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Gun Ballistics Safety Act of 2001

Introduced: February 6, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Feb 12, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Feb 6, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 6, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Gun Ballistics Safety Act of 2001 - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to: (1) establish a National Firearms Ballistics Database; (2) prescribe the type of ballistics information required by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to be provided to the Database; (3) ensure that the information in the Database is made available upon request to any law enforcement agency or officer; and (4) notify each licensed manufacturer and the chief law enforcement officer of each State upon establishment of the Database.

Amends the Brady Act to require that firearms manufacturers provide ballistics information to the Database within 30 days after manufacturing a firearm. Sets penalties for violations, including license revocation.

What's happening now February 12, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Oct 24, 2002
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 21, 2002
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 15, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 408: Gun Ballistics Safety Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-408/
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"H.R. 408: Gun Ballistics Safety Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-408/.
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H.R. 408, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-408/.
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