HR 821 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

NICS Review Act of 2019

Introduced Jan 28, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 25, 2019 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. IntroducedJan 28, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

NICS Review Act of 2019

This bill revises the amount of time that the national instant criminal background check system retains certain information about an approved firearm transaction.

Currently, identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser must be destroyed within 24 hours. This bill requires identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser to be retained for at least 90 days before it can be destroyed.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jan 28, 2019
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Mar 25, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Jan 28, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Jan 28, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof''.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 17, January 28, 2019, page H1243.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1005NICS Review Act of 2021Reintroduced BillApr 23, 2021
HR 5461NICS Review Act of 2018Reintroduction ofMay 21, 2018

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To require records of the national instant criminal background check system to be retained for at least 90 days.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
NICS Review Act of 2019

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 28, 2019Introduced in House

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