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119-s-2188119th Congress

ATF DATA Act

Sponsored By: Senator Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]

Introduced

Summary

Public release of detailed ATF firearm trace data would require the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, to publish annual electronic datasets mapping where crime guns come from, how quickly they show up in crimes, and trafficking patterns.

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  • Communities: Breaks down recovered crime guns by State and by the 50 metropolitan areas with the highest homicide rates, including counts of recovered firearms and how many had a time-to-crime under 3 years.
  • Licensees and dealers: Publishes a ranked list of the top 200 source licensees with counts by handguns, rifles, and shotguns, average time-to-crime, multiple-sale numbers, and lost-or-stolen reports.
  • Researchers, law enforcement, and policymakers: Provides aggregated data on privately made firearms, foreign recoveries, and an analysis of firearms trafficking investigations, including how investigations were initiated and youth involvement.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Public ATF firearm trace reports

This bill would require the Attorney General, through the ATF, to send Congress and publish a yearly firearm trace report. The first report would be due not later than 180 days after enactment and then at least once each year. The reports would cover the most recently completed calendar year. They would list the 200 source licensees with the most traced firearms and give counts by handguns, rifles, and shotguns. Reports would also show cities of recovery, average time-to-crime, multiple-sale counts, lost or stolen reports, and crime categories when available. The bill would also require aggregated state and MSA-level trace data, trafficking analyses, counts of privately made firearms, manufacturer and model statistics, and other trace-based information, where data exist.

Key terms for ATF reports

This bill would define terms used for the ATF reporting requirement. 'Bureau' would mean the ATF. 'Multiple sale' would mean 2 or more firearms sold at once or within 5 consecutive business days when reporting is required. 'Covered period' would mean the most recently completed calendar year. 'Privately made firearm' would mean a gun made by someone other than a licensed manufacturer and lacking a manufacturer-applied serial number. These definitions would take effect on enactment and apply to the required reports.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2025

  • Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2025

  • Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 7/28/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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