HR 4674
107th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Amnesties
Arts, Culture, Religion
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Firearms
Firearms control
Museums
Violence
Nationwide Gun Buyback Act of 2002
Introduced: May 7, 2002
Introduced by:
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Democratic
· District of Columbia
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 7, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 7, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E730)
May 7, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Nationwide Gun Buyback Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to local governments to conduct gun buyback programs. Directs the Secretary, in assessing grant applications, to give greater weight to the incidence of gun violence and the need to reduce the availability of guns in the jurisdictions involved than to any other factors. Permits such units to use the grant only to conduct a gun buyback program in accordance with the approved grant application.
Directs the chief executive of a local government desiring a grant to submit to the Secretary an application that contains assurances that: (1) within 60 days after the program collects a gun, the gun will be destroyed (or, if it is an inoperable curio or relic with historic significance, donated to a museum for display); (2) the local law enforcement authority is able to collect guns safely under the program; and (3) the government has the authority to grant an appropriate amnesty to persons from whom guns are obtained under the program.
Directs the Secretary to delegate to the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms the authority to carry out this Act.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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