Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 3/5/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-05Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 30.
- 2019-03-04Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- 2019-02-28Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2019-02-28On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 228 - 198 (Roll no. 103). (text: CR H2284)
- 2019-02-28Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 228 - 198 (Roll no. 103).(text: CR H2284)
- 2019-02-28On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 194 - 232 (Roll no. 102).
- 2019-02-28The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
- 2019-02-28DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lesko motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to insert new text on cases in which the transferee is a victim of a crime of domestic violence.
- 2019-02-28Mrs. Lesko moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H2291)
- 2019-02-28The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- 2019-02-28The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1112.
- 2019-02-28POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Van Drew amendment No. 5, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Collins (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
- 2019-02-28DEABTE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 145, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Van Drew amendment No. 5.
- 2019-02-28DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 145, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Porter amendment No. 4.
- 2019-02-28DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 145, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Levin (MI) amendment No. 3.
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CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-28 (53)
Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019
This bill revises background check requirements applicable to proposed firearm transfers from a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a licensed gun dealer) to an unlicensed person.
(Sec. 2) First, it increases the amount of time, from 3 business days to a minimum of 10 business days, that a federal firearms licensee must wait to receive a completed background check prior to transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person. (This type of transaction is often referred to as a default proceed transaction.)
If a submitted background check remains incomplete after 10 business days, then the prospective purchaser may submit a petition for a final firearms eligibility determination. If an additional 10 days elapse without a final determination, then the federal firearms licensee may transfer the firearm to the prospective purchaser.
(Sec. 3) It requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the extent to which the changes have prevented firearms transfers to prohibited persons.
(Sec. 4) The Federal Bureau of Investigation must report on the number of petitions it receives for final federal firearms determinations.
(Sec. 5) Additionally, the bill modifies statutory references with respect to a particular category of prohibited persons (i.e., persons barred from receiving or possessing a firearm). Specifically, it replaces references to persons adjudicated as a mental defective with persons adjudicated with mental illness, severe developmental disability, or severe emotional instability.
(Sec. 6) The Department of Justice, in consultation with the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms, must report on further amendments to the background check process that would likely reduce the risk of death or great bodily harm to victims of domestic violence, domestic abuse, dating partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Cosponsors (15)
- PETER KING (R-NY)
- Joe Cunningham (D-SC)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Harley Rouda (D-CA)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
- Bradley Schneider (D-IL)
- Andy Levin (D-MI)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
- Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)
- Tom Malinowski (D-NJ)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
Subjects
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Criminal justice information and records
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Firearms and explosives
- Government studies and investigations
- Licensing and registrations
- Mental health
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Sex offenses
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