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HR 5461 115th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information and records Firearms and explosives Law enforcement administration and funding Licensing and registrations Retail and wholesale trades

NICS Review Act of 2018

Introduced: April 10, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
May 21, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 10, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 10, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

NICS Review Act of 2018

This bill revises the amount of time that the national instant criminal background check system retains certain information about an approved firearm transaction.

Currently, identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser must be destroyed within 24 hours. This bill requires identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser to be retained for at least 90 days before it can be destroyed.

What's happening now May 21, 2018

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Apr 10, 2018
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Apr 10, 2018
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Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Apr 10, 2018
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 10, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5461: NICS Review Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5461/
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"H.R. 5461: NICS Review Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5461/.
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H.R. 5461, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5461/.
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