# 116-hr-5917: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

116-hr-5917, Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5917
- Congress: 116
- Title: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Introduced: 2020-02-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 33
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws. Specifically, the bill removes provisions that limit the use of firearms tracing data, prohibit the imposition of a requirement that firearms dealers conduct a physical inventory, and require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.

## Cosponsors (33)

- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- WM. CLAY (D-MO), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] (D-FL), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] (D-MP), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] (D-FL), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2020-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2020-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2020-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-5917 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5917)

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