Bills About Crime And Law Enforcement Sponsored by Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

Rep. Rush sponsored 27 bills about crime and law enforcement in the 117th Congress (2021-22).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
July 23, 2020 H.R.7754 To establish licensing standards for law enforcement, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan. 3, 2019 H.R.35 To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act. 148
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate.
Oct. 22, 2019 H.R.4784 To require the National Institute of Justice to update its research report, entitled "A Review of Gun Safety Technologies". 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
July 25, 2019 H.R.4062 To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan. 3, 2019 H.R.33 To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. 37
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
June 6, 2018 H.R.6024 To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
June 13, 2018 H.R.6086 To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act. 68
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Feb. 21, 2017 H.R.1213 To require, as a condition on the receipt of Federal funds, that States require law enforcement agencies to have in effect a policy regarding the use of body-worn cameras and dashboard cameras. 2
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Feb. 14, 2017 H.R.1055 To acknowledge the fundamental injustice and the subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against those African-Americans impacted by the "War on Drugs" and the subsequent disparate and discriminatory mass incarceration, to determine the role that private corporations played in the prison industrial complex, to determine the impact of these forces on their families, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Feb. 1, 2017 H.R.810 To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. 25
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Dec. 8, 2016 H.R.6486 To require, as a condition on the receipt of Federal funds, that States require law enforcement agencies to have in effect a policy regarding the use of body-worn cameras and dashboard cameras. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Dec. 8, 2016 H.R.6484 To acknowledge the fundamental injustice and the subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against those African-Americans impacted by the "War on Drugs" and the subsequent disparate and discriminatory mass incarceration, to determine the role that private corporations played in the prison industrial complex, to determine the impact of these forces on their families, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Nov. 3, 2015 H.R.3888 To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes. 7
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
March 5, 2013 H.R.955 To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. 14
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Jan. 3, 2013 H.R.34 To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Dec. 18, 2012 H.R.6680 To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
July 8, 2011 H.R.2464 To authorize a program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents. 15
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
July 15, 2010 H.R.5747 To authorize a program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents. 14
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
March 4, 2009 H.R.1303 To require the Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice, to establish a 5-year competitive grant program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of gun-related crimes in high-crime communities. 9
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan. 6, 2009 H.R.45 To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sept. 26, 2008 H.R.7115 To require the Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice, to establish a 5-year competitive grant program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of gun-related crimes in high-crime communities. 6
All Democrats
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2097)
March 14, 2008 H.R.5654 To authorize a program to provide grants to youth-serving organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents. 24
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
June 11, 2007 H.R.2666 To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes. 16
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb. 17, 2005 H.CON.RES.77 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till. 38
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Nov. 19, 2004 H.CON.RES.527 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb. 10, 2004 H.CON.RES.360 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till. 52
Bipartisan
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2890-2891)
March 24, 1999 H.R.1245 To amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the transfer of firearms over the Internet, and for other purposes. 26
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
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