Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB1261
Legislation Overview
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
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Tom Cotton (R); Marsha Blackburn (R); Joni Ernst (R); Josh Hawley (R); Thom Tillis (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (5 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 21, 2021 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 22 2021 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
