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Vehemently opposed to this legislation which will allow records of gun purchases to be retained indefinitely by government. UnConstitutional!
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
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5 sponsors: Dianne Feinstein (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Robert Menendez (D); Sherrod Brown (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
Senate | May 21 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Jun 23 2020 | 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