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HR 4600 116th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information and records Domestic violence and child abuse Firearms and explosives Law enforcement administration and funding Mental health

Domestic Violence Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2019

Introduced: October 16, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 28, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Oct 4, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 4, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Domestic Violence Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2019

This bill waives a condition that applies to certain grants for improving the accuracy and completeness of records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to encourage the inclusion of domestic violence records in the system. Specifically, the bill waives the requirement for a state to certify that it has a relief from disabilities program if the state's primary purpose for the grant is to improve access to domestic violence records.

What's happening now October 28, 2019

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

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Nov 1, 2019
KING, PETER
· Oct 16, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 16, 2019
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Oct 4, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4600: Domestic Violence Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4600/
MLA
"H.R. 4600: Domestic Violence Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4600/.
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H.R. 4600, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4600/.
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[H.R. 4600: Domestic Violence Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4600/)
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