Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

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U.S. Senator from Delaware

47th Vice President of the United States

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- first
- second
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- Gun Violence
- Protect Students from Sexual Assault
"Buy a shotgun"

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46th President of the United States

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The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is a United States federal law passed by the 117th United States Congress in 2022. It implemented several changes to the mental health system, school safety programs, and gun control laws. Gun control laws in the bill include extended background checks for firearm purchasers under the age of 21, clarification of federal firearms license (FFL) requirements, funding for state red flag laws and other crisis intervention programs, further criminalization of arms trafficking and straw purchases, and partial closure of the gun show loophole and boyfriend loophole. It was the first federal gun control legislation enacted in two decades.

The bill was introduced by Senator Marco Rubio (R–FL) on October 5, 2021, as an unrelated bill, then modified by an amendment by Senator Chris Murphy (D–CT) on June 21, 2022, and signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 25, 2022.