VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

H.R. 124 · 108th Congress

Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2003

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

RHD HoltSponsor

No cosponsors.

Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to require the Attorney General to establish a Federal system for the licensing and registration of all handguns owned, possessed, or controlled in the United States, which shall include a method for easily retrieving information to identify: (1) each State resident who owns,…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 7, 2003
Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to require the Attorney General to establish a Federal system for the licensing and registration of all handguns owned, possessed, or controlled in the United States, which shall include a method for easily retrieving information to identify: (1) each State resident who owns, possesses, or controls a handgun; and (2) the handgun.

Makes it unlawful for any person to own, possess, or control a handgun in a State to which this Act applies unless the person is licensed under the system and has registered the handgun with a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency.

Makes such requirements inapplicable to a State which has in effect a system for the licensing and registration of handguns which includes such identifying information (as certified by the Attorney General).

Provides criminal penalties for violations under this Act.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2003

Latest action (Mar 6, 2003): Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 7, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.