Iris Scan Security Act of 2005
Latest action · Feb 6, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
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- IntroducedNov 17, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Iris Scan Security Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to enable states to: (1) include in state criminal records systems iris scan information obtained from individuals prohibited by federal or state law from possessing or receiving a firearm by reason of having been convicted in state court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or a misdemeanor domestic violence crime; and (2) provide such information electronically to the national instant criminal background check (NICS) system.
Requires a state grantee to: (1) provide to the NICS system such information from the database as the Attorney General may require; and (2) not disclose any information in the database except for a law enforcement purpose.
Directs the Attorney General to prescribe regulations necessary to ensure that the system is equipped to receive iris scan information and to use the information in responding to requests from licensees for information about whether receipt of a firearm by a prospective transferee would violate federal or state law.
Amends the code to prohibit the transfer of a firearm by a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer to an unlicensed individual unless the licensee performs an iris scan and provides the NICS system electronically with the information obtained from the scan.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Nov 17, 2005Introduced in House
- Nov 17, 2005Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic data interchange
- Equipment and supplies
- Ex-offenders
- Families
- Family violence
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Firearms
- Firearms control
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Identification devices
- Identification of criminals
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Wife abuse
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2005Introduced in House
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