NICS Improvement Act of 2005
Latest action · Dec 5, 2006 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8704-8705)
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.
- IntroducedMar 17, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
NICS Improvement Act of 2005 - 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 Secretary 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 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2005 to Sep 25, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Apr 14, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | May 12, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | May 12, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | May 19, 2005 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | May 19, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 23, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Oct 27, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Oct 27, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Nov 4, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Nov 10, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Mar 28, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 2, 2006 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | May 10, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jun 20, 2006 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Sep 12, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Sep 19, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Sep 25, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 17, 2005 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred May 10, 2005Hearings May 3, 2006Markup May 18, 2006Reported May 18, 2006 |
Actions 21
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8704-8705)
- Sep 6, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6275)
- Jun 14, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3979-3980)
- May 18, 2006Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 18, 2006Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
In the Congressional Record 15
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3979 | Carolyn McCarthy D-NY | Jun 14, 2006 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1125 | Carolyn McCarthy D-NY | Mar 16, 2006 |
| House | Debate and remarks H419 | Carolyn McCarthy D-NY | Feb 28, 2006 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2470 | Carolyn McCarthy D-NY | Dec 7, 2005 |
| House | Debate and remarks H11073 | Carolyn McCarthy D-NY | Dec 6, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-107 | FIREARM COMMERCE MODERNIZATION ACT, AND THE NICS IMPROVEMENT ACT33 pages | Judiciary Committee | May 3, 2006 |
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 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative procedure
- Aliens
- Ammunition
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arrest
- Auditing
- Automation
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Computer networks
- Confidential communications
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Court records
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Criminal statistics
- Department of Justice
- Drug abuse
- Drug addiction
- Due process of law
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic data interchange
- Electronic government information
- Expatriation
- Families
- Family violence
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal-state relations
- Firearms
- Firearms control
- Fugitives from justice
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Identification of criminals
- Illegal aliens
- Immigration
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Juries
- Law
- Medical records
- Mental illness
- Military discharges
- Minorities
- Pardons
- Right of privacy
- Right to counsel
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State courts
- User charges
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2005Introduced in House
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