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NICS Review Act of 2021

Introduced: February 11, 2021 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
Apr 23, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 11, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 11, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

NICS Review Act of 2021

This bill revises the amount of time that the national instant criminal background check system retains certain information about an approved firearm transaction.

Currently, identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser must be destroyed within 24 hours. This bill requires identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser to be retained for at least 90 days before it can be destroyed.

What's happening now April 23, 2021

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 4
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 11, 2021
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Apr 12, 2021
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Feb 23, 2021
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Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 11, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1005: NICS Review Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1005/
MLA
"H.R. 1005: NICS Review Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1005/.
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H.R. 1005, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1005/.
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