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HR 5917 116th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Appropriations Business records Criminal justice information and records Department of Justice Firearms and explosives Freedom of information Retail and wholesale trades

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

Introduced: February 14, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 10, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 14, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 14, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.

Specifically, the bill removes provisions that

  • limit the use of firearms tracing data,
  • prohibit the imposition of a requirement that firearms dealers conduct a physical inventory, and
  • require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.
What's happening now March 10, 2020

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

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 18
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Sep 30, 2020
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 4, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Mar 2, 2020
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Mar 2, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 2, 2020
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Feb 14, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 14, 2020
CLAY, WM.
· Feb 14, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 14, 2020
Deutch, Theodore
· Feb 14, 2020
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Feb 14, 2020
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Feb 14, 2020
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Feb 14, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 14, 2020
Kirkpatrick, Ann
· Feb 14, 2020
Levin, Andy
· Feb 14, 2020
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 14, 2020
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 14, 2020
Murphy, Stephanie
· Feb 14, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 14, 2020
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Feb 14, 2020
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 14, 2020
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 14, 2020
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 14, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5917: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5917/
MLA
"H.R. 5917: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5917/.
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H.R. 5917, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5917/.
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[H.R. 5917: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5917/)
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