Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB3815
Legislation Overview
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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 21, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3815/all-info
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Dianne Feinstein (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Robert Menendez (D); Sherrod Brown (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (5 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 21, 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jun 23 2020 | 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
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