Default Proceed Sale Transparency Act
Sponsored By: Representative Schneider
Introduced
Summary
Require rapid reporting and priority background checks for firearm transfers completed before checks finish. This bill would require licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers to assign a unique identification number and report any transfer made before a completed NICS background check to the FBI within 24 hours. It would create an online portal and telephone hotline within 180 days for reporting and would require the FBI to prioritize those checks under the Brady Act.
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- Licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers: Would have to provide a unique ID and report transfers made before a completed NICS check within 24 hours.
- FBI and state or local background-check authorities: The FBI would receive reports and transmit them to state or local authorities when applicable, must prioritize those background checks, and records related to a transfer could not be destroyed before the check is complete.
- ATF and the public: The FBI would publish a state-by-state report within 300 days and annually on counts of these transfers, completed checks, retrievals, and purged requests. The ATF would also publish, within 300 days and annually, data on average time to recovery and on interstate recoveries.
- Law enforcement and communities: The bill would require disaggregated data by ATF field division and state on recovered firearms, helping track weapons involved in unlawful transfers and measure retrieval outcomes.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Annual public reports on default gun transfers
The FBI would publish a public report within 300 days and then every year. It would list, by state, how many transfers happened before a final check number, how many checks finished, how many showed a legal violation, and how many guns were retrieved. The first report would also show how many background-check requests from the past five years were purged without a result. ATF would also publish yearly data on recovery times and where recovered guns were found, including when found in a different state than where sold.
Faster checks and preserved records on gun sales
Within 180 days, the Attorney General would set up an online portal and phone line to send information that helps the FBI prioritize background checks. The national background check system would prioritize finishing checks for transfers made before a final check number was issued. It would also be barred from deleting any transfer records until the related check is complete. If passed, this could speed decisions and protect records for follow up.
New 24-hour reporting rule for gun dealers
Licensed gun importers, makers, and dealers would need to tell the FBI within 24 hours if they transfer a gun before a final background check number is issued. If a state or local agency is running the check, the FBI would forward the report to that agency. This is meant to help authorities spot and act on risky transfers faster.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Schneider
IL • D
Cosponsors
Quigley
IL • D
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Panetta
CA • D
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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