Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
This bill, cited as the 'Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act', aims to repeal certain impediments to the administration of firearms laws. It repeals restrictions known as the Tiahrt Amendments, which require background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours and bar the Federal Government from requiring annual inventory audits by gun shop owners. The bill also restores the ability to process Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding explosives incidents and firearm traces.
Key points
Repeals the requirement to destroy instant criminal background check records within 24 hours.
Removes the prohibition on the Federal Government requiring firearms dealers to conduct physical checks of firearms inventory.
Eliminates the prohibition on processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests about arson or explosives incidents or firearm traces.
Removes the prohibition on the consolidation or centralization in the Department of Justice of firearms acquisition and disposition records maintained by Federal firearms licensees.
Status:
Expired
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