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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
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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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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7702: Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7702/
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"H.R. 7702: Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7702/.
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H.R. 7702, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7702/.
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