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IntroducedMar 01, 2021
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021
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Senate • May 25, 2022: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390.
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Comments on HR 8
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila
- Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr.
- Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M.
- Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy"
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr.
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
- Rep. O'Halleran, Tom
- Del. Plaskett, Stacey E.
- Rep. Carson, Andre
- Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz
- Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr.
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M.
- Rep. Kahele, Kaiali'i
- Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A.
Votes
YES: 207
- Aderholt
- Allen
- Amodei
- Armstrong
- Arrington
- Babin
- Bacon
- Baird
- Banks
- Barr
- Bentz
- Bergman
- Stephanie Bice
- Biggs
- Bilirakis
- Dan Bishop
- Boebert
- Bost
- Brady
- Brooks
- Buchanan
- Buck
- Bucshon
- Budd
- Burchett
- Burgess
- Calvert
- Cammack
- Carl
- Earl Carter
- John Carter
- Cawthorn
- Chabot
- Cheney
- Cline
- Cloud
- Clyde
- Cole
- Comer
- Crawford
- Crenshaw
- Curtis
- Davis, Rodney
- DesJarlais
- Diaz-Balart
- Donalds
- Duncan
- Dunn
- Emmer
- Estes
- Fallon
- Feenstra
- Ferguson
- Fischbach
- Fitzgerald
- Fitzpatrick
- Fleischmann
- Fortenberry
- Foxx
- Franklin, C. Scott
- Fulcher
- Gaetz
- Gallagher
- Garbarino
- Mike Garcia
- Gibbs
- Gimenez
- Gohmert
- Gonzales, Tony
- Anthony Gonzalez
- Robert Good
- Lance Gooden
- Gosar
- Granger
- Garret Graves
- Sam Graves
- Mark Green
- Marjorie Greene
- Griffith
- Grothman
- Guest
- Guthrie
- Hagedorn
- Harris
- Harshbarger
- Hartzler
- Hern
- Herrell
- Herrera Beutler
- Jody Hice
- Clay Higgins
- Hill
- Hinson
- Hollingsworth
- Hudson
- Huizenga
- Issa
- Jackson
- Chris Jacobs
- Mike Johnson
- Bill Johnson
- Dusty Johnson
- Jordan
- David Joyce
- John Joyce
- Katko
- Keller
- Trent Kelly
- Mike Kelly
- Young Kim
- Kinzinger
- Kustoff
- LaHood
- LaMalfa
- Lamborn
- Latta
- LaTurner
- Lesko
- Long
- Loudermilk
- Lucas
- Luetkemeyer
- Mace
- Malliotakis
- Mann
- Massie
- Mast
- McCarthy
- McCaul
- McClain
- McClintock
- McHenry
- McKinley
- Meijer
- Meuser
- Mary Miller
- Carol Miller
- Miller-Meeks
- Moolenaar
- Mooney
- Barry Moore
- Blake Moore
- Mullin
- Gregory Murphy
- Nehls
- Newhouse
- Norman
- Nunes
- Obernolte
- Owens
- Palazzo
- Palmer
- Pence
- Perry
- Pfluger
- Posey
- Reed
- Reschenthaler
- Tom Rice
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers
- Mike Rogers
- Harold Rogers
- Rose
- Rosendale
- Rouzer
- Roy
- Rutherford
- Salazar
- Scalise
- Schweikert
- Scott, Austin
- Sessions
- Simpson
- Jason Smith
- Adrian Smith
- Christopher Smith
- Smucker
- Spartz
- Stauber
- Steel
- Stefanik
- Steil
- Steube
- Stewart
- Stivers
- Taylor
- Tenney
- Glenn Thompson
- Tiffany
- Timmons
- Turner
- Upton
- Valadao
- Van Duyne
- Wagner
- Walberg
- Walorski
- Waltz
- Randy Weber
- Daniel Webster
- Wenstrup
- Westerman
- Roger Williams
- Joe Wilson
- Wittman
- Womack
- Zeldin
NO: 217
- Adams
- Aguilar
- Allred
- Auchincloss
- Axne
- Barragán
- Bass
- Beatty
- Bera
- Beyer
- Sanford Bishop
- Blumenauer
- Blunt Rochester
- Bonamici
- Bourdeaux
- Bowman
- Brown
- Brownley
- Bush
- Bustos
- Butterfield
- Carbajal
- Cárdenas
- Carson
- Cartwright
- Case
- Casten
- Kathy Castor
- Joaquin Castro
- Chu
- Cicilline
- Katherine Clark
- Yvette Clarke
- Cleaver
- Clyburn
- Cohen
- Connolly
- Cooper
- Correa
- Costa
- Courtney
- Craig
- Crist
- Crow
- Cuellar
- Sharice Davids
- Davis, Danny K.
