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Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2020

Introduced: July 21, 2020 Introduced by: Dean, Madeleine Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 21, 2020
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2020

This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to make annual grants to an eligible state that establishes or maintains a point-of-contact system for a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer to verify that a firearm sale or transfer would be lawful.

To be eligible for such a grant, the state shall meet certain requirements related to the system, including (1) prohibiting a sale or transfer from being completed unless the parties to the transaction receive an approval from the system within 10 days of the start of the transaction; (2) operating a hotline for contacting the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), for use by licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers; and (3) publishing an annual report with certain information from the system and information substantially similar to the information found in a NICS operations report.

What's happening now July 21, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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