HR 4223
119th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
Introduced: June 27, 2025
Introduced by:
Dean, Madeleine
Democratic
· Pennsylvania
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 27, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 27, 2025
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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