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Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2023

Introduced: February 1, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Feb 1, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S205)
Feb 1, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2023

This bill requires the National Tracing Center within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to establish and maintain an electronic, searchable database of records related to certain firearms transactions.

What's happening now February 1, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S205)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 730 Identical bill Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2023
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · May 11, 2023
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 1, 2023
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Feb 1, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 203: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-203/
MLA
"S. 203: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-203/.
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S. 203, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-203/.
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[S. 203: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-203/)
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