- Dean
- DeFazio
- DeGette
- DeLauro
- DelBene
- Delgado
- Demings
- DeSaulnier
- Deutch
- Dingell
- Doggett
- Doyle, Michael F.
- Escobar
- Eshoo
- Espaillat
- Evans
- Fletcher
- Foster
- Frankel, Lois
- Gallego
- Garamendi
- Jesús GarcÃa
- Sylvia Garcia
- Golden
- Gomez
- Gonzalez, Vicente
- Gottheimer
- Al Green
- Grijalva
- Haaland
- Josh Harder
- Hastings
- Hayes
- Brian Higgins
- Himes
- Horsford
- Houlahan
- Hoyer
- Huffman
- Jackson Lee
- Sara Jacobs
- Jayapal
- Jeffries
- Henry Johnson
- Eddie Johnson
- Jones
- Kahele
- Kaptur
- Keating
- Robin Kelly
- Khanna
- Kildee
- Kilmer
- Andy Kim
- Kind
- Kirkpatrick
- Krishnamoorthi
- Kuster
- Lamb
- Langevin
- Rick Larsen
- John Larson
- Lawrence
- Al Lawson
- Barbara Lee
- Susie Lee
- Leger Fernandez
- Mike Levin
- Andy Levin
- Lieu
- Lofgren
- Lowenthal
- Luria
- Lynch
- Malinowski
- Maloney, Carolyn B.
- Maloney, Sean
- Manning
- Matsui
- McBath
- McCollum
- McEachin
- McGovern
- McNerney
- Meeks
- Meng
- Mfume
- Gwen Moore
- Morelle
- Moulton
- Mrvan
- Stephanie Murphy
- Nadler
- Napolitano
- Neal
- Neguse
- Newman
- Norcross
- O'Halleran
- Ocasio-Cortez
- Omar
- Pallone
- Panetta
- Pappas
- Pascrell
- Payne
- Perlmutter
- Peters
- Phillips
- Pingree
- Pocan
- Porter
- Pressley
- David Price
- Quigley
- Raskin
- Kathleen Rice
- Ross
- Roybal-Allard
- Ruiz
- Ruppersberger
- Rush
- Ryan
- Sánchez
- Sarbanes
- Scanlon
- Schakowsky
- Schiff
- Schneider
- Schrader
- Schrier
- Robert Scott
- Scott, David
- Sherman
- Sherrill
- Sires
- Slotkin
- Adam Smith
- Soto
- Spanberger
- Speier
- Stanton
- Stevens
- Strickland
- Suozzi
- Swalwell
- Takano
- Mike Thompson
- Bennie Thompson
- Titus
- Tlaib
- Tonko
- Norma Torres
- Ritchie Torres
- Trahan
- Trone
- Underwood
- Vargas
- Veasey
- Vela
- Velázquez
- Wasserman Schultz
- Waters
- Watson Coleman
- Welch
- Wexton
- Wild
- Nikema Williams
- Frederica Wilson
- Yarmuth
YES: 227
- Adams
- Aguilar
- Allred
- Auchincloss
- Axne
- Barragán
- Bass
- Beatty
- Bera
- Beyer
- Sanford Bishop
- Blumenauer
- Blunt Rochester
- Bonamici
- Bourdeaux
- Bowman
- Boyle, Brendan F.
