2021-2022 Regular SessionUS Congress Legislature

HB1446: Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021

Legislative Summary

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.

Bill History

3/1/2021
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
3/1/2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
House of Representatives
3/8/2021
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 188 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 842, H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446. Rule provides for one hour of general debate for H.R. 842, H.R. 8, and H.R. 1446. The rule provides for a motion to recommit on H.R. 842, H.R. 8, and H.R. 1446.
House of Representatives
3/8/2021
Rule H. Res. 188 passed House.
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 188. (consideration: CR H1303-1314)
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 842, H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446. Rule provides for one hour of general debate for H.R. 842, H.R. 8, and H.R. 1446. The rule provides for a motion to recommit on H.R. 842, H.R. 8, and H.R. 1446.
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1446.
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
H.Amdt.29 Amendments en bloc (A001) offered by Mr. Nadler. (consideration: CR H1310-1314; text: CR H1310-1311)
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 188, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Nadler en bloc amendment No. 1.
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
H.Amdt.29 The previous question was ordered on the amendment (A001) without objection.
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
H.Amdt.29 On agreeing to the Nadler amendments (A001) Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 225 - 202 (Roll no. 73).
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
Motion to reconsider laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
Mr. Hudson moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H1314)
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
The previous question on the motion was ordered without objection.
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hudson motion to recommit, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the motion to recommit and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hudson demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further consideration of H.R. 1446 is postponed.
House of Representatives
3/11/2021
Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, the House resumed consideration of H.R. 1446.
House of Representatives
3/11/2021
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1332-1334)
House of Representatives
3/11/2021
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on agreeing to the motion to recommit H. R. 1446 which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
House of Representatives
3/11/2021
On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 206 - 212 (Roll no. 76).
House of Representatives
3/11/2021
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 210 (Roll no. 77). (text: 3/10/2021 CR H1303)
House of Representatives
3/11/2021
Motion to reconsider laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.
House of Representatives
3/11/2021
Received in the Senate.
Senate
5/24/2022
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Senate
5/25/2022
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 391.
Senate

Roll Call Votes

On motion to recommit
3/11/2021
206
Yea
212
Nay
0
Not Voting
12
Absent
Result: FAILED
On passage
3/11/2021
219
Yea
210
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
On agreeing to the Nadler amendments (A001) H.Amdt.29
3/10/2021
225
Yea
202
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(3/11/2021)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Democrat: 166

Primary Sponsor

James Clyburn
James Clyburn
Democrat

Co-Sponsors (165)

