HR 1302 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

Introduced Mar 1, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Barbara Lee D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 1, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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. IntroducedMar 1, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.

Specifically, the bill removes provisions that

  • limit the use of firearms tracing data,
  • limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act,
  • prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory,
  • prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees (e.g., gun dealers), and
  • require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2023 to Mar 6, 2024; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-NVDina TitusOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-MAJake AuchinclossOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-COJason CrowOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-FLMaxwell FrostOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-ILSean CastenOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalMar 1, 2023
D-NYAdriano EspaillatApr 17, 2023
D-OHShontel M. BrownApr 17, 2023
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeJul 26, 2023
D-RIGabe AmoMar 6, 2024

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 1, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 1, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Mar 1, 2023Referred 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

=========================== NOTE =========================== On page H1051, March 1, 2023, the following appeared: By Ms. LEE: H.R. 1302. The online version has been corrected to read: By Ms. LEE of California: H.R. 1302. ========================= END NOTE ========================= Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Judiciary

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 39, March 1, 2023, page H1051.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 598Gun Records Restoration and Preservation ActIdentical billMar 1, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 1, 2023Introduced in House

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