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Enhanced Background Checks Act

{{Short description|Vote no on proposed US law to increase firearms background checks}}

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{{Infobox United States federal proposed legislation|name=Enhanced Background Checks Act|fullname=To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee.|introduced in the=117th|number of co-sponsors=165|public law url=|introducedin=House of Representatives|leghisturl=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1446|introducedbill=[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1446 /H.R. 1446]|introduceddate=March 11, 2021|introducedby=Jim Clyburn (D–SC)|committees=House Judiciary|passedbody1=House|passeddate1=March 11, 2021|passedvote1=[https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll077.xml 219–210]}}The Enhanced Background Checks Act is a proposed United States law that would strengthen background check procedures done before a federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who does not have a federal firearms license.{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Matthew|title=House passes bills to expand background checks for gun sales and close 'Charleston loophole'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/11/house-passes-bill-expanding-background-checks-gun-sales/6923667002/|access-date=2021-03-15|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=House Passes Second Gun Background Check Bill In As Many Days|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/02/28/698990518/house-passes-second-gun-background-check-bill-in-as-many-days|access-date=2021-03-15|website=NPR.org|date=28 February 2019 |language=en|last1=Booker |first1=Brakkton |last2=Kaste |first2=Martin }}

Background

{{see also|Gun law in the United States}}In the United States, access to guns is controlled by law under a number of federal statutes. These laws regulate the manufacture, trade, possession, transfer, record keeping, transport, and destruction of firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories. They are enforced by state agencies and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

In addition to federal gun laws, all state governments and some local governments have their own laws that regulate firearms.

The right to keep and bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Provisions

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Legislative history

As of March 15, 2021:

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116th Congress

|Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019

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|February 8, 2019

|Jim Clyburn

(D-SC)

|15

|Passed in the House (228–198).{{Cite web|last1=Washington|first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154|last2=p:225-7000|first2=DC 20515-6601|date=2019-02-28|title=Roll Call 103 Roll Call 103, Bill Number: H. R. 1112, 116th Congress, 1st Session|url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019103|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives|language=en}}

117th Congress

|Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021

|{{USBill|117|hr|1446}}

|March 11, 2021

|Jim Clyburn

(D-SC)

|165

|Passed in the House (219–210).{{Cite web|last1=Washington|first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154|last2=p:225-7000|first2=DC 20515-6601|date=2019-02-28|title=Roll Call 103 Roll Call 103, Bill Number: H. R. 1112, 116th Congress, 1st Session|url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019103|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives|language=en}}

See also

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