Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 115th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) gun violence is a public health issue; and (2) Congress should expand enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improve the mental health system, and make gun trafficking and straw purchasing a federal crime.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 90 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 90

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence 
 is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 
  115th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the 
  Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including 
 expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, 
improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun 
           trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 2017

Mr. Lowenthal (for himself, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Keating, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney 
of New York, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Moore, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pocan, Miss Rice of 
   New York, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. 
  Yarmuth, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
  DeSaulnier, Mr. McNerney, and Mr. Cardenas) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence 
 is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 
  115th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the 
  Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including 
 expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, 
improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun 
           trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime.

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) gun violence is a public health issue; and
            (2) Congress should enact by the end of the 115th Congress 
        comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second 
        Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including 
        expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun 
        sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, 
        and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal 
        crime.
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