Secure Background Checks Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 4/26/2023
Actions
- 2023-04-26Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2023-04-26Introduced in House
- 2023-04-26Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-04-26 (00)
Secure Background Checks Act of 2023
This bill extends federal restrictions on the receipt, possession, shipment, and transportation of firearms and ammunition to two new categories of persons:
- persons who fail to meet the minimum age requirements imposed by federal law and by the law of their resident state; and
- persons who are out-of-state residents and do not qualify for an exception, such as the temporary loan or rental of a firearm for lawful sporting purposes.
Additionally, the bill imposes criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both—on an individual who ships, transports, or receives a firearm or ammunition while under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year.
Cosponsors (18)
- Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
- Robin Kelly (D-IL)
- J. Correa (D-CA)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)
- NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Linda Sánchez (D-CA)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
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