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H.R. 4343 115th Congress House

Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act

Official title: To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to provide notification to relevant law enforcement agencies in the event that a background check conducte… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to provide notification to relevant law enforcement agencies in the event that a background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System determines that a person may not receive a firearm, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 9, 2017 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information and recordsFirearms and explosives
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Nov 9, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 9, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 13, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act

This bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to require the national instant criminal background check system to notify certain law enforcement agencies when a firearm is transferred to a person who is subsequently determined to be prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 6545 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
  • HR 38 Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017
  • HR 4477 Fix NICS Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · May 15, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Mar 15, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 27, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Nov 9, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 9, 2017
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Nov 9, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 9, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4343: Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4343/
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"H.R. 4343: Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4343/.
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