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WEDNESDAY MARCH 10, 2021 SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

WEDNESDAY MARCH 10, 2021 SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Motion to Adjourn – REJECTED 149 – 235, ROLL CALL 71 Republican YEA – 149; NAY – 40 Democrat YEA – 0; NAY – 195 Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1319 – American Rescue Plan Act of 2021- PASSED 220 – 211, ROLL CALL 72 Republican YEA – 0; NAY – 210 Democrat YEA – 220; NAY – 1 Amendments to H.R. 8 Clyde (R-GA) – Amendment No. 1 – Requires the Attorney General, the Comptroller General, and a nongovernmental organization to each conduct a study, within 180 days of enactment, to determine how and to what extent the provisions of this Act will reduce rates of violent crime and gun violence – NOT OFFERED Crist (D-FL) – Amendment No. 2 – Requires an alien lawfully admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa to obtain the approval of the Attorney General before receiving a firearm – NOT OFFFERED Nadler (D-NY) En Bloc # 1 Crow (D-CO) – Amendment No. 3 – Expands the background check exemption for hunting and fishing to also include pest remediation associated with ranching and farming Garcia, Sylvia (D-TX) – Amendment No. 4 – Requires the Attorney General to make available to any person licensed under this chapter both Spanish and English versions of the form required for the conduct of a background check Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 5 – Makes clear that a gun owner who realizes that he or she is at risk of suicide may transfer the gun to someone else, if the risk is imminent, without a background check to prevent selfharm Lamb (D-PA), Rice, Tom (R-SC) – Amendment No. 6 – Clarifies that no background check is required for exchanges of firearms between family members and rather should be viewed, between family members, as two simultaneous gifts Torres, Ritchie (D-NY) – Amendment No. 8 – Revises the purpose of the Act to explicitly prohibit gun purchases for certain individuals who do not pass background checks – ADOPTED BY VOICE Amendments to H.R. 1446: Nadler (D-NY) En Bloc #1 Burgess (R-TX) – Amendment No. 1 – Requires the Department of Justice Inspector General to submit a report to Congress on the number of NICS denials referred for investigation after a firearm was sold to a person who was later found to be ineligible Levin, Mike (D-CA) – Amendment No. 2 – Adds to the GAO reports in the bill, which are to be completed one year, three years, and five years after enactment, data disaggregated by state and the basis for denial in state law McBath (D-GA) – Amendment No. 3 – Amends the domestic violence reporting provision to require that the effects of the Act on domestic violence, domestic abuse, dating partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking will be disaggregated by state Neguse (D-CO), Schneider (D-IL) – Amendment No. 4 -Strikes section 4 and replaces it to require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to make an annual report, which shall be available to the public, that provides disaggregated information on background check denials not made within the 10-day period – ADOPTED 225 – 202, ROLL CALL 73 Republican YEA – 7; NAY – 202 Democrat YEA – 218; NAY – 0