Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act

Bill: 117-hr-355
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Criminal justice information and records

Firearms and explosives

Government information and archives

Immigration status and procedures

Law enforcement administration and funding

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-19
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 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 355 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 19, 2021 Mr. Steube 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. .