H.R. 1728: Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-04-25 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-04-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act

Plain summary

Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act - Repeals provisions of specified consolidated appropriations acts that: prohibit the use of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) appropriations for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of Justice (DOJ), records of the acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by federal firearms licensees; prohibit expending funds appropriated to ATF to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any firearms business; prohibit using appropriated funds for any criminal background check system that does not require the destruction of identifying information submitted for a transferee within 24 hours after the system advises a licensee that the transferee's receipt of a firearm is not prohibited; prohibit the use of ATF appropriations to disclose the contents of the Firearms Trace System database or any information required to be kept or reported on the acquisition and disposition of firearms by firearms licencees, except to a law enforcement agency, a prosecutor in connection with in a criminal investigation or prosecution; prohibit using appropriations to take any action on a Freedom of Information Act request with respect to certain records collected, maintained, or provided by law enforcement agencies in connection with arson or explosives incidents or the tracing of a firearm; require ATF data releases to include language that would make clear that firearms trace data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about firearms-related crime; prohibit the use of appropriations to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any federal employee to implement an amendment to regulations permitting the importation of certain firearms classified as curios or relics, to change the definition of "curios or relics" under such regulations, or to deny an application for a permit to import U.S.-origin curios or relics firearms, parts, or ammunition; and prohibit the use of ATF appropriations to deny issuance or renewal of a firearms license due to a licensee's lack of business activity.

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Official text

Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13] · 62 cosponsors

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Betty McCollum (D-MN), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Grace Meng (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Takano (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Mike Quigley (D-IL) and 2 more.

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr1728.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1728 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113