To provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Labor, Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H4E53597227F14E7DABC36478A5D05558: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2025 or the MASS Act.
- Section HF7E3AAD705A54E26A3FBDA5CFF057F1C: 2. Firearms licensing Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the...
- Section H348C5EF236BC4846A8628A7E91C7ED0D: 3061. Definitions In this part— the term covered license means a— firearms license; or firearms dealer license; the term domestic violence protection order...
- Section H0855CA17F4AF42369BF45401F0D32EAC: 3062. Grants and conditions The Assistant Attorney General may make grants to States to implement or maintain firearms and firearms dealer licensing...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Labor, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Pressley introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a Federal and State background check, which may include a fingerprint-based background check. For purposes of this part, a State— shall establish standards for categorizing an individual as a prohibited individual for purposes of receiving a covered license
that an individual does not create a risk to public safety
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