No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act

Bill: 119-s-119
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2025-01-16
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Firearms and explosives

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Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act</strong></p><p>This bill modifies the retention requirements for firearm transaction records of federal firearms licensees (FFLs) that go out of business.</p><p>Current law generally requires FFLs that go out of business to deliver their firearm transaction records to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).</p><p>This bill removes the requirement for FFLs that go out of business to deliver their firearm transaction records to the ATF. Further, the bill requires the ATF to destroy all out-of-business records it has collected from FFLs.</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 119 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2025 Mr. Risch (for himself, Ms. Lummis , Mr. Daines , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Sheehy , Mr. Ricketts , Mr. Mullin , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , and Mr. Crapo ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to discontinue the collection by the Federal Government of firearm transaction records of discontinued firearms businesses, to require the destruction of such already collected records, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act . 2. Destruction of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives firearm transaction records of discontinued firearms businesses (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives shall destroy each firearm transaction record delivered to the Attorney General under section 923(g)(4) of title 18, United States Code. (b) Preventing future firearm registration Section 923(g)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the second and third sentences. 3. Report to Congress The Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives shall submit to Congress a written report that specifies the number of firearm transaction records destroyed under section 2(a).