Senate · Roll call 104 · 1st session · April 18, 2013 A vote to adopt an amendment to S. 649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013.

How each party voted

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

On April 18, 2013, the Senate voted on an amendment whose official description reads: "To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence." A Yes vote supports adopting it.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 - Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (NICS Act), the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and the federal criminal code to require background checks for all firearm sales, prohibit straw purchases of firearms, and expand the school safety grant program.