To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8278
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2022-07-01
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention

Firearms and explosives

Government studies and investigations

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill directs the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the Department of Justice to study the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8278 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 1, 2022 Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence, and for other purposes.

1. Study on extreme risk protection orders Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, shall conduct a study on the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence.