FIREARM Act

Bill: 114-hr-1739
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-04-13
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records

Firearms and explosives

Racial and ethnic relations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>FIREARM Act</strong></p> <p> Prohibits the federal government from requiring disclosure of the race or ethnicity of a person to whom a firearm is transferred.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1739 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 13, 2015 Mrs. Black (for herself, Mr. Poe of Texas , Mr. Fincher , Mr. Duncan of Tennessee , Mr. Fleischmann , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Huelskamp , and Mr. Sessions ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the Federal Government from requiring race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection with the transfer of a firearm.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FIREARM Act . 2. Prohibition on the Federal Government to require race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection with the transfer of a firearm The Federal Government may not require any person to disclose the race or ethnicity of the person in connection with the transfer of a firearm to the person.