1. H.CON.RES.71 : Expressing the Sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should not create a national database tracking firearm
owners or firearm purchases.
Sponsor: Rep Rehberg, Denny [MT] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2. H.RES.351 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Federal statute requiring firearm registration would unduly
burden the Second Amendment right of the people to keep and bear arms.
Sponsor: Rep Minnick, Walter [ID-1] (introduced 4/22/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/22/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
3. H.R.17 : To protect the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide
for the enforcement of such right.
Sponsor: Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
4. H.R.25 : To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal
Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.
Sponsor: Rep Linder, John [GA-7] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (52)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
5. H.R.45 : To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system
for those firearms, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism,
and Homeland Security.
6. H.R.197 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may
carry concealed firearms in the State.
Sponsor: Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (70)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
7. H.R.256 : To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism,
and Homeland Security.
8. H.R.257 : To prevent children's access to firearms.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism,
and Homeland Security.
9. H.R.264 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary;
House Homeland Security; House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House
subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International
Law.
10. H.R.265 : To target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2009) Cosponsors (29)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred
to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
11. H.R.442 : To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National
Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rehberg, Denny [MT] (introduced 1/9/2009) Cosponsors (32)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House
subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
12. H.R.455 : To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in the State of Vermont
for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Sponsor: Rep Welch, Peter [VT] (introduced 1/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National
Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
13. H.R.495 : To authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by
violent drug trafficking organizations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] (introduced 1/14/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2009 Referred to House
subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
14. H.R.510 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational
equipment be paid quarterly.
Sponsor: Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] (introduced 1/14/2009) Cosponsors (40)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
15. H.R.623 : To provide for greater judicial discretion in sentencing for certain firearms offenses committed in exceptional circumstances.
Sponsor:
Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] (introduced 1/21/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism,
and Homeland Security.
16. H.R.642 : To provide opportunities for continued recreational shooting on certain Federal public land.
Sponsor: Rep Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] (introduced 1/22/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural
Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
17. H.R.673 : To amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, respectively, to ensure the inclusion of certain positions.
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 1/26/2009) Cosponsors (16)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2009 Referred to House
committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
18. H.R.675 : To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide police officers, criminal investigators, and game law enforcement officers
of the Department of Defense with authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms.
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 1/26/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed
Services; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
19. H.R.808 : To establish a Department of Peace.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] (introduced 2/3/2009) Cosponsors (68)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; House Foreign Affairs; House Judiciary; House Education
and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/23/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
20. H.R.834 : To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain peace officers from certain minimum sentencing requirements
for using a firearm to commit a crime of violence during or in relation to their employment.
Sponsor: Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] (introduced 2/3/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
21. H.R.866 : To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a law enforcement officer who uses, carries,
or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while pursuing or apprehending a suspect.
Sponsor:
Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] (introduced 2/4/2009) Cosponsors (22)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
22. H.R.1022 : To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter
and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance
criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] (introduced 2/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/30/2009 Referred
to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
23. H.R.1048 : To improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] (introduced 2/12/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
24. H.R.1074 : To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and
remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.
Sponsor: Rep Scalise, Steve [LA-1] (introduced 2/13/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
25. H.R.1105 : Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] (introduced 2/23/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Appropriations;
House Budget
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 111-8 [GPO: Text, PDF]
Note: An explanatory statement was submitted by Mr. Obey, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations "as
if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference." It appears in two 2/23/2009 Congressional Record documents
on pages: H1653-H2088 and H2089-H2599. See also the House Appropriations committee print.
26. H.R.1448 : To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General to increase resources to identify and eliminate
illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations and for other unlawful
activities by providing for border security grants to local law enforcement agencies and reinforcing Federal resources on
the border, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Homeland Security; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action:
3/23/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
27. H.R.1620 : To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for reciprocity in regard to the manner in which nonresidents
of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in that State.
Sponsor: Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] (introduced 3/19/2009) Cosponsors (31)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/19/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
28. H.R.1676 : To prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] (introduced 3/23/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2009 House committee/subcommittee actions.
Status: Committee Hearings Held.
