Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB661
Legislation Overview
Title: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act
Subject: Business records: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Freedom of information: Retail and wholesale trades: Administrative law and regulatory procedures: Department of Justice: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act - Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, to repeal prohibitions on using appropriated funds: (1) to disclose contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) or any information required to be kept by firearms dealers except as specified in such Act; (2) to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any firearms business; or (3) for any background check system that does not require the destruction of identifying information submitted for a transferee within 24 hours after the system advises a federal firearms licensee that the transferee's receipt of a firearm is not prohibited.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Last Action Date: April 15, 2013
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN00661:@@@L&summ2=m&
Sponsors
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30 sponsors: Lee, Barbara; Cardenas, Tony; DeLauro, Rosa L.; Ellison, Keith; Farr, Sam; Fattah, Chaka; Grijalva, Raul M.; Holt, Rush D.; Honda, Michael M.; Jackson-Lee, Sheila; Robin Kelly; Langevin, James R.; Levin, Sander M.; Lowey, Nita M.; McCollum, Betty; Moore, Gwen; Moran, James P.; Napolitano, Grace F.; Pingree, Chellie; Pocan, Mark; Price, David E.; Quigley, Mike; Roybal-Allard, Lucille; Rush, Bobby L.; Schakowsky, Janice D.; Schiff, Adam B.; Serrano, Jose E.; Speier, Jackie; Tierney, John F.; Tonko, Paul D.;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 7% (30 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 15, 2013 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. |
| House | Feb 13, 2013 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 22 2013 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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