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HRES 520 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Firearms and explosives Law enforcement administration and funding

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal firearms laws should be rigorously enforced, that all appropriate measures should be taken to end the flood of unlawfully…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal firearms laws should be rigorously enforced, that all appropriate measures should be taken to end the flood of unlawfully purchased firearms into our communities, and that adequate resources should be provided to accomplish such purposes.

Introduced: November 5, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Dec 4, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Nov 5, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 5, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) federal firearms statutes should be rigorously enforced, (2) all appropriate measures should be taken to end the flood of unlawfully purchased firearms into our communities, and (3) adequate resources should be provided to accomplish such purposes.

What's happening now December 4, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Apr 21, 2016
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Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Nov 17, 2015
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Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Nov 17, 2015
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Nov 5, 2015
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Nov 5, 2015
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Nov 5, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 520: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal firearms laws should be rigorously enforced, that all appropriate measures should be taken to end the flood of unlawfully purchased firearms into our communities, and that adequate resources should be provided to accomplish such purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-520/
MLA
"H. Res. 520: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal firearms laws should be rigorously enforced, that all appropriate measures should be taken to end the flood of unlawfully purchased firearms into our communities, and that adequate resources should be provided to accomplish such purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-520/.
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H. Res. 520, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-520/.
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[H. Res. 520: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal firearms laws should be rigorously enforced, that all appropriate measures should be taken to end the flood of unlawfully purchased firearms into our communities, and that adequate resources should be provided to accomplish such purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-520/)
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