Skip to main content
HR 445 115th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional oversight Crime prevention Firearms and explosives Law enforcement administration and funding Violent crime

Buyback Our Safety Act

Introduced: January 11, 2017 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This bill died when the 115th Congress ended
It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) 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
Feb 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jan 11, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 11, 2017
Introduced in House
 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

Buyback Our Safety Act

This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to establish a gun buyback grant program for state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.

The OJP must enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to develop standards to identify the guns likely to be used in violent crimes and to establish a pricing scale for guns purchased through a gun buyback program.

What's happening now February 6, 2017

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 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 19, 2018
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Oct 23, 2017
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 4, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 6, 2017
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jan 11, 2017
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 445: Buyback Our Safety Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-445/
MLA
"H.R. 445: Buyback Our Safety Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-445/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 445, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-445/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 445: Buyback Our Safety Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-445/)
Report a problem