Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB183
Legislation Overview
Title: Terror Intelligence Improvement Act of 2021
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal justice information and records: Detention of persons: Firearms and explosives: Government studies and investigations: Terrorism
Description: Establishes a framework to limit the transfer of a firearm or explosive to a person who is or has been under a federal terrorism investigation. Specifically, the bill requires each federal department or agency to provide to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) information about a person who is or has been under a federal terrorism investigation. Additionally, it requires the FBI and its Joint Terrorism Task Forces to immediately be notified of a request to transfer a firearm or explosive to a person who is, or was within the previous 10 years, under a federal terrorism investigation (i.e., a suspected terrorist). Further, the Department of Justice must establish a process to delay and prevent the transfer of a firearm or explosive to a suspected terrorist.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/183/all-info
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Marco Rubio (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2021 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 24 2021 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
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