HR 3237 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

NICS Improvement Act of 2003

Introduced Oct 2, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn McCarthy D-NY

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Latest action · Oct 22, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedOct 2, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

NICS Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require: (1) the head of each Federal agency that has records relating to persons for whom receipt of a firearm would violate Federal or State law to provide that information to the Attorney General for inclusion in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS); (2) the agency, upon being made aware that the basis under which a record was made available no longer applies, to correct the record and notify the Attorney General; and (3) the Department of Homeland Security to make available to the Attorney General records relevant to a determination that a person is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm and information about a change in such person's status for removal from NICS, where appropriate.

Directs the Attorney General to make grants to: (1) States and Indian tribal governments to establish or upgrade information and identification technologies for firearms eligibility determinations; and (2) States for use by the State court system to improve the automation and transmittal to Federal and State record repositories of criminal history dispositions, records relevant to determining whether a person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, court orders, and mental health adjudications or commitments.

Requires: (1) the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to study and evaluate NICS operations and to report annually to Congress and to specified States regarding best practices; and (2) the Comptroller General to conduct an audit of the expenditure of all funds appropriated for criminal records improvement to determine how the funds were expended.

Cosponsors 70

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 2, 2003 to Apr 1, 2004; 40 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-MABarney FrankOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-MIBart StupakOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalOct 2, 2003
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalOct 2, 2003
R-NEDoug BereuterOriginalOct 2, 2003
R-FLE. Clay Shaw Jr.OriginalOct 2, 2003
D-HIEd CaseOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalOct 2, 2003
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalOct 2, 2003
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-CALois CappsOriginalOct 2, 2003
R-INMark E. SouderOriginalOct 2, 2003
R-FLMark FoleyOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-NCMelvin L. WattOriginalOct 2, 2003
R-NJMike FergusonOriginalOct 2, 2003
R-NYPeter T. KingOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalOct 2, 2003
R-CARandy (Duke) CunninghamOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalOct 2, 2003
R-VATom DavisOriginalOct 2, 2003
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalOct 2, 2003
R-PAJames C. GreenwoodOct 7, 2003
D-TNJim CooperOct 7, 2003
R-DEMichael N. CastleOct 7, 2003
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOct 15, 2003
D-CAAnna G. EshooOct 15, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumOct 15, 2003
D-CABrad ShermanOct 15, 2003
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOct 15, 2003
D-NYEdolphus TownsOct 15, 2003
D-NYEliot L. EngelOct 15, 2003
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Oct 15, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOct 15, 2003
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOct 15, 2003
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOct 15, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOct 17, 2003
D-NYNita M. LoweyOct 17, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOct 21, 2003
D-CABob FilnerOct 29, 2003
D-CADiane E. WatsonOct 29, 2003
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOct 29, 2003
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOct 29, 2003
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOct 29, 2003
D-ILLane EvansOct 29, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOct 29, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieOct 29, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichNov 4, 2003
D-CODiana DeGetteNov 4, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenDec 8, 2003
R-NJChristopher H. SmithDec 8, 2003
R-OHDeborah PryceApr 1, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Oct 2, 2003
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Oct 22, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 22, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Oct 2, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Oct 2, 2003Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1706NICS Improvement Act of 2003Identical billOct 2, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
NICS Improvement Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 2, 2003Introduced in House

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