Notify ICE Act

Bill: 116-hr-1397
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2019-02-27
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Criminal justice information and records

Firearms and explosives
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Notify ICE Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the national instant criminal background check system to report to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the individuals determined to be ineligible to receive a firearm due to their illegal or unlawful presence in the United States.</p> <ul> </ul>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1397 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2019 Mr. Cline (for himself, Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. Buck , Mr. Gaetz , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Reschenthaler , Mr. Steube , Mr. Riggleman , Mr. Griffith , Mr. Armstrong , Mr. Meadows , Mr. Gohmert , Ms. Cheney , Mr. Roy , Mr. Stivers , and Mr. Scalise ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the national instant criminal background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of firearm transfer denials by reason of illegal or unlawful presence in the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Notify ICE Act . 2. Notification to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of firearm transfer denials by reason of illegal or unlawful presence in the United States From time to time, the Attorney General shall transmit to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security a report which identifies each individual with respect to whom, during the period covered by the report, the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act has— (1) notified a person licensed under chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, that the individual is ineligible to receive a firearm; and (2) provided the notice because the information available to the system indicates that the individual is illegally or unlawfully in the United States.