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National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2020

Introduced: May 21, 2020 See on congress.gov
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May 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2020

This bill modifies requirements governing the national instant criminal background check system (NICS).

Specifically, it allows the NICS to retain records related to a firearms-related background check for as long as necessary to make a final determination of firearms eligibility.

Additionally, it requires the NICS to query an additional database—the National Data Exchange—as part of a firearm-related background check.

What's happening now May 21, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1324 Related bill FAST NICS Act
  • HR 5949 Related bill National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 21, 2020
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · May 21, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3815: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3815/
MLA
"S. 3815: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3815/.
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S. 3815, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3815/.
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