Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act

Bill: 117-s-1261
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-04-21
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: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the national instant criminal background check system to automatically 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: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1261 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 21, 2021 Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn , Ms. Ernst , Mr. Hawley , and Mr. Tillis ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 information contained in the system indicates that an alien who is illegally or unlawfully in the United States attempted to receive a firearm.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act . 2. Required notification by NICS to ICE and State and local law enforcement agencies of attempted receipt of firearm by alien who is 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) Notification to ICE and State and local law enforcement agencies of attempted receipt of firearm by person illegally or unlawfully in the United States Whenever information contained in the system established under this section indicates that a prospective firearm transferee is illegally or unlawfully in the United States, the system shall automatically notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and relevant State and local law enforcement agencies that an alien may have attempted to receive a firearm in violation of section 922(g)(5)(A) of title 18, United States Code, and include all relevant information contained in the system. .