HR 445 · 115th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Buyback Our Safety Act

Introduced 2017-01-11· Sponsored by Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.(2017-02-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Buyback Our Safety Act This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to establish a gun buyback grant program for state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. The OJP must enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to develop standards to identify the guns likely to be used in violent crimes and to establish a pricing scale for guns purchased through a gun buyback program.…

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Cosponsors (8)

8 Democrats