Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act

Bill: 116-hr-1412
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2019-02-27
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Criminal justice information and records

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Firearms and explosives

Government information and archives

Immigration status and procedures

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the national instant criminal background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and relevant state and local law enforcement agencies when the system indicates that a prospective firearm transferee is illegally or unlawfully in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1412 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2019 Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. Gaetz , Mr. Cline , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Buck , Mr. Reschenthaler , and Mr. Gohmert ) 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 and the relevant State and local law enforcement agencies whenever the information available to the system indicates that a person illegally or unlawfully in the United States may be attempting to receive a firearm.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act . 2. Requirement that NICS notify ICE and State and local law enforcement agencies of attempted receipt of firearm by person illegally or unlawfully in the United States Section 103(e) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ( 34 U.S.C. 40901(e) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Requirement to notify ICE and State and local law enforcement agencies of attempted receipt of firearm by person illegally or unlawfully in the United States The Attorney General shall ensure that, whenever the information available to the system established under this section indicates that a prospective firearm transferee is illegally or unlawfully in the United States, the system shall transmit to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency and to relevant State and local law enforcement agencies a notice that the person may have attempted to receive a firearm in violation of section 922(g)(5) of title 18, United States Code, and shall include with the notice all relevant information possessed by the system. .