HR 2917
106th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Business insurance
Commerce
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Law
Liability insurance
Licenses
Negligence
Retail trade
State laws
Handgun Registration Act of 1999
Introduced: September 22, 1999
Introduced by:
Nadler, Jerrold
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1175-1176)
Oct 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Sep 22, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 22, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Handgun Registration Act of 1999 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the reduction by 25 percent of drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grant funds available to a State that does not have in effect a law which requires: (1) each individual to whom a handgun is transferred to complete a handgun registration form that includes specified information identifying the transferee and the handgun and proof of insurance coverage for the transferee's liability to any person who, while engaged in lawful activity, suffers bodily injury or death through the misuse of that handgun resulting from the transferee's negligence; and (2) the chief law enforcement officer of the State to furnish information from handgun registration forms to Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities upon request. Provides for redistribution of withheld funds to participating States that do have such a law in effect.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1175-1176)
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1