SAFE COMMUNITIES, SAFE SCHOOLS ACT
Amendments
Enact (S. 649), S2598, S2610, S2611, S2612, S2613 [11AP], S2689, S2690, S2692, S2693 [16AP], S2707, S2709, S2719, S2743, S2752, S2760, S2765, S2766, S2770, S2771 [17AP], S2806, S2807, S2808, S2810, S2814 [18AP]
Articles and editorials
Drop-Off in Gun Prosecutions Began Before Obama, S2493 [9AP]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see S. 649), S2146 [21MR]
Cloture motions
Enact (S. 649): motion to proceed, S2492 [9AP], S2580 [11AP]
Letters
Regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited: several citizens, S2703–S2705 [17AP]
Lists
Law enforcement and security industry groups supporting school safety provisions of S. 649, provisions, S2672 [16AP]
Organizations endorsing a high capacity magazine ban, S2715 [17AP]
Organizations supporting Blumenthal amendment to S. 649, provisions, on regulating large capacity ammunition feeding devices, S2523 [10AP]
Organizations supporting Feinstein amendment to S. 649, provisions, on regulating assault weapons and ensuring that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, S2702 [17AP]
Parents, teachers, and administrators supporting school safety provisions of S. 649, provisions, S2672 [16AP]
Motions
Enact (S. 649), S2440 [8AP], S2475 [9AP]
Remarks in House
Enact (S. 649), H1914, H1920, H1946 [11AP], H1963, H1986 [12AP], H2071, H2074, H2076, H2077, H2107, H2119 [17AP], H2128, H2129 [18AP]
Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence, H2074, H2076, H2077, H2107 [17AP]
Remarks in Senate
Children and youth: revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies, S2725 [17AP]
Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists, S2739 [17AP]
——— strengthen Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program, S2669 [16AP]
——— withhold percentage of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funds from States and local governments that release private gun ownership data, S2710 [17AP], S2780 [18AP]
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, S2719, S2742 [17AP]
Enact (S. 649), S2232 [21MR], S2236 [22MR], S2440 [8AP], S2629–S2631, S2633–S2644 [15AP], S2657, S2660–S2674, S2676–S2679 [16AP], S2697–S2744 [17AP], S2775–S2782, S2784 [18AP], S3503 [15MY], S4207 [11JN], S4461 [13JN]
——— motion to proceed, S2476, S2484, S2490, S2492–S2494 [9AP], S2512, S2516–S2520, S2522–S2533, S2535–S2542, S2547, S2551 [10AP], S2571–S2584 [11AP]
——— unanimous-consent agreement, S2679 [16AP]
Firearms: address gun violence, improve record availability to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and gun trafficking, S2721–S2724, S2727, S2734, S2740 [17AP]
——— enhance criminal penalties for straw purchasers of firearms, S2484 [9AP], S2538, S2551 [10AP], S2575, S2577 [11AP], S3503 [15MY]
——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, incentivize State compliance, prohibit a national gun registry, and protect Second Amendment rights of veterans, S2717 [17AP]
——— ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence, S2629–S2631, S2635–S2644 [15AP], S2660–S2665, S2670–S2674, S2677 [16AP], S2697, S2709–S2714, S2729–S2732, S2735–S2740 [17AP], S2775 [18AP], S3356, S3360 [13MY], S3503 [15MY]
——— gun control, S2581, S2582 [11AP], S3597 [20MY], S3928 [4JN], S4507 [17JN]
——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents, S2706–S2710, S2716, S2736, S2741 [17AP]
——— prevent gun trafficking, S2732 [17AP]
——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, S2528 [10AP], S2698, S2700–S2706, S2736, S2741, S2742 [17AP]
——— regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices, S2522, S2523 [10AP], S2670 [16AP], S2699, S2714, S2738, S2739, S2743 [17AP]
——— tribute to victims of gun violence, S2524–S2533, S2535 [10AP], S2573, S2575, S2581, S2582 [11AP], S2666–S2670 [16AP]
Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care, S2633–S2635 [15AP]
——— reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders, S2730 [17AP], S2781 [18AP]
National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate, S2662 [16AP]
Senate Rules: require all legislative matters be available for 48 hours before consideration on the floor, S2736 [17AP]
——— use of filibuster to impede strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System relative to firearm sale, gun trafficking, and school security, S2577, S2581, S2582 [11AP]
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