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H.R. 4223 119th Congress House

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

Official title: To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws.

Introduced: June 27, 2025 Introduced by: Madeleine Dean Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 27, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

This bill removes 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 background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4776 Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4223: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4223/
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"H.R. 4223: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4223/.
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H.R. 4223, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4223/.
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