Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:
American Conservative Union
Gun Buyback Funding.
Craig (R-ID) motion to kill an amendment to the Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill creating a $15 million program for HUD to buy guns from the public. The motion was agreed to.The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Schumer Amendment to Fund Gun Buybacks: H.R. 2620.
The Veterans Affairs, Housing, and Independent Agencies appropriations bill for fiscal year 2002. Senator Charles Schumer offered an amendment to allocate $15 million out of the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program so that the Department of Housing and Urban development could continue to fund community-based gun buyback programs. The amendment failed (was tabled).