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S 598 118th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Appropriations Business records Criminal justice information and records Department of Justice Firearms and explosives Fires Freedom of information Retail and wholesale trades

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

Introduced: March 1, 2023 See on congress.gov
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Mar 1, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 1, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.

Specifically, the bill removes provisions that

  • limit the use of firearms tracing data,
  • limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act,
  • prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory,
  • prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees (e.g., gun dealers), and
  • require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.
What's happening now March 1, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1302 Identical bill Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 12
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Mar 6, 2023
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 1, 2023
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 1, 2023
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Mar 1, 2023
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 1, 2023
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 1, 2023
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Mar 1, 2023
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 1, 2023
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Mar 1, 2023
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 1, 2023
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Mar 1, 2023
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 1, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 598: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-598/
MLA
"S. 598: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-598/.
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S. 598, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-598/.
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