29. H.R.1684 : To preserve the rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national wildlife refuge
areas.
Sponsor: Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] (introduced 3/24/2009) Cosponsors (29)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2009 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
30. H.R.1727 : To establish guidelines and incentives for States to establish criminal arsonist and criminal bomber registries and to require
the Attorney General to establish a national criminal arsonist and criminal bomber registry program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Bono Mack, Mary [CA-45] (introduced 3/26/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/26/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
31. H.R.1900 : To provide for emergency deployments of United States Border Patrol agents and to increase the number of DEA and ATF agents
along the international border of the United States to increase resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms
into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations and for other lawful activities and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 4/2/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Homeland Security; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2009 Referred to
House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary,
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.
32. H.R.1923 : To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing
of firearms and ammunition, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] (introduced 4/2/2009) Cosponsors (25)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2009 Referred to House
committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
33. S.132 : A bill to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to
deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and
enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
34. S.160 : A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives.
Sponsor:
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (19)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2009 Held
at the desk.
35. S.205 : A bill to authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for
use by violent drug trafficking organizations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 1/12/2009) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
36. S.296 : A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the
Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.
Sponsor:
Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] (introduced 1/22/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/22/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
37. S.325 : A bill to amend section 845 of title 18, United States Code, relating to explosives, to grant the Attorney General exemption
authority.
Sponsor: Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] (introduced 1/26/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
38. S.371 : A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the
State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual
complies with the laws of the State.
Sponsor: Sen Thune, John [SD] (introduced 2/3/2009) Cosponsors (22)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/3/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
39. S.383 : A bill to amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (division A of Public Law 110-343) to provide the Special
Inspector General with additional authorities and responsibilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen McCaskill, Claire [MO] (introduced 2/4/2009) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Financial Services; House Oversight and Government Reform
House Reports: 111-41 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 4/14/2009 Presented to President.
40. S.556 : A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to modernize the process by which interstate firearms transactions
are conducted by Federal firearms licensees.
Sponsor: Sen Vitter, David [LA] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
41. S.632 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational
equipment be paid quarterly.
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 3/18/2009) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/18/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
42. S.669 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated
mentally incompetent for certain purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Burr, Richard [NC] (introduced 3/23/2009) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/23/2009 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
43. S.845 : A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the
State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual
complies with the laws of the State.
Sponsor: Sen Thune, John [SD] (introduced 4/21/2009) Cosponsors (22)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
44. S.AMDT.579 to S.160 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State or
the District of Columbia in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State or the District of Columbia that
grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State or District of Columbia.
Sponsor:
Sen Thune, John [SD] (introduced 2/25/2009) Cosponsors (13)
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2009 Proposed amendment SA 579 withdrawn in Senate.
45. S.AMDT.763 to S.CON.RES.13 To protect the American people from potential spillover violence from Mexico by providing $550 million in additional funding
for the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice and supporting the Administration's efforts to combat
drug, gun, and cash smuggling by the cartels, by providing: $260 million for Customs and Border Protection to hire, train,
equip, and deploy additional officers and canines and conduct exit inspections for weapons and cash; $130 million for Immigration
and Customs Enforcement to hire, train, equip and deploy additional investigators; $50 million to Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives to hire, train, equip, and deploy additional agents and inspectors; $20 million for the Human Smuggling and
Trafficking Center; $10 million for the Office of International Affairs and the Management Directorate at DHS for oversight
of the Merida Initiative; $30 million for Operation Stonegarden; $10 million to the Department of Justice for competitive
grants to support local, State, and Tribal law enforcement agencies located along the southern border and in High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Areas to address drug-related criminal activity; $20 million to DHS for tactical radio communications; and
$20 million for upgrading the Traveler Enforcement Communications System.
Sponsor: Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] (introduced 3/31/2009) Cosponsors (13)
Latest Major Action: 4/1/2009 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 763 agreed to in Senate by
Unanimous Consent.
46. S.AMDT.798 to S.CON.RES.13 To ensure that law abiding Amtrak passengers are allowed to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage.
Sponsor:
Sen Wicker, Roger F. [MS] (introduced 3/31/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2009
Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 798 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
