Firearm Legislation in the 111th Congress

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H.CON.RES.71 : Expressing the Sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should not create a national database tracking firearm owners or firearm purchases.
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.17 : To protect the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right.
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R.45 : To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R.197 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R.256 : To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R.257 : To prevent children's access to firearms.
Latest Major Action: 5/21/09 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Subcommittee hearings held.
H.R.442 : To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R.642 : To provide opportunities for continued recreational shooting on certain Federal public land.
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
H.R.1074 : To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

H.R.1620 : To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for reciprocity in regard to the manner in which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in that State.
Latest Major Action: 4/27/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security.

H.R. 2296 :  The bill would roll back unnecessary restrictions, correct errors, and codify longstanding congressional policies in the firearms arena.  This bipartisan bill modernizes and improves BATFE operations. Companion to S. 941. H.R. 2296 rewrites the system of administrative penalties for licensed dealers, manufacturers and importers of firearms. Today, for most violations, BATFE can only give a federal firearms license (FFL) holder a warning, or revoke his license.
Last Major Action:  6/12/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
S.371 : A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State.
Latest Major Action: 2/3/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.556 : A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to modernize the process by which interstate firearms transactions are conducted by Federal firearms licensees.
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

S.AMDT.798 to S.CON.RES.13 To ensure that law abiding Amtrak passengers are allowed to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage.
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2009 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 798 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

S. 941 : The bill would roll back unnecessary restrictions, correct errors, and codify longstanding congressional policies in the firearms arena.  This bipartisan bill modernizes and improves BATFE operations. Companion to H.R. 2296. It rewrites the system of administrative penalties for licensed dealers, manufacturers and importers of firearms. Today, for most violations, BATFE can only give a federal firearms license (FFL) holder a warning, or revoke his license.

Latest Major Action: 4/30/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

S. 2820 :  To prevent the destruction of terrorist and criminal national instant criminal background check system records. This bill would allow 10 year retention of information of firearm purchases.
Last Major Action:  12/1/2009 introduced.