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H.R. 445 (115th)

Buyback Our Safety Act

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Introduced

11 January 2017

Last action

6 February 2017 · Referred

Status

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

Sponsors

Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22], Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

Subjects

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11 August 2025

Summary

Buyback Our Safety Act This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to establish a gun buyback grant program for state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. The OJP must enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to develop standards to identify the guns likely to be used in violent crimes and to establish a pricing scale for guns purchased through a gun buyback program.

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Timeline

  1. 11 January 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 11 January 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 11 January 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 6 February 2017

    Referred

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

    Source: Committee

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