Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015
Sponsored By: Representative Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
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Summary
Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional tax of $100 on the sale of a firearm by a manufacturer, producer, or importer. Firearm purchases by federal, state, and local governments for law enforcement purposes are exempt from the additional tax. The bill establishes the Gun Violence Reduction and Mental Health Counseling Trust Fund at the Department of the Treasury. It transfers revenues from the additional tax into the trust fund to support the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program and the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program. The Department of Justice (DOJ) must establish and newly manufactured firearms must meet a national standard for incorporating passive identification capability into all firearms sold in the United States. Passive identification capability means technology that: (1) enables identification by a mobile or fixed reading device, and (2) does not transmit an electronic monitoring or tracking signal. DOJ's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives must establish the National Database of Lost and Stolen Firearms. This bill amends the federal criminal code to require a gun owner to report a lost or stolen firearm to local law enforcement authorities within 48 hours of discovery. Local law enforcement authorities must transmit the report to the national database within seven days.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Cosponsors
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/22/2016
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/28/2016
Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/26/2015
JOSE SERRANO
NY • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
CHARLES RANGEL
NY • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
SAM FARR
CA • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
RUBEN HINOJOSA
TX • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
JOSEPH CROWLEY
NY • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
MICHAEL HONDA
CA • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/27/2015
LOUISE SLAUGHTER
NY • D
Sponsored 11/16/2015
NITA LOWEY
NY • D
Sponsored 11/30/2015
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
IL • D
Sponsored 1/5/2016
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/22/2016
Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
MI • D
Sponsored 6/22/2016
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/22/2016
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