Skip to main content
HR 2377 107th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative fees Administrative procedure Business records Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Court records Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Criminal justice information systems Criminal statistics Department of the Treasury Economics and Public Finance Exhibitions Families Family violence Federal aid to law enforcement Federal law enforcement officers Fines (Penalties)

Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001

Introduced: June 28, 2001 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jun 28, 2001
Introduced in House
Jun 28, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Gun Show Loophole Closing and Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001 - Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2001 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to provide for regulation of firearms transfers at special firearms events (events at which 75 or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale or exchange if one or more of the firearms has been shipped or transported in, or otherwise affects, interstate or foreign commerce, with an exception).

Prohibits a special firearms events frequent operator from organizing, planning, promoting, or operating a special firearms event without meeting specified requirements. Sets forth: (1) responsibilities of special firearms events infrequent operators, transferors other than licensees, and licensees; (2) special firearms event license application requirements; and (3) penalties for violation of this Act.

Provides an option for 24-hour background checks at special firearms events for States with computerized disqualifying records and programs to improve State databases.

Increases penalties for: (1) serious record keeping violations by licensees; and (2) violations of criminal background check requirements.

Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001 - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) grants to States and local governments to support prosecutions in high gun crime areas; (2) the Attorney General to hire 114 additional Federal firearms prosecutors; (3) additional Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents; (4) gun tracing and youth crime gun interdiction; and (5) grants to research entities developing technologies that limit the use of a gun to the owner.

What's happening now July 16, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 890 Related bill Gun Show Loophole Closing and Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 14 Republican 1
D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jan 23, 2002
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 29, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 5, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 28, 2001
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 28, 2001
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 28, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 28, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 28, 2001
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 28, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 28, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 28, 2001
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jun 28, 2001
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 28, 2001
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 28, 2001
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 28, 2001
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2377: Gun Show Loophole Closing and Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2377/
MLA
"H.R. 2377: Gun Show Loophole Closing and Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2377/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 2377, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2377/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 2377: Gun Show Loophole Closing and Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2377/)
Report a problem