House Simple Resolution 367
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention.
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 25, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Simple Resolution
Simple Resolution
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Bill Number
367
Congress
115
Policy Area
Congress
Congress
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No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Establishes the House Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention to investigate and report on:
- the causes of mass shootings,
- methods to improve the federal firearms purchaser background check system,
- connections between access to firearms and dangerously mentally ill individuals,
- strengthening federal penalties for trafficking and straw purchasing of firearms,
- closing loopholes that allow some domestic abusers continued access to firearms,
- linkages between firearms and suicide,
- gun violence's effect on public health,
- the correlation between state gun violence prevention laws and the incidence of gun violence,
- the importance of having reliable and accurate information on gun violence and its toll on our nation,
- the implementation of effective gun violence prevention laws in accordance with the Second Amendment to the Constitution, and
- rates of gun violence in large metropolitan areas.
May 25, 2017
05/25/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
05/25/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:36:32 PM