Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Requiring immediate police response to NICS denials simply means more law abiding citizens who have been wrongfully denied by a broken system will have to deal with more legal issues from law enforcement who will not have the proper information to make a determination of criminal activity.
Title: Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to provide notification to relevant law enforcement agencies in the event that a background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System determines that a person may not receive a firearm, and for other purposes.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4804/all-info
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17 sponsors: David Cicilline (D); Andre Carson (D); Gerald Connolly (D); Danny Davis (D); Robin Kelly (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Mark Takano (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Julia Brownley (D); Joseph Neguse (D); Mondaire Jones (D); Sylvia Garcia (D); Jahana Hayes (D); Veronica Escobar (D); Darren Soto (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Nov 1 2022 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Jul 29 2021 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jul 29 2021 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Aug 14 2021 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
There have not been any votes on this bill