Safer America For Everyone's Children (SAFE Children) Act

Summary

Safer America For Everyone's Children (SAFE Children) Act - Title I: Safe Communities - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide grants to units of local governments that have in effect specified gun buyback programs, school violence initiatives, and activities to meet the child care needs of parents during non-school hours. Title II: Safe States - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide grants to States that have in effect laws which: (1) impose criminal penalties on a person under age 21 who purchases a handgun in the State; (2) require each licensed manufacturer, importer, or dealer of firearms to sell a secure gun storage or safety device with each firearm sold; and (3) create a public-private partnership to support organizations and units of local governments that promote safe schools and gun safety. Title III: Federal Firearms Laws - Subtitle A: Ban on Importation of Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices - Juvenile Assault Weapon Loophole Closure Act - Bans the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices. Defines such devices to cover those manufactured before the enactment of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Subtitle B: Community Protection Act - Community Protection Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize qualified government agency law enforcement officers carrying an official badge and photographic identification to carry a concealed firearm, notwithstanding State or local laws. Specifies that this Act shall not be construed to supersede or limit the laws of any State that: (1) permit private persons or entities to prohibit or restrict the possession of concealed firearms on their property; or (2) prohibit or restrict the possession of firearms on any State or local government property, installation, building, base, or park. Sets forth similar provisions authorizing qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms notwithstanding State or local laws. Title IV: School Psychological Counseling - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to award grants or enter into contracts to establish or expand elementary and secondary school counseling programs.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 20 September 2000

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  Introduced in House · EN · 20 September 2000

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 20 September 2000

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