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HR 3494 107th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Auditing Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Criminal justice information systems EBB Terrorism Finance and Financial Sector Firearms control Fraud Government Operations and Politics Identification of criminals Retail trade Right of privacy

Use NICS in Terrorist Investigations Act

Introduced: December 13, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Jan 14, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Dec 13, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 13, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Use NICS in Terrorist Investigations Act - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to direct the Attorney General to allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation to access National Instant Check System (NICS) audit log records for the purpose of responding to an inquiry from any Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency in connection with a civil or criminal law enforcement investigation.

Requires firearms transaction records relating to the person or the transfer to be destroyed not less than 90 days after the date on which the firearms licensee first contacts the system with respect to the transfer if the receipt of the firearm would not violate such Act.

Directs: (1) the Attorney General to make such records available to the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct audits to detect fraud and misuse, and to protect the privacy and security, of information in the system; and (2) the Department of the Treasury to maintain and destroy those records in accordance with all applicable laws.

What's happening now January 14, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 9
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 23, 2002
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jan 23, 2002
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 13, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Dec 13, 2001
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Dec 13, 2001
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Dec 13, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 13, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Dec 13, 2001
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Dec 13, 2001
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