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H.R. 1217 (114th)

Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015

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Introduced

3 March 2015

Last action

31 March 2015 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Sponsors

PETER KING, Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8], Patrick Meehan, Elizabeth Esty, Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10], Kathleen Rice, Bennie Thompson, Daniel Donovan, NITA LOWEY, Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1], Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large], ROBERT BRADY, Julia Brownley, Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Tony Cárdenas, Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Katherine Clark, Gerald Connolly, JOHN CONYERS, JAMES COOPER, ELIJAH CUMMINGS, PETER DEFAZIO, John Delaney, Rosa DeLauro, Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1], Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10], Theodore Deutch, Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37], Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4], Keith Ellison, ELIOT ENGEL, Anna Eshoo, Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11], Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22], Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ], Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8], ALCEE HASTINGS, Denny Heck, Brian Higgins, James Himes, Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Sheila Jackson Lee, Robin Kelly, Derek Kilmer, JAMES LANGEVIN, Rick Larsen

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Summary

Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015 Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to reauthorize for FY2016-FY2019 the grant program for improvements to the criminal history record system. Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to: (1) establish a four-year implementation plan to ensure maximum coordination and automation of reporting of records or making records available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; (2) direct the Attorney General to make grants to states, Indian tribal governments, and state court systems to improve the automation and transmittal of mental health records and criminal history dispositions; (3) provide for withholding grant funds from states that have not implemented a relief from disabilities program and the reallocation of such funds to states that are in compliance; (4) make federal court information available for inclusion in the System; and (5) allow the submission to the System of mental health records that would otherwise be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) expand the enforcement authority or jurisdiction of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; (2) allow the establishment, directly or indirectly, of a federal firearms registry; or (3) extend background check requirements to transfers of firearms other than those made at gun shows or over the Internet, or to temporary transfers for purposes including lawful hunting or sporting, or to temporary possession of a firearm for purposes of examination or evaluation by a prospective transferee. National Commission on Mass Violence Act of 2015 Establishes the National Commission on Mass Violence to study the availability and nature of firearms, including the means of acquiring firearms, issues relating to mental health, and the impacts of the availability and nature of firearms on incidents of mass violence or in preventing mass violence. Requires the Commission to conduct a comprehensive factual study of incidents of mass violence, including incidents not involving firearms, to determine the root causes of such mass violence.

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Timeline

  1. 3 March 2015

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 3 March 2015

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 3 March 2015

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 3 March 2015

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 19 March 2015

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

    Source: Committee

  6. 31 March 2015

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

    Source: Committee

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