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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships between firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.
Introduced: September 12, 2019
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6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 13, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 13, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Sep 12, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Sep 12, 2019
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 12, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This resolution affirms that reducing access to a firearm for individuals with a history of violence against women is critical to reducing the fatality of intimate partner violence in the United States.
Additionally, it calls on the Senate to immediately consider the following:
- H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019;
- H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019; and
- H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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- Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
- Education and Workforce Committee
- Energy and Commerce Committee
- Financial Services Committee
- Health Subcommittee
- Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
- Judiciary Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
- Work and Welfare Subcommittee