To require the Inspector General, Department of Justice, to submit a report to the Congress on the number of firearm transaction denials issued by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for investigation, the number of prosecutions resulting from such investigations, and the number of firearms recovered by the Bureau in cases in which such a denial was issued after the firearm was transferred.

Bill: 116-hr-4490
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2019-09-25
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal justice information and records

Firearms and explosives

Government studies and investigations

Retail and wholesale trades
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Office of the Inspector General in the Department of Justice to report to Congress on the number of (1) firearm transfer denials issued by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for investigation; (2) prosecutions resulting from such investigations; and (3) firearms recovered by the ATF in cases in which a denial was issued by the system after a firearm was transferred.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4490 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 25, 2019 Mr. Burgess introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the Inspector General, Department of Justice, to submit a report to the Congress on the number of firearm transaction denials issued by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for investigation, the number of prosecutions resulting from such investigations, and the number of firearms recovered by the Bureau in cases in which such a denial was issued after the firearm was transferred.

1. Report on firearm transfers denied as a result of a NICS check Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General, Department of Justice, shall prepare and submit to the Congress a written report— (1) on the number of firearm transactions with respect to which the national instant criminal background check system established under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act has determined that receipt of a firearm by the prospective firearm transferee would violate Federal or State law, and which have been referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for investigation; (2) on the number of persons prosecuted by a United States attorney for an alleged violation of Federal law in connection with a transaction referred to in paragraph (1); and (3) assessing the efforts of the Bureau to seize firearms received by persons— (A) with respect to whom the system referred to in paragraph (1) of this section was contacted pursuant to section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, in relation to a firearm transaction; (B) to whom a firearm was transferred after the 3-day period described in section 922(t)(1)(B)(ii) of such title that applied with respect to the transaction; and (C) with respect to whom the system referred to in paragraph (1) of this section subsequently made the determination described in such paragraph.