- Brown
- Brownley
- Buchanan
- Bush
- Bustos
- Butterfield
- Carbajal
- Cárdenas
- Carson
- Cartwright
- Case
- Casten
- Kathy Castor
- Joaquin Castro
- Chu
- Cicilline
- Katherine Clark
- Yvette Clarke
- Cleaver
- Clyburn
- Cohen
- Connolly
- Cooper
- Correa
- Costa
- Courtney
- Craig
- Crist
- Crow
- Cuellar
- Sharice Davids
- Davis, Danny K.
- Dean
- DeFazio
- DeGette
- DeLauro
- DelBene
- Delgado
- Demings
- DeSaulnier
- Deutch
- Dingell
- Doggett
- Doyle, Michael F.
- Escobar
- Eshoo
- Espaillat
- Evans
- Fitzpatrick
- Fletcher
- Foster
- Frankel, Lois
- Gallego
- Garamendi
- Garbarino
- Jesús GarcÃa
- Sylvia Garcia
- Gimenez
- Gomez
- Gonzalez, Vicente
- Gottheimer
- Al Green
- Grijalva
- Haaland
- Josh Harder
- Hastings
- Hayes
- Brian Higgins
- Himes
- Horsford
- Houlahan
- Hoyer
- Huffman
- Jackson Lee
- Sara Jacobs
- Jayapal
- Jeffries
- Henry Johnson
- Eddie Johnson
- Jones
- Kahele
- Kaptur
- Keating
- Robin Kelly
- Khanna
- Kildee
- Kilmer
- Andy Kim
- Kind
- Kinzinger
- Kirkpatrick
- Krishnamoorthi
- Kuster
- Lamb
- Langevin
- Rick Larsen
- John Larson
- Lawrence
- Al Lawson
- Barbara Lee
- Susie Lee
- Leger Fernandez
- Mike Levin
- Andy Levin
- Lieu
- Lofgren
- Lowenthal
- Luria
- Lynch
- Malinowski
- Maloney, Carolyn B.
- Maloney, Sean
- Manning
- Matsui
- McBath
- McCollum
- McEachin
- McGovern
- McNerney
- Meeks
- Meng
- Mfume
- Gwen Moore
- Morelle
- Moulton
- Mrvan
- Stephanie Murphy
- Nadler
- Napolitano
- Neal
- Neguse
- Newman
- Norcross
- O'Halleran
- Ocasio-Cortez
- Omar
- Pallone
- Panetta
- Pappas
- Pascrell
- Payne
- Pelosi
- Perlmutter
- Peters
- Phillips
- Pingree
- Pocan
- Porter
- Pressley
- David Price
- Quigley
- Raskin
- Kathleen Rice
- Ross
- Roybal-Allard
- Ruiz
- Ruppersberger
- Rush
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sánchez
- Sarbanes
- Scanlon
- Schakowsky
- Schiff
- Schneider
- Schrader
- Schrier
- Robert Scott
- Scott, David
- Sewell
- Sherman
- Sherrill
- Sires
- Slotkin
- Christopher Smith
- Adam Smith
- Soto
- Spanberger
- Speier
- Stanton
- Stevens
- Strickland
- Suozzi
- Swalwell
- Takano
- Mike Thompson
- Bennie Thompson
- Titus
- Tlaib
- Tonko
- Norma Torres
- Ritchie Torres
- Trahan
- Trone
- Underwood
- Upton
- Vargas
- Veasey
- Vela
- Velázquez
- Wasserman Schultz
- Waters
- Watson Coleman
- Welch
- Wexton
- Wild
- Nikema Williams
- Frederica Wilson
- Yarmuth
NO: 203
- Aderholt
- Allen
- Amodei
- Armstrong
- Arrington
- Babin
- Bacon
- Baird
- Banks
- Barr
- Bentz
- Bergman
- Stephanie Bice
- Biggs
- Bilirakis
- Dan Bishop
- Boebert
- Bost
- Brady
- Brooks
- Buck
- Bucshon
- Budd
- Burchett
- Burgess
- Calvert
- Cammack
- Carl
- Earl Carter
- John Carter
- Cawthorn
- Chabot
- Cheney
- Cline
- Cloud
- Clyde
- Cole
- Comer
- Crawford
- Crenshaw
- Curtis
- Davidson
- Davis, Rodney
- DesJarlais
- Diaz-Balart
- Donalds
- Duncan
- Dunn
- Emmer
- Estes
- Fallon
- Feenstra
- Ferguson
- Fischbach
- Fitzgerald
- Fleischmann
- Fortenberry
- Foxx
- Franklin, C. Scott
- Fulcher
- Gaetz
- Gallagher
- Mike Garcia
- Gibbs
- Gohmert
- Golden
- Gonzales, Tony
- Anthony Gonzalez
- Robert Good
- Lance Gooden
- Gosar
- Granger
- Garret Graves
- Sam Graves
- Mark Green
- Marjorie Greene
- Griffith
- Grothman
- Guest
- Guthrie
- Hagedorn
- Harris
