House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2025
Official title: To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. LaMonica McIver D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2948.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McIVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 67, April 17, 2025, Page H1613):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2948, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2948
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 2, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
31 cosponsors — 31 Democrats
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Shontel Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), J. Correa (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. LaMonica McIver.
- H.R. 5717 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 514 Frelinghuysen Avenue in Newark, New Jersey, as the "Mildred…
- H.R. 5778 (119th) Improving SBA Engagement on Employee Ownership Act
- H.R. 10371 (119th) Ensuring SBA Implementation of GAO Recommendations Act of 2026
- H.R. 1835 (119th) MERIT Act
- H.R. 307 (119th) ARC Act of 2025
- H.R. 793 (119th) SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 2, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.