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Firearms Legislation-Bill Tracker Notification

Whitney

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Location
Poulsbo, Kitsap County, Washington, USA
"Anti" legislation links
Scroll down about ¾ the way and you can see bills introduced.
Just click on the bill to see the current status and track or take a position.
The bills will also define which committee has action on them as well as prognosis of passing out of committee.

Click on the first link here for Representative McCarthy’s legislation. Scroll down and click on the link for H.R. 142 to see all information regarding this bill. Don’t let the Bill titles fool you. You can see it was sent to the Judiciary committee for action. Click on the House Judiciary link and you will see who the Judiciary Chair is, the Minority leader and all members of the committee. The committee members will have to make decisions with regard to the bill you need to tell these folks as well as your local representative what your position is.


http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/carolyn_mccarthy/400257
H.R. 137 prohibits the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition clips, H.R.138 prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition clips,
H.R.141 require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions at gun shows including private sales, H.R.142 face-to-face purchases of ammunition, the licensing of ammunition dealers, and the reporting of bulk ammo purchases

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/rush_holt/400184
H.R. 117 "tighten" firearms “licensing” requirements.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/bobby_rush/400350
H.R. 34 "tighten" firearms “licensing” requirements.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/sheila_jackson_lee/400199
on Lee’s page you need to click the “view all” link and scroll down to HR 65, raises the eligibility age to carry a handgun from 18 to 21

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/james_moran/400283

H.R. 21, require background checks for all gun sales, and to require gun owners to report when their guns have been stolen.


"Pro" Legislation links

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/steve_stockman/410396
H.R. 35 , would end federal law requiring that areas around schools be designated as "gun free zones."

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/thomas_massie/412503
H.R. 133 , would end federal law requiring that areas around schools be designated as "gun free zones."


House Directory with names numbers and emails http://www.house.gov/representatives/

Have a great weekend.


~Whitney
 

itchytweed

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Joined
Dec 31, 2012
Messages
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Location
West Allis, Wisconsin, United States
Updated list of bills

Here is a list of updated bills that I found this morning:

HR 133 (R);
HR 35 (R);
HR 117 (D);
HR 93 (D);
HR 142 (D);
HR 65 (D);
HR 137 (D);
HR 141 (D);
HR 34 (D).

The texts of the bills are not up on THOMAS yet this morning but can be looked at, when made available, by using the URL http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:H.R.133: as this one is to look at HR 133. The URL can be slightly edited to look at the other bills by changing the last part of the URL. Example, to look at HR 35, change the last part to read "113:H.R.35:" and submit.
 
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