- Harshbarger
- Hartzler
- Hern
- Herrell
- Herrera Beutler
- Jody Hice
- Clay Higgins
- Hill
- Hinson
- Hollingsworth
- Hudson
- Huizenga
- Issa
- Jackson
- Chris Jacobs
- Mike Johnson
- Bill Johnson
- Dusty Johnson
- Jordan
- David Joyce
- John Joyce
- Katko
- Keller
- Trent Kelly
- Mike Kelly
- Young Kim
- Kustoff
- LaHood
- LaMalfa
- Lamborn
- Latta
- LaTurner
- Lesko
- Long
- Loudermilk
- Lucas
- Luetkemeyer
- Mace
- Malliotakis
- Mann
- Massie
- Mast
- McCarthy
- McCaul
- McClain
- McClintock
- McHenry
- McKinley
- Meijer
- Meuser
- Mary Miller
- Carol Miller
- Miller-Meeks
- Moolenaar
- Mooney
- Barry Moore
- Blake Moore
- Mullin
- Gregory Murphy
- Nehls
- Newhouse
- Norman
- Nunes
- Obernolte
- Owens
- Palazzo
- Palmer
- Pence
- Perry
- Pfluger
- Posey
- Reed
- Reschenthaler
- Tom Rice
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers
- Mike Rogers
- Harold Rogers
- Rose
- Rosendale
- Rouzer
- Roy
- Rutherford
- Scalise
- Schweikert
- Scott, Austin
- Sessions
- Simpson
- Jason Smith
- Adrian Smith
- Smucker
- Spartz
- Stauber
- Steel
- Stefanik
- Steil
- Steube
- Stewart
- Stivers
- Taylor
- Tenney
- Glenn Thompson
- Tiffany
- Timmons
- Turner
- Valadao
- Van Drew
- Van Duyne
- Wagner
- Walberg
- Walorski
- Waltz
- Randy Weber
- Daniel Webster
- Wenstrup
- Westerman
- Roger Williams
- Joe Wilson
- Wittman
- Womack
- Young
- Zeldin
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- May 25, 2022 | Senate
- Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390.
- May 24, 2022 | Senate
- Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Mar 11, 2021 | Senate
- Received in the Senate.
- Mar 11, 2021 | House
- Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, the House resumed consideration of H.R. 8.
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1330-1332)
- UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on agreeing to the motion to recommit H.R. 8 which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
- On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 207 - 217 (Roll no. 74).
- Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 227 - 203 (Roll no. 75).(text: 3/10/2021 CR H1286-1287)
- On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 227 - 203 (Roll no. 75). (text: 3/10/2021 CR H1286-1287)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 10, 2021 | House
- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 188. (consideration: CR H1286-1303)
- 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.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 8.
- 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.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Jordan moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H1302)
- The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered without objection.
- POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jordan 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. Jordan demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further consideration of H.R. 8 is postponed.
- Mar 08, 2021 | House
- 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.
- Mar 01, 2021 | House
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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