2019 PRIORITY FEDERAL LEGISLATION
Below are the priority firearm-related bills that have been filed in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. Offense Legislation are bills that Safe Tennessee supports, Defense Legislation are bills that we oppose. “H.R” indicates bills filed in the House; “S.R” indicates bills filed in the Senate. Click on the bill number to learn more about the bill and to read the bill text. The “Link to Action” links to a bill’s history and the last action on it.
Offense Legislation
| Bill | Sponsor/ Cosponsor | Bill Description | Link to Action |
| H.R.8 | Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Cosponsors: (229)
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Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 | (All Actions)
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| H.R.33 | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Cosponsors: (13)
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Gun Trafficking Prohibition Act | (All Actions)
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| H.R.49 | Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Cosponsors: (0
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Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2019 | (All Actions) |
| H.R.157 | Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-2]
Cosponsors: (0)
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Gun Manufacturers Accountability Act (Repeals PLCCA) | (All Actions)
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| H.R.167 | Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Cosponsors: (17)
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To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a licensed dealer. | (All Actions)
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| H.R.175 | Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Cosponsors: (0)
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To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. | (All Actions)
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| H.R.282 | Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Cosponsors: (4) |
SAFER Now Act (Summary not yet available but this is the SAFER Now Act from 2018: Prohibit gun sales before the completion of a background check, closing a loophole that allows transactions to go forward if a background check takes longer than three days.
● Ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition. ● Authorize the use of federal grants to buy back semiautomatic weapons, taking them off the street once and for all. ● Close the “gun show loophole,” so sales at gun shows are subject to background checks and treated like other firearm transactions. ● Make firearm trafficking a violation of federal criminal law. ● Keep guns out of the hands of stalkers and domestic abusers. |
(All Actions)
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| H.R.435 | Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Cosponsors: (8)
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National Gun Violence Research Act | (All Actions)
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| H.R.511 | Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Cosponsors: (64)
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Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act | (All Actions)
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| H.R.569 | Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Cosponsors: (107)
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Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act of 2019 | (All Actions)
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| H.R.674 | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Cosponsors: (83) |
To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. | (All Actions)
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| H.R.717 | Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Cosponsors: (55) |
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel and full-time law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
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(All Actions)
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| H.R.719 | Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Cosponsors: (37) |
To require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping ammunition, and to prohibit the removal, obliteration, or alteration of the microstamped code or microstamping capability of a firearm.
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(All Actions)
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| H.R.820 | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Cosponsors: (0) |
To require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows.
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(All Actions)
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| H.R.822 | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Cosponsors: (0)
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To prohibit the sale of a firearm to, and the purchase of a firearm by, a person who is not covered by appropriate liability insurance coverage.
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(All Actions)
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| H.R.869 | Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Cosponsors: (14)
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To modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988. | (All Actions)
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| H.R.930 | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Cosponsors: (0) |
To provide for the establishment of a national standard for incorporating a passive identification ability into all firearms sold in the United States, and to require the reporting of lost or stolen firearms to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.
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(All Actions)
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| H.R.939 | Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Cosponsors: (11) |
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers to meet certain requirements with respect to securing their firearms inventory, business records, and business premises. | (All Actions)
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| S.7 | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Cosponsors: (3)
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Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2019
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(All Actions)
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| S.42 | Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Cosponsors: (41)
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Background Check Expansion Act
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| S.66 | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Cosponsors: (28)
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Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 | (All Actions)
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| S.120 | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Cosponsors: (31)
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Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2019 | (All Actions)
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| S.184 | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Cosponsors: (40) |
A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention
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(All Actions)
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| S.193 | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Cosponsors: (1)
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Ethan’s Law - Requires secure storage of firearms | (All Actions)
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Defense Legislation
| Bill | Sponsor/ Cosponsor | Bill Description | Link to Action |
| H.R.38 | Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Cosponsors: (0)
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Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2019 | (All Actions)
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| H.R.110 | Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Cosponsors: (0) |
To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm required to be carried while on-duty.
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| H.R.155 | Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Cosponsors: (49)
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Hearing Protection Act (Deregulates silencers) | (All Actions) |
| H.R.775 | Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Cosponsors: (0)
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To provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories.
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(All Actions)
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| S.69 | Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Cosponsors: (36)
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Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2019 | (All Actions)
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| S.202 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Cosponsors: (5)
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A bill to provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories. | (All Actions)
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