Senate · Roll call 98 · 1st session · April 17, 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

The official description of this amendment reads: "To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes." A Yes vote supports adopting the amendment.

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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.