NICS Review Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1005
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-02-11
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records

Firearms and explosives

Law enforcement administration and funding

Licensing and registrations

Retail and wholesale trades
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>NICS Review Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill revises the amount of time that the national instant criminal background check system retains certain information about an approved firearm transaction.</p> <p>Currently, identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser must be destroyed within 24 hours. This bill requires identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser to be retained for at least 90 days before it can be destroyed.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1005 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2021 Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself and Mr. Carson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require records of the national instant criminal background check system to be retained for at least 90 days.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the NICS Review Act of 2021 . 2. Requirement that NICS records be retained for at least 90 days Section 511 of division B of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 ( 34 U.S.C. 40901 note; Public Law 112–55 ; 125 Stat. 632) is amended by striking no more than 24 hours and inserting no fewer than 90 days .