State Access to Firearms Evading Revocation Act

Bill: 115-hr-5652
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2018-04-27
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Licensing and registrations

Retail and wholesale trades

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>State Access to Firearms Evading Revocation Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the sale or transfer of a firearm to a person: (1) whose state permit or license to purchase, own, or possess a firearm was revoked and not reinstated; or (2) who was ordered by a state court to surrender all firearms, and such firearms have not been lawfully returned.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5652 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2018 Mr. Raskin (for himself, Ms. Norton , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. DeFazio , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico , Mr. Foster , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Nadler , and Mr. Cooper ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the transfer of a firearm to a person whose State license to purchase, own, or possess a firearm has been revoked, or a person who has been ordered by a State court to surrender all firearms.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State Access to Firearms Evading Revocation Act . 2. Prohibition on transfer of firearm to person whose State license to purchase, own, or possess a firearm has been revoked or who has been ordered by a State court to surrender all firearms Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the 1st sentence— (1) by striking or at the end of paragraph (8); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9); and (3) by adding at the end the following: (10) (A) has had a license or permit, issued by a State in which the person has resided that allows the person to purchase, own, or possess a firearm, revoked by the State, and has not had the license or permit reinstated; or (B) has been ordered by a court of such a State to surrender all firearms owned or possessed by the person, and has not had the firearms lawfully returned. .