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S. 974 (117th)

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

25 March 2021

Last action

25 March 2021 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Sponsors

Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

Subjects

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Source updated

10 August 2026

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, limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act, prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory, prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees (e.g., gun dealers), and require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.

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Timeline

  1. 25 March 2021

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 25 March 2021

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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