418, H4425 [28JN], E1157 [27JN], E1180 [28JN], E1184, E1191, E1193, E1196, E1199 [29JN], E1247 [12JY], E1405 [3AU]

——— find Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 711), motion to refer, H4412, H4413 [28JN]

——— impact of partisanship, H4071 [27JN]

——— coordinate efforts to protect U.S. border cities from drug trafficking, gunrunning, illegal alien smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across U.S. borders (H.R. 915), Senate amendment, H6437–H6439 [27NO], E1839 [29NO]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (H.R. 263), E1944 [17DE]

Littleton, CO: anniversary of shooting of students at Columbine High School, H5532 [1AU]

Mexico: U.S. policy, H4825 [11JY]

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 (H.R. 1781), H2456 [9MY], E1944 [17DE]

National Park Service: clarify that all public lands under National Park Service jurisdiction are included in the hunting exemption, H1882, H1883 [17AP]

National parks and recreation areas: repeal certain laws relative to carrying certain weapons in national parks (H.R. 4063), E218 [16FE]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings, H6810, H6814 [17DE], H6829, H6830, H6831, H6832, H6833, H6835, H6837 [18DE], H7273, H7278, H7279, H7280, H7349, H7350, H7353–H7356 [19DE], H7364 [20DE], E1944 [17DE], E1952 [19DE]

——— condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings (H. Res. 833), H6815–H6825 [17DE], E1947 [18DE]

Obama, President: appoint special counsel to investigate operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, H380 [2FE]

——— appoint special counsel to investigate operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms (H. Res. 532), H382 [2FE]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: prohibit intelligence community cybersecurity systems from using sensitive personal documents received from certain sources, H2171, H2172 [26AP]

Public lands: make new restrictions on managing hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting effective only if the amount of land available for those purposes falls below a certain acreage, H1883, H1884 [17AP]

——— require hunting activities be a land use in management plans for compatible Federal lands (H.R. 1444), H1876 [17AP]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), H1873–H1897 [17AP], H1918 [18AP], H5889 [12SE], E585, E589 [19AP], E621 [24AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), consideration (H. Res. 614), H1860–H1872 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), motion to recommit, H1895, H1896 [17AP]

States: facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States, H3776 [19JN]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms, H5296 [26JY], E1241 [12JY]

Virginia Tech University: anniversary of campus shootings, E526 [16AP]

Weapons: gun control, H1856 [17AP], H1918 [18AP], H5081, H5117 [23JY], H5135 [24JY], H5204 [25JY], H5634 [2AU], H6163 [20SE], H6703, H6708 [12DE], H6810, H6818–H6824 [17DE], H6829, H6830, H6831, H6832, H6833, H6836, H6837, H6838, H6856 [18DE], H7277, H7279, H7280, H7353–H7356 [19DE], H7364 [20DE], H7476 [31DE], E1582 [20SE], E1944 [17DE]

Remarks in Senate

Ammunition: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (S. 32), S4632 [26JN], S5863 [1AU], S6939 [27NO]

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, S411 [9FE]

Dept. of Defense: permit military police and civilian Dept. of Defense police officers to carry concealed firearms across State lines, S7389 [4DE]

——— small arms weapons and ammunition modernization funding, S5832–S5835 [1AU]

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), S6939 [27NO]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 2554), S2930 [7MY]

——— release of report relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S6585 [21SE]

——— whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S410–S412 [9FE], S1706 [15MR], S3954–S3956 [12JN]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land to the Powell Recreation District in Wyoming (S. 2015), S8552 [30DE]

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, S7194–S7196 [29NO]

FDA: prohibit FDA employees from carrying firearms and making arrests without warrants, S3501 [23MY], S3561 [24MY]

