Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This legislation would expand the checks at the National Instant Check System into more databases.
Title: 21st Century NICS Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Government information and archives
Description: Modifies provisions governing the national instant criminal background check system (NICS). Specifically, it permits 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: May 20, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2319/all-info
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38 sponsors: Tom Rice (R); Richard Hudson (R); Mario Diaz-Balart (R); Rob Woodall (R); Michael Conaway (R); John Moolenaar (R); Debbie Lesko (R); Chris Stewart (R); Ted Yoho (R); Kenny Marchant (R); Bill Huizenga (R); Lee Zeldin (R); Mark Amodei (R); Vicente Gonzalez (D); Xochitl Torres Small (D); Darin LaHood (R); Ron Kind (D); Jeff Fortenberry (R); Don Bacon (R); Mike Gallagher (R); Sean Duffy (R); French Hill (R); William Timmons (R); Joe Wilson (R); Ralph Norman (R); Garland Barr (R); Bill Flores (R); Gus Bilirakis (R); Steve Stivers (R); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R); Austin Scott (R); John Rutherford (R); Vicky Hartzler (R); Ann Wagner (R); Dan Crenshaw (R); Pete Stauber (R); Ross Spano (R); Garret Graves (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 20 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Apr 12 2019 | Introduced in House |
| House | Apr 12 2019 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Apr 24 2019 | 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