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S 1788 107th Congress Senate

Use NICS in Terrorist Investigations Act

Official title: A bill to give the Federal Bureau of Investigation access to NICS records in law enforcement investigations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 14, 2001 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement AuditingCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCriminal investigation
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Criminal justice informationCriminal justice information systemsEBB TerrorismFinance and Financial SectorFirearms controlFraudGovernment Operations and PoliticsIdentification of criminalsRetail tradeRight of privacy
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Dec 7, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 7, 2001
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 Latest action December 7, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Use NICS in Terrorist Investigations Act - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to authorize the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 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 consistent with the Attorney General's responsibility to ensure privacy of the system and to prevent system fraud and abuse, but in no fewer 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 Department of Justice (DOJ), including the FBI, during the period that such records are maintained, to make such records available to the Department of the Treasury (DOT), including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, for the purpose of conducting system audits to detect fraud and misuse, and to protect the privacy and security, of the system; and (2) DOT to maintain and destroy those records in accordance with all statutory requirements imposed on DOJ.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1788: Use NICS in Terrorist Investigations Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1788/
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