Federal Gun Control Bills Being Debated
Gun Control Bills
Judiciary Committee March 12, 2013
1.) Assault Weapons Ban of 2013: Lead sponsor: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). Senate aides privately call this bill “a liberal’s dream come true,” and the proposal’s ban of almost 60 specific military-style weapons and related parts is considered a bridge too far for moderate Democrats — many of whom face reelection next year — and all Senate Republicans.
2.) Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013: Lead sponsors: Sens. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). This bipartisan group announced Monday that they had a deal in place to make gun trafficking — or the practice of illegally purchasing firearms for someone else — a federal crime for the first time.
This one passed the Committee Thursday March 7.
3.) Protecting Responsible Gun Sellers Act of 2013: Sponsor: Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.). Breaking from weeks of bipartisan negotiations on the issue of expanding background checks, the New York Democrat broke away from the talks late Wednesday and reintroduced a bill mandating background checks on all gun sales, private or commercial. Such a broad mandate is opposed by the senators who were negotiating a bipartisan compromise with Schumer — Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Joe Manchin III (D-W. Va.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) — but the group still expects to find more GOP support for their bipartisan alternative.
4.) School Safety Enhancements Act of 2013: Sponsor: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). Versions of this bill have been introduced by the California Democrat before and her plan comes closest to addressing the National Rifle Association call to place armed guards at every U.S. school.
Read More:
Everything you need to know about the Senate’s gun bills
Posted by Ed O’Keefe The Washington Post March 7, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/03/07/which-gun-bills-are-senators-debating/
Judiciary Committee Contact Information
(alphabetical order except for Chair)
Patrick J. Leahy, Chair
D-VT
| 437 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-4242FAX 202-224-3479 |
| Contact: www.leahy.senate.gov/contact/ |
Richard Blumenthal
D-CT
| 702 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-2823FAX (202) 224-9673 |
| Contact: www.blumenthal.senate.gov/contact/ |
Christopher A. Coons
D-Del
| 127A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-5042FAX not on website |
| Contact: www.coons.senate.gov/contact/ |
John Cornyn
R-TX
| 517 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-2934FAX 202-228-2856 |
| Contact: www.cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactForm |
Ted Cruz
R-TX
| B40B DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-5922FAX 202-228-0755 |
| Contact: www.cruz.senate.gov/contact.cfm |
Richard J. Durbin
D-IL
| 711 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-2152FAX (202) 228-0400 |
http://durbin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/footer-contact?p=contact
Dianne Feinstein
D-CA
| 331 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-3841FAX 202) 228-3954 |
| Contact: www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me |
Jeff Flake
R-FL
| B85 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-4521FAX (202) 228-0515 |
| Contact: www.flake.senate.gov/contact.cfm |
Al Franken
D-MN
| 309 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-5641FAX (202) 224-0044 |
| Contact: www.franken.senate.gov/?p=contact |
Lindsey Graham
R-SC
| 290 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-5972(202) 228-5143 |
| Contact: www.lgraham.senate.gov/public |
Charles Grassley
R-IA
| 135 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-3744202-224-6020 |
| Contact: www.grassley.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm |
Orrin G. Hatch
R-UT
| 104 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-5251FAX (202) 224-6331 |
| Contact: www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact?p=Email-Orrin |
Maizie Hirono
D-HA
| B40E DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-6361FAX 202-225-4987 |
| Contact: www.hirono.senate.gov/contact.cfm |
Amy Klobuchar
D-MN
| 302 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-3244FAX 202-228-2186 |
| Contact: www.klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm |
Michael Lee
R-UT
| 316 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-5444FAX 202-228-1168 |
| Contact: www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact |
Jeff Sessions
R-AL
| 326 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-4124FAX 202-224-3149 |
| Contact: www.sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Const… |
Charles E. Shumer
D-NY
| 322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-6542FAX 202-228-3027 |
| Contact: www.schumer.senate.gov/Contact/contact_chuck.cfm |
Sheldon Whitehouse
D-RI
| 717 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 |
| (202) 224-2921FAX (202) 228-6362 |
| Contact: www.whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/ |