US Congress House Resolution 289 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 57-0)
Status: Introduced on June 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-16 - 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]

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 114th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) gun violence is a public health issue; and (2) Congress should expand enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improve the mental health system, and make gun trafficking and straw purchasing a federal crime.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 114th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime.

Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-06-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-06-02	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-06-02	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-06-02	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
2015-06-02	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/289/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hres289/BILLS-114hres289ih.pdf