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H.R. 3830 (114th)

Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015

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Introduced

26 October 2015

Last action

23 November 2015 · Referred

Status

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

Sponsors

Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Hakeem Jeffries, JOSE SERRANO, Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19], Keith Ellison, Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15], Grace Napolitano, Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], JOSEPH CROWLEY, Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], LOUISE SLAUGHTER, NITA LOWEY, Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Brenda Lawrence, Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], James McGovern, Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

12 August 2025

Taxation

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Summary

Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional tax of $100 on the sale of a firearm by a manufacturer, producer, or importer. Firearm purchases by federal, state, and local governments for law enforcement purposes are exempt from the additional tax. The bill establishes the Gun Violence Reduction and Mental Health Counseling Trust Fund at the Department of the Treasury. It transfers revenues from the additional tax into the trust fund to support the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program and the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program. The Department of Justice (DOJ) must establish and newly manufactured firearms must meet a national standard for incorporating passive identification capability into all firearms sold in the United States. Passive identification capability means technology that: (1) enables identification by a mobile or fixed reading device, and (2) does not transmit an electronic monitoring or tracking signal. DOJ's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives must establish the National Database of Lost and Stolen Firearms. This bill amends the federal criminal code to require a gun owner to report a lost or stolen firearm to local law enforcement authorities within 48 hours of discovery. Local law enforcement authorities must transmit the report to the national database within seven days.

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Timeline

  1. 26 October 2015

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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. 26 October 2015

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 26 October 2015

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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

  4. 26 October 2015

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 30 October 2015

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  6. 23 November 2015

    Referred

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

    Source: Committee

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