United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 445 (115th)
Buyback Our Safety Act
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
Discovery layer
Source updated
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
11 January 2017
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
11 January 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 January 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 February 2017
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 11 January 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] · D · Cosponsor
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/445
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/445
- us · 115-hr-445 · source updated 11 August 2025