Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes and establishes procedures for federal courts to issue federal extreme risk protection orders.

Highlights:

• Authorizes and establishes procedures for federal courts to issue federal extreme risk protection orders (Sec. 2).

• Defines a “federal extreme risk protection order” as a federal court order that prohibits an individual from purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes a family or household member, or law enforcement officer to petition for a federal extreme risk protection order with respect to an individual who poses a risk to themselves or others (Sec. 2).

• Expands the categories of individuals who are prohibited from purchasing, shipping, transporting, possessing, ore receiving a firearm or ammunition, specifically adding a new category of individuals who are subject to an extreme risk protection order (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text