HR 139
107th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
Firearms
Firearms control
Firearms injuries
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Identification devices
Law
Liability insurance
Licenses
Negligence
State laws
Handgun Registration Act of 2001
Introduced: January 3, 2001
Introduced by:
Nadler, Jerrold
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jan 3, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 3, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Handgun Registration Act of 2001 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for an increase by 15 percent of drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grant funds available to a State that has 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, the handgun, and the transferor 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; (2) each individual who possesses a handgun to complete a handgun registration form that includes information identifying the individual and the handgun; and (3) 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Committees of jurisdiction
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