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No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act

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Introduced:
Jan 20, 2025
Policy Area:
Crime and Law Enforcement

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3
Actions
66
Cosponsors
1
Summaries
5
Subjects
1
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Jan 20, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Jan 20, 2025 00
<p><strong>No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act</strong></p><p>This bill modifies the retention requirements for firearm transaction records of federal firearms licensees (FFLs) that go out of business.</p><p>Current law generally requires FFLs that go out of business to deliver their firearm transaction records to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).</p><p>This bill removes the requirement for FFLs that go out of business to deliver their firearm transaction records to the ATF. Further, the bill requires the ATF to destroy all out-of-business records it has collected from FFLs.</p>

Actions (3)

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Jan 20, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Jan 20, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Jan 20, 2025

Subjects (5)

Business records Congressional oversight Crime and Law Enforcement (Policy Area) Firearms and explosives Government information and archives

Cosponsors (20 of 66)

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Jan 20, 2025

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Length: 2,946 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Jan 20, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:02 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 563 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 563

To amend title 18, United States Code, to discontinue the collection by
the Federal Government of firearm transaction records of discontinued
firearms businesses, to require the destruction of such already
collected records, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 20, 2025

Mr. Cloud (for himself, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Harris of North
Carolina, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Burlison, Mr.
Fulcher, Mr. Perry, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Estes, Mr. Moore
of Alabama, Mr. Roy, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Sessions, Mr.
DesJarlais, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Cline, Mr.
Nehls, Mr. Massie, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Bean of
Florida, Mr. Self, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Mann, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr.
Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rulli, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Bost, Mr.
Dunn of Florida, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Moore of
West Virginia, Mr. Strong, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Gooden, Mr.
Rose, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Ogles, Ms.
Hageman, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Fry, and Mr. Brecheen)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to discontinue the collection by
the Federal Government of firearm transaction records of discontinued
firearms businesses, to require the destruction of such already
collected records, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``No Retaining Every Gun In a System
That Restricts Your Rights Act''.
SEC. 2.
EXPLOSIVES FIREARM TRANSACTION RECORDS OF DISCONTINUED
FIREARMS BUSINESSES.

(a) In General.--Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives shall destroy all firearm transaction records delivered to
the Attorney General pursuant to
section 923 (g) (4) of title 18, United States Code.

(g)

(4) of title 18, United
States Code.

(b) Preventing Future Firearm Registration.--
Section 923 (g) (4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the 2nd and 3rd sentences.

(g)

(4) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the 2nd and 3rd
sentences.
SEC. 3.

The Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives shall submit to the Congress a written report that specifies
the number of firearm transaction records destroyed pursuant to
section 2 (a) .

(a) .
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