21st Century NICS Act
Latest action · May 18, 2021 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.
- IntroducedMar 2, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
21st Century NICS Act
This bill modifies procedures for conducting firearms-related background checks through the national instant criminal background check system (NICS).
Specifically, it permits the NICS to query an additional database—the National Data Exchange—as part of a firearm-related background check.
Cosponsors 49
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2021 to Jun 13, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Original | Mar 2, 2021 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Mar 2, 2021 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | Mar 2, 2021 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Anthony Gonzalez | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-LA | Garret Graves | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-MI | Peter Meijer | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Apr 13, 2021 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | May 4, 2021 | |
| R-UT | Blake D. Moore | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Oct 26, 2021 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Oct 26, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Oct 26, 2021 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Nov 4, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | May 27, 2022 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| R-WI | Bryan Steil | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| R-OR | Cliff Bentz | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Jun 13, 2022 |
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 2, 2021 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Mar 2, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 2, 2021Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 39, March 2, 2021, page H1015.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2319 | 21st Century NICS Act | Reintroduction of | May 20, 2019 |
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 in order to search the National Data Exchange database when conducting criminal background checks.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- 21st Century NICS Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
