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HR 5163 115th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Assault and harassment offenses Drug trafficking and controlled substances Firearms and explosives Violent crime

Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act

Introduced: March 5, 2018 Introduced by: Kelly, Robin L. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Became law
Apr 6, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Mar 5, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 5, 2018
Introduced in House
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Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to expand the categories of prohibited persons (i.e., persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm or ammunition) to include the following: (1) persons convicted of a crime of violence in the most recent 10-year period; (2) persons under age 25 who have been adjudicated as having committed an offense that would have been a crime of violence if committed by an adult; (3) persons convicted, during a consecutive 3-year period in the most recent 10-year period, of two separate offenses involving drug or alcohol possession or distribution; and (4) persons convicted of stalking.

What's happening now April 6, 2018

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5164 Related bill Urban Progress Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 17
D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Aug 14, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jun 19, 2018
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · May 11, 2018
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Apr 25, 2018
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 10, 2018
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Mar 5, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5163: Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5163/
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"H.R. 5163: Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5163/.
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H.R. 5163, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5163/.
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