Alma Adams
Democrat
Jake Auchincloss
Democrat
Karen Bass
Democrat
Joyce Beatty
Democrat
Suzanne Bonamici
Democrat
Brendan Boyle
Democrat
Anthony Brown
Democrat
Cori Bush
Democrat
Andre Carson
Democrat
Sean Casten
Democrat
David Cicilline
Democrat
Katherine Clark
Democrat
Yvette Clarke
Democrat
Steve Cohen
Democrat
Gerald Connolly
Democrat
Jim Cooper
Democrat
Danny Davis
Democrat
Madeleine Dean
Democrat
Val Demings
Democrat
Mark DeSaulnier
Democrat
Adriano Espaillat
Democrat
Jesus Garcia
Democrat
Alcee Hastings
Democrat
Brian Higgins
Democrat
Chrissy Houlahan
Democrat
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Democrat
Sara Jacobs
Democrat
Derek Kilmer
Democrat
James Langevin
Democrat
Brenda Lawrence
Democrat
Barbara Lee
Democrat
Andy Levin
Democrat
Alan Lowenthal
Democrat
Tom Malinowski
Democrat
Carolyn Maloney
Democrat
Donald McEachin
Democrat
Grace Meng
Democrat
Kweisi Mfume
Democrat
Gwen Moore
Democrat
Jerrold Nadler
Democrat
Joseph Neguse
Democrat
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Donald Payne
Democrat
Ed Perlmutter
Democrat
Scott Peters
Democrat
Jamie Raskin
Democrat
Bobby Rush
Democrat
Janice Schakowsky
Democrat
Adam Schiff
Democrat
Bradley Schneider
Democrat
Adam Smith
Democrat
Darren Soto
Democrat
Jackie Speier
Democrat
Haley Stevens
Democrat
Marilyn Strickland
Democrat
Eric Swalwell
Democrat
Lori Trahan
Democrat
David Trone
Democrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democrat
Bonnie Coleman
Democrat
Don Beyer
Democrat
Julia Brownley
Democrat
Ed Case
Democrat
Kathy Castor
Democrat
Joaquin Castro
Democrat
Peter DeFazio
Democrat
Diana DeGette
Democrat
Dwight Evans
Democrat
Bill Foster
Democrat
Sylvia Garcia
Democrat
James Himes
Democrat
Steven Horsford
Democrat
Robin Kelly
Democrat
Stephen Lynch
Democrat
Mark Pocan
Democrat
Kathleen Rice
Democrat
Deborah Ross
Democrat
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat
Albio Sires
Democrat
Thomas Suozzi
Democrat
John Yarmuth
Democrat
Salud Carbajal
Democrat
Angela Craig
Democrat
Anna Eshoo
Democrat
Mondaire Jones
Democrat
Ann Kirkpatrick
Democrat
Marie Newman
Democrat
Mike Quigley
Democrat
Brad Sherman
Democrat
Rebecca Sherrill
Democrat
Jennifer Wexton
Democrat
Nanette Barragan
Democrat
Ami Bera
Democrat
Earl Blumenauer
Democrat
Lisa Rochester
Democrat
Jamaal Bowman
Democrat
G. Butterfield
Democrat
Emanuel Cleaver
Democrat
Joe Courtney
Democrat
Jason Crow
Democrat
Theodore Deutch
Democrat
Lloyd Doggett
Democrat
Michael Doyle
Democrat
John Garamendi
Democrat
Josh Gottheimer
Democrat
Jahana Hayes
Democrat
Jared Huffman
Democrat
Hakeem Jeffries
Democrat
Henry Johnson
Democrat
Kaialii Kahele
Democrat
Ro Khanna
Democrat
Andy Kim
Democrat
Teresa Fernandez
Democrat
Mike Levin
Democrat
Sean Maloney
Democrat
Kathy Manning
Democrat
Lucy McBath
Democrat
Joseph Morelle
Democrat
Donald Norcross
Democrat
Ilhan Omar
Democrat
Frank Pallone
Democrat
C.A. Ruppersberger
Democrat
Tim Ryan
Democrat
Linda Sanchez
Democrat
Elissa Slotkin
Democrat
Mark Takano
Democrat
Rashida Tlaib
Democrat
Ritchie Torres
Democrat
Lauren Underwood
Democrat
Nydia Velazquez
Democrat
Peter Welch
Democrat
Nikema Williams
Democrat
Raul Grijalva
Democrat
Steny Hoyer
Democrat
Pramila Jayapal
Democrat
Daniel Kildee
Democrat
Ann Kuster
Democrat
Suzanne Lee
Democrat
Seth Moulton
Democrat
Pete Aguilar
Democrat
Luis Correa
Democrat
Debbie Dingell
Democrat
Jimmy Gomez
Democrat
Al Green
Democrat
Eddie Johnson
Democrat
Marcy Kaptur
Democrat
William Keating
Democrat
Rick Larsen
Democrat
John Larson
Democrat
Ted Lieu
Democrat
Zoe Lofgren
Democrat
Betty McCollum
Democrat
James McGovern
Democrat
Jerry McNerney
Democrat
Gregory Meeks
Democrat
Stephanie Murphy
Democrat
Grace Napolitano
Democrat
Bill Pascrell
Democrat
Stacey Plaskett
Democrat
Katie Porter
Democrat
David Price
Democrat
Robert Scott
Democrat
Bennie Thompson
Democrat
Dina Titus
Democrat
Frederica Wilson
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text5/26/2022200.2 KB
Engrossed
Bill Text3/12/2021145.4 KB
Introduced
Bill Text3/2/2021270.0 KB