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S 1882 108th Congress Senate

Terrorist Apprehension Act

Official title: A bill to require that certain notifications occur whenever a query to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System reveals that a person listed in th… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require that certain notifications occur whenever a query to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System reveals that a person listed in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File is attempting to purchase a firearm, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 18, 2003 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Computer matchingCriminal investigationCriminal justice informationEBB Terrorism
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Electronic government informationFederal-local relationsFederal-state relationsFirearms controlGangsGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkIdentification of criminalsScience, Technology, CommunicationsTerrorism
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It never became law before the 108th Congress (2003–2004) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Nov 18, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 18, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15066-15067)
Nov 18, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Terrorist Apprehension Act - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to provide that if the national instant criminal background check system (NICS) determines that a prospective firearms transferee is listed in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization file or a similar terrorist watch list, regardless of the eligibility of such person to purchase a firearm, NICS shall provide this information to the employee at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services Division that is accessing it (NICS operator).

Directs the NICS operator, upon receiving this information, to immediately provide the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the terrorist task force and State and local law enforcement in the jurisdiction in which the firearm purchase is being attempted with: (1) the name, date of birth, and any other identifying information reported by the prospective transferee; (2) the time and place of the attempted firearm purchase; and (3) the type of weapon, if known, that the prospective transferee attempted to purchase. Requires the NICS operator to also immediately provide that information to the agency that placed the name of the suspected terrorist on the terrorist watch list.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1882: Terrorist Apprehension Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1882/
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"S. 1882: Terrorist Apprehension Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1882/.
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S. 1882, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1882/.
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