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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
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HR4223119th CongressWALLET
Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced
Summary
Restores federal access to firearm records and ends several long-standing limits on how tracing and background-check data are kept and shared. The bill would repeal or narrow multiple appropriations provisos and related rules so agencies can retain, process, and disclose firearm trace data, require dealer inventory checks, and centralize records to support enforcement and policy analysis.
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- Law enforcement and investigators: Would let the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives use and report tracing and database information that prior spending-law provisos restricted. The bill cites ATF's National Tracing Center processing about 490,800 trace requests in 2020.
- Gun dealers and licensees: Would remove the ban on consolidating dealer acquisition and disposition records at the Department of Justice and would allow imposing physical inventory checks at firearms dealers.
- Background-check records and FOIA: Would repeal the 24-hour destruction rule for instant criminal background-check records and would restore processing of Freedom of Information Act requests about arson, explosives, and firearm traces.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
New inventory checks for gun dealers
If enacted, licensed firearms dealers could be required to do regular physical counts of guns in stock. ATF could require these checks going forward. This would add staff time and compliance costs for many dealers. It could also help find missing or stolen guns.
More gun records kept and shared
If enacted, ATF and DOJ could combine and centralize gun dealer records. The 24-hour deletion rule for instant background-check records would be removed, so records could be kept longer. Agencies could process FOIA requests for firearm trace and arson or explosives records. This could help police work and public research, but it may raise privacy concerns for gun owners.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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