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S. 2502 (115th)

Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

6 March 2018

Last action

14 March 2018 · Committee

Status

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Sponsors

Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN], Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN], Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]

Subjects

Education

Source updated

10 August 2026

Education

Summary

Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes grant programs, creates new criminal offenses, and makes several other changes related to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Among other things, the bill does the following: modifies and reauthorizes grants under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program, modifies and reauthorizes the Secure Our Schools grant program, removes certain restrictions on interstate firearms transactions, and creates stand-alone criminal offenses for trafficking in firearms and straw purchasing of firearms.

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Timeline

  1. 6 March 2018

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 6 March 2018

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 14 March 2018

    Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

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Versions

Documents

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Introduced in Senate (text)

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  • Introduced in Senate (text)

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