If you want to know what the federal bodies that are empowered to make and change laws regarding firearms are actually doing (in regards bills ALREADY submitted), go to this government legislation page – https://www.congress.gov/search?q={%22source%22:%22legislation%22,%22subject%22:%22Crime%20and%20Law%20Enforcement%22,%22search%22:[%22Firearms%22]}&searchResultViewType=expanded

[That link is to a subset of bills, only those dealing with the category, “Subject – Policy Area: Crime and Law Enforcement”.]

Read and become informed – especially note:

Bill sponsor and how many cosponsors there are (bill sponsor ID and cosponsors (count) are shown immediately below the bolded bill “title”) – very telling,

Which Congress the bill is for – shown immediately to the right of the bill identifier in the listing (e.g., HR xxx – XXth Congress year-year) – important in understanding what is actually current, since bills can stay on this listing for years, and the

“Latest action” line

IF you want to stay current on one or more bills, sign up for alerts. Here is what you need to do (step by step):

1. Go to the bill’s page by clicking the bill identifier in the listing (e.g., HR 123) – takes you to the bill’s “Summary” page.

2. If you are not already signed up to get alerts on changes to the status of submitted bills, you need to sign up:
a. Click on the “Sign In” link in the upper right corner of the bill page.
b. On the resulting pop-up, click the “Create an account” link, bottom of that pop-up.
c. Follow the instructions and get signed up.

3. If you are already signed up to get alerts on changes to the status of submitted bills (or once you are), sign into your account (Sign In link in the upper right corner of each page).

4. Immediately above the red BILL box, near the top, there is a “Get alerts” link. Click on it and click “Confirm” in the resulting pop-up. You will now automatically get e-mail alerts.

5. To get back to the listing page, DO NOT use your back browser button (if one is actually even available in your browser) – that will take you to the listing but you will be shown as NOT logged in. Instead, use the blue “Back to Results” link on the left of the page.