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Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
A bill to repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
This bill removes limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.
Specifically, the bill removes provisions that
- limit the use of firearms tracing data,
- limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act,
- prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory,
- prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees (e.g., gun dealers), and
- require background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jun 11, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jun 11, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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