Senate bill · S. 4776 (119th Congress)
Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
U.S. Senate
Summary
Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act This bill removes 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 background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.
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Where it stands
Assigned to a committee for review.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Up for a vote
- Passed one chamber
- Passed
- Enacted
Committee
House Committee on the Judiciary · U.S. House of Representatives
Also referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · U.S. Senate.
Cosponsors
Alex Padilla, Angela D. Alsobrooks and 10 others
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- Democratic12
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Full history
- Jun 11, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate
- Jun 11, 2026
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jun 11, 2026
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jun 11, 2026
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.