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H.R. 3125 (114th): Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2015

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To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report to the Congress semiannually on the number of firearms transfers resulting from the failure to complete a background check within 3 business days, and the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive a firearm.

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Sheila Jackson Lee

Sponsor. Representative for Texas's 18th congressional district. Democrat.

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Last Updated: Jul 21, 2015
Length: 3 pages
Introduced
Jul 21, 2015
114th Congress (2015–2017)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced on July 21, 2015, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

Cosponsors

5 Cosponsors (5 Democrats)

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History

Jul 21, 2015
 
Introduced

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Jan 3, 2017
 
Reintroduced Bill — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 57 (115th).
Jan 3, 2019
 
Reintroduced Bill — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 49 (116th).
Jan 4, 2021
 
Reintroduced Bill — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 135.

H.R. 3125 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 3125. This is the one from the 114th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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