Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act
Sponsored By: Representative CHARLES RANGEL
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Summary
Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws. The amended appropriations laws include: the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012; the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013; the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010; the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009; the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008; the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006; the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005; and the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003. The bill removes provisions from these laws that: prohibit the consolidation or centralization within the Department of Justice of firearms acquisition and disposition records maintained by federal firearms licensees; prohibit the imposition of a requirement that firearms dealers conduct a physical inventory; require instant background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours; limit the use of firearms tracing data; limit the processing of Freedom of Information Act requests in connection with arson or explosive incidents or firearm traces; limit denials of applications to import "curios or relics" firearms, parts, or ammunition; and prohibit denials of federal firearms licenses due to lack of business activity.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
CHARLES RANGEL
NY • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
WI • D
Sponsored 6/25/2015
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/25/2015
Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
MA • D
Sponsored 7/7/2015
Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
TX • D
Sponsored 7/9/2015
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/13/2015
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 7/15/2015
Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
MA • D
Sponsored 10/21/2015
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/23/2016
Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/24/2016
Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/24/2016
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/24/2016
JOHN CONYERS
MI • D
Sponsored 2/26/2016
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/26/2016
LUIS GUTIERREZ
IL • D
Sponsored 2/29/2016
Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
OH • D
Sponsored 2/29/2016
Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/29/2016
Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Sponsored 2/29/2016
MICHAEL HONDA
CA • D
Sponsored 3/1/2016
Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
CT • D
Sponsored 3/3/2016
SANDER LEVIN
MI • D
Sponsored 3/21/2016
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/14/2016
Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
MN • D
Sponsored 4/15/2016
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/29/2016
Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/16/2016
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/16/2016
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