S.4776

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

Introduced·6/11/26

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act aims to repeal limitations on the use of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives database.

The Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act seeks to repeal certain limitations on the use of database information by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). This includes removing the requirement to destroy instant criminal background check records within 24 hours, eliminating prohibitions on the consolidation or centralization of firearms acquisition and disposition records, and repealing limitations on processing Freedom of Information Act requests about arson or explosives incidents or firearm traces.

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Judiciary Committee
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History

Jun 11

Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.