Government regulations: establish background check procedures for gun shows (S. 35), S2773 [26AP], S4632 [26JN], S6939 [27NO]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings, S8049–S8051, S8056, S8059, S8060, S8061, S8064 [17DE], S8099, S8104, S8123, S8131 [18DE], S8175–S8177 [19DE], S8296 [20DE], S8442, S8451 [27DE], S8505 [28DE]

——— condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings (S. Res. 621), S8089, S8090 [17DE], S8100–S8103 [18DE]

Sports: importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada, S6794 [14NO], S6888 [26NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), unanimous-consent request, S6604 [21SE]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6066 [10SE], S6075 [11SE], S6415 [19SE], S6498, S6499 [20SE], S6727, S6728 [13NO], S6765, S6766, S6794 [14NO], S6829–S6835 [15NO], S6877, S6884–S6891 [26NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), motion to proceed, S6501 [20SE], S6559, S6560, S6604, S6605 [21SE], S6715, S6726 [13NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), unanimous-consent request, S6415 [19SE]

——— violation of Budget Control Act by legislation to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting, S6885–S6891 [26NO]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms, S4806 [10JY], S5128 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to negotiate if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms (S. 2205), S3244 [17MY]

Weapons: gun control, S1729 [15MR], S5249 [23JY], S5280 [24JY], S5466 [26JY], S6939 [27NO], S8049–S8051, S8056, S8059, S8060, S8061 [17DE], S8099–S8103 [18DE], S8175–S8177 [19DE]

Reports

Recommend Finding of Attorney General Holder in Contempt of Congress for Refusal To Comply With Subpoenas: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H4177–H4401 [28JN]

Reports filed

Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 915) (S. Rept. 112–206), S6062 [10SE]

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2554), S3279 [17MY]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2554) (S. Rept. 112–182), S4950 [12JY]

Consideration of H. Res. 706, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Initiation or Intervention in Proceedings To Enforce Subpoenas Issued to Attorney General Holder: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 708) (H. Rept. 112–553), H4155 [27JN]

Consideration of H. Res. 711, House of Representatives Finding of Attorney General Holder in Contempt of Congress for Refusal To Comply With Certain Subpoenas: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 708) (H. Rept. 112–553), H4155 [27JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4089, Sportsmen’s Heritage Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 614) (H. Rept. 112–444), H1844 [16AP]

Mohave Valley Land Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 526) (S. Rept. 112–112), S41 [23JA]

Recommend Finding of Attorney General Holder in Contempt of Congress for Refusal To Comply With Subpoenas: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 112–546), H3981 [25JN]

Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2834) (H. Rept. 112–609), H5077 [19JY]

Sportsmen’s Heritage Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4089) (H. Rept. 112–426), H1844 [16AP]

Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3065) (H. Rept. 112–529), H3706 [15JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6890 [26NO]

Statements

Representative Dingell’s Criticism of Attorney General Holder Contempt of Congress Resolutions Vote in the House of Representatives: Brian A. Terry Family, H4166, H4407 [28JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 614, consideration of H.R. 4089, Sportsmen’s Heritage Act, H1860 [17AP]

H. Res. 706, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) initiation or intervention in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas issued to Attorney General Holder, H4418 [28JN]

H. Res. 708, consideration of H. Res. 706, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) initiation or intervention in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas issued to Attorney General Holder, H4164 [28JN]

H. Res. 708, consideration of H. Res. 711, House of Representatives finding of Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H4164 [28JN]

H. Res. 711, House of Representatives finding of Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H4402 [28JN]

H. Res. 712, recommend against the House of Representatives finding Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H4177 [28JN]

H. Res. 718, disapprove of Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) Chairman Issa’s actions relative to certain ongoing criminal investigations and statements relative to Attorney General Holder, H4614 [29JN]

H. Res. 833, condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, CT, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings, H6815 [17DE]

H.R. 915, Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act, S6664 [21SE], H3243 [30MY]

S. 2015, Powell Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act, S8552 [30DE]

S. 2554, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, S2930 [7MY]

S. Res. 621, condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtwon, CT, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings, S8073, S8090 [17DE]