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Lobbying issues and bill citations
BUD · Budget/Appropriations
Funding to support/sustain NICS; Funding for and implementation of National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP); Funding for and implementation of NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP); Funding for FBIs NICS Section; Funding for the implementation of NIBRS; Funding for Crime Data Collection; Funding for Hate Crime Data Collection; ATF overall budget; ATF programmatic activities related to firearms; ATF programmatic activities related to gun industry oversight; ATF programmatic activities related to firearms trafficking; ATF programmatic activities related to forensic analysis in relation to firearms; Funding for and operations of National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) and Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC); Funding for Children Exposed to Violence Initiative; Funding for Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program (Project Safe Neighborhoods); Funding for Community Policing Development Program; Funding for Office on Violence Against Women; Funding for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Injury Prevention Work; Funding for National Institutes of Health Injury Prevention Work; Funding for implementation of National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS); Funding for Hospital-based violence intervention programs; Funding for United States Crime Victims Fund; Funding for the Gun Crime Prevention Strategic Fund (CGPSF); Funding for the Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Program; Funding for the Second Chance Program; Funding for the Crisis Stabilization and Community-based Reentry Program within the Second Chance Act Program; Funding for the Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program; Funding for the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer NO HATE Act Program; Funding for the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Grants Program; Funding to advance hospital-based victims' services assistance; Firearm trafficking; National Firearms Act; Extreme risk protection orders; Permit-to-purchase grant programs; Safe storage of Firearms; Funding for and implementation of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program; Funding for and implementation of Criminal Justice Response Program/Grants to Encourage Arrest and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program; Funding for and implementation of STOP Grants; Funding for and implementation of programs administered by Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); VOCA Assistance Grants; Funding for and implementation of programs administered by Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP); Funding for National Child Traumatic Stress Network; Funding for and implementation of National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH); Funding for National Strategy for Suicide Prevention; Funding for and implementation of Project AWARE and ReCAST grants; Funding for and implementation of Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants (SSAE); Funding for and implementation of community violence intervention programs, including hospital-based intervention programs; Pub. L. 117-159 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; H.R. 8845/S. XX Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 9260/S. XX Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 8495/S. XX Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 8469/S. XX Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027; S.Amdt.1354 to S.Amdt.1092 (118th Congress), To prohibit the availability of funds for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; H.Amdt.933 to H.R.8580 (118th Congress), To prohibit the VA from using funds to submit a beneficiary's name to the NICS list based on VA's appointment of a fiduciary; H.R. 9495/S. XX Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R.1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act;
Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 8845, H.R. 9260, H.R. 8495, H.R. 8469, H.R.8580, H.R. 9495, H.R.1
FIR · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
Background checks of Firearm sales/transfers; Improving the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; Intimate partner violence and violence against women, as related to firearms; Trafficking of firearms; National Firearms Act; Interstate transport of firearms; Semiautomatic firearms; Firearm tracing; Firearm permitting; Lost and stolen firearms; Violence Against Women Act; Gun dealer regulation; Essential operations of firearms dealers and manufacturers; An interagency task force on gun violence prevention; Guns in the hands of law enforcement; Recordkeeping; Data sharing; Safe storage; Point of contact states; Merchant category codes; Office of Victims of Crime; Autosears and conversion devices Policing; Stabilizing braces regulations; Gun safety technology; Firearm age restrictions; ATFs Demand Letter Program; Pub. L. 117-159 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; H.R. 8845/S. XX Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 9260/S. XX Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 8495/S. XX Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 8469/S. XX Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027; S.Amdt.1354 to S.Amdt.1092 (118th Congress), To prohibit the availability of funds for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; H.Amdt.933 to H.R.8580 (118th Congress), To prohibit the VA from using funds to submit a beneficiary's name to the NICS list based on VA's appointment of a fiduciary H.R. 9495/S. XX Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R.1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act; S.2296 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026; H.R. 38 Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act; S.889 Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act of 2025; H.R. 3868 Enhanced Background Checks Act; H.R. 2189 Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act of 2025; S. 1283 Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act of 2025; H.R.18 Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025; H.R. 4242 Innovate Less Lethal to De-Escalate Tax Modernization Act; S.3458 Background Check Completion Act of 2025; H.R.3115 Assault Weapons Ban of 2025; S.3514 Less Than Lethal Act; H.R.7133 Merchant Codes Can Save Lives Act; H.R. 1181 Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act; H.R.7599 Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2026; H.R. XX Gun Theft Prevention Act; S.5201 Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act; H.R.10583 Garretts Law; H.R.2442 Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2025; S.597 Age 21 Act; H.R. 2368 Raise the Age Act of 2025.
Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 8845, H.R. 9260, H.R. 8495, H.R. 8469, H.R.8580, H.R. 9495, H.R.1, S.2296, H.R. 38, S.889, H.R. 3868, H.R. 2189, S. 1283, H.R.18, H.R. 4242, S.3458, H.R.3115, S.3514, H.R.7133, H.R. 1181, H.R.7599, S.5201, H.R.10583, H.R.2442, S.597, H.R. 2368
HCR · Health Issues
Gun violence research; Mental health, as related to firearms; United States Crime Victims Fund; Intimate partner violence and violence against women, as related to firearms; Firearm suicide; Public health emergencies; Community violence intervention programs, including hospital-based intervention programs; Studying the effects of gun violence on children as it relates to trauma; Veteran specific mental health; Pub. L. 117-159 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; H.R. 9260/S. XX Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R.10409 Lethal Means Safety Training Act; H.R. XX Safe Gun Storage Act.
Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 9260, H.R.10409
LAW · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Background checks; Improving the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; Intimate partner violence and violence against women, as related to firearms; Mental health, as related to firearms; Trafficking of firearms; National Firearms Act; Interstate transport of firearms; Federal firearm licensee break-ins; Semiautomatic firearms; Firearm accessories; Gun permitting; Firearm tracing; 3D printing of firearms; Lost and stolen firearms; Violence Against Women Act; Consumer product safety; Gun dealer regulation; Fugitives from justice; ATF leadership; Guns in the hands of law enforcement; Recordkeeping of firearms, including theft/loss; Data sharing of firearm tracing; Point of contact states for NICS; Community violence intervention; Autosears and conversion devices; Stabilizing braces regulations; Pub. L. 117-159 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; H.R. 8845/S. XX Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 9260/S. XX Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 8495/S. XX Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 8469/S. XX Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. XX Stop Auto Gun Thefts Act; H.R. 3740 Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025; H.R. 2837 Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025; H.R. 4103 Break the Cycle of Violence; H.R.9298 Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act.
Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 8845, H.R. 9260, H.R. 8495, H.R. 8469, H.R. 3740, H.R. 2837, H.R. 4103, H.R.9298
EDU · Education
Guns in schools; Every Student Succeeds Act; Funding for Project Prevent; Funding for Project SERV; Funding and implementation of Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants; Federal Commission on School Safety; School shooting data collection; Funding for schools in the aftermath of shootings; Emergency operations plans for schools; Pub. L. 117-159 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; H.R. 9260/S. XX Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027.
Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 9260
HOM · Homeland Security
Firearm exports; Firearm silencers; End-use monitoring; Threat assessment; H.R. 9495/S. XX Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027; Pub. L. 117-159 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 9495
