114-hr-3830114th Congress

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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