Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act

To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act 2. Findings The Congress finds as follows: (1) The Tiahrt Amendments severely limit the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) to disclose crime gun trace data to the public. (2) The Tiahrt Amendments prevent the collection of valuable information, and the establishment of effective policies to prevent illegal guns. (3) Having effective policies to prevent illegal gun trafficking makes our families and communities safer. (4) The Tiahrt Amendments impede enforcement of the gun laws by requiring most background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours, and by barring the Government from requiring annual inventory audits by owners of gun shops. (5) Repealing the Tiahrt Amendments would support law enforcement efforts and give the public vital information needed to craft the most effective policies against illegal guns. 3. Repeal of certain limitations on the use of database information of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (a) The matter under the heading Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses 18 U.S.C. 923 Public Law 112–55 (b) The 6th proviso under the heading Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses 18 U.S.C. 923 Public Law 111–117 beginning in fiscal year 2010 and thereafter in fiscal year 2010 (c) The 6th proviso under the heading Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses 18 U.S.C. 923 Public Law 111–8 beginning in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter in fiscal year 2009 (d) The 6th proviso under the heading Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses 18 U.S.C. 923 Public Law 110–161 beginning in fiscal year 2008 and thereafter in fiscal year 2008 (e) The 6th proviso under the heading Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses 18 U.S.C. 923 Public Law 109–108 with respect to any fiscal year (f) The 6th proviso under the heading in title I of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 ( 18 U.S.C. 923 Public Law 108–447 with respect to any fiscal year 4. Repeal of limitation on imposition of requirement that firearms dealers to conduct physical check of firearms inventory The matter under the heading Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses 18 U.S.C. 923 Public Law 112–55 5. Repeal of requirement to destroy instant criminal background check records within 24 hours Section 511 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 ( 18 U.S.C. 922 Public Law 112–55 (1) by striking for— (1) (2) by striking the semicolon and all that follows and inserting a period.

Summary: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, to repeal prohibitions on using appropriated funds: (1) to disclose contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or any information required to be kept by firearms dealers except as specified in such Act; (2) to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any firearms business; or (3) for any background check system that does not require the destruction of identifying information submitted for a transferee within 24 hours after the system advises a federal firearms licensee that the transferee's receipt of a firearm is not prohibited.