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HR 2101 104th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative remedies Ammunition Drug abuse Evidence (Law) Explosives Fines (Penalties) Firearms Firearms control Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Judicial review Law Narcotic traffic Pardons Violence

Stop Arming Felons (SAFe) Act

Introduced: July 24, 1995 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 2, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jul 24, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 24, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Arming Felons (SAFe) Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) deny natural persons the opportunity to seek administrative relief from prohibitions against possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms or ammunition; (2) prohibit the possession of, or transactions in, firearms by any natural person convicted of a serious drug offense or violent felony, regardless of any expungement of the conviction or restoration of other civil rights; and (3) require publication of additional information about administrative relief granted to any person.

What's happening now October 2, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1068 Identical bill Stop Arming Felons (SAFe) Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 20, 1995
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 1, 1995
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Nov 1, 1995
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Nov 1, 1995
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jul 24, 1995
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 24, 1995
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jul 24, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2101: Stop Arming Felons (SAFe) Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2101/
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"H.R. 2101: Stop Arming Felons (SAFe) Act." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2101/.
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H.R. 2101, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2101/.
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