US HCR127 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on June 28 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-08-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Condemning gun violence and its impact on youth by supporting the enactment of legislation to prevent future school and neighborhood shootings. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States must address gun violence. Expresses support for the following: reinstating the ban on the sale of assault weapons, ensuring that children can attend school and live free from the threat of violence, ensuring that school districts create learning environments where all students can excel, providing evidence-based school threat assessments, keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of unauthorized individuals, promoting information sharing to facilitate the early identification of threats, providing evidence-based training to recognize the indicators of violent behavior, and facilitating relevant research to expand access for mental health services.

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Title

Condemning gun violence and its impact on youth by supporting the enactment of legislation to prevent future school and neighborhood shootings.

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History

DateChamberAction
2018-08-02HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2018-06-28HouseReferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-06-28HouseReferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-06-28HouseReferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-06-28HouseIntroduced in House

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