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Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2021
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3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 24, 2021
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 62.
May 20, 2021
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
May 20, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2021
This bill reauthorizes a grant program, requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take specified actions, creates new criminal offenses, and makes several other changes related to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms.
For example, the bill
- modifies and reauthorizes grants under the NICS (National Instant Criminal Background Check System) Improvement Amendments Act of 2007,
- requires DOJ to establish the Nationwide Project Exile Expansion Program to prosecute violations of federal firearms laws,
- establishes a task force within DOJ to investigate and prosecute cases of convicted felons and fugitives from justice who illegally attempt to purchase a firearm,
- 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
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 62.