United States · Bill · S
S. 2502 (115th)
Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018
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
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
6 March 2018
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
6 March 2018
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
14 March 2018
Committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 6 March 2018 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2502
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/2502
- us · 115-s-2502 · source updated 10 August 2026