HOUSE 445115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Buyback Our Safety Act
- Last Action
- 2/6/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-06Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- 2017-01-11Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2017-01-11Introduced in House
- 2017-01-11Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-11 (00)
Buyback Our Safety Act
This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to establish a gun buyback grant program for state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
The OJP must enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to develop standards to identify the guns likely to be used in violent crimes and to establish a pricing scale for guns purchased through a gun buyback program.
Cosponsors (8)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- DIANA DEGETTE (D-CO)
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
- SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Firearms and explosives
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Violent crime
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