Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-135
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2021-01-04
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Criminal justice information and records

Firearms and explosives
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to report to Congress on the number of firearm transfers where (1) a licensed gun dealer submits a background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), (2) NICS fails to respond within three business days, and (3) the licensed gun dealer completes the transfer.</p> <p>The FBI must also report on the procedures followed once the transferee is discovered to be ineligible. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 135 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2021 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report to the Congress semiannually on the number of firearms transfers resulting from the failure to complete a background check within 3 business days, and the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive a firearm.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2021 . 2. FBI report on firearms transfers resulting from the failure to complete a background check within 3 business days, and the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive a firearm Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a written report on— (1) the number of proposed firearm transfers— (A) about which a person licensed under chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, contacted the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act; (B) with respect to which the system failed to respond to the licensee within 3 business days; and (C) which were completed in the period covered by the report; and (2) the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive a firearm.