S 2502
115th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
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Elementary and secondary education
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Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2018
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Mar 6, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 6, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018
This bill reauthorizes grant programs, creates new criminal offenses, and makes several other changes related to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms.
Among other things, the bill does the following:
- modifies and reauthorizes grants under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program,
- modifies and reauthorizes the Secure Our Schools grant program,
- removes certain restrictions on interstate firearms transactions, and
- creates stand-alone criminal offenses for trafficking in firearms and straw purchasing of firearms.
What's happening now
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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