Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
A bill removing the limits on how long government may retain background check information when searches yield no clarity. This means the government could potentially hold onto applicant information without obligation to purge even if there has been no criminal or disqualifying conduct by the applicant.
Title: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2020
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Government information and archives
Description: Modifies requirements governing the national instant criminal background check system (NICS). Specifically, it allows the NICS to retain records related to a firearms-related background check for as long as necessary to make a final determination of firearms eligibility. Additionally, it requires the NICS to query an additional database—the National Data Exchange—as part of a firearm-related background check.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5949/all-info
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6 sponsors: Jimmy Panetta (D); Rashida Tlaib (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Eric Swalwell (D); Bradley Schneider (D); Jennifer Wexton (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 10 2020 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Feb 21 2020 | Introduced in House |
| House | Feb 21 2020 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 24 2020 | 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