Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
To require the national instant criminal background check system to notify
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the relevant State
and local law enforcement agencies whenever information contained in
the system indicates that an alien who is illegally or unlawfully in
the United States attempted to receive a firearm.
Title: Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: A bill to require the national instant criminal background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the relevant State and local law enforcement agencies whenever information contained in the system indicates that an alien who is illegally or unlawfully in the United States attempted to receive a firearm.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 21, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1261/all-info
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5 sponsors: Tom Cotton (R); Marsha Blackburn (R); Joni Ernst (R); Josh Hawley (R); Thom Tillis (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 21 2021 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 22 2021 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill