Firearm Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1592
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-07-20
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records

Firearms and explosives

Racial and ethnic relations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Firearm Act of </strong><b>2017</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the federal government from requiring an individual's race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection with a firearm transfer to that individual.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1592 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2017 Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mr. Cochran , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Manchin , Mr. Enzi , Mr. Thune , Mr. Strange , and Mrs. Capito ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 of 2017 . 2. Prohibition on the Federal Government requiring 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.