H.R. 431: Gun Transparency and Accountability (Gun TRAC) Act of 2013

Introduced:
Jan 25, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA14]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on January 25, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Progress
Introduced Jan 25, 2013
Referred to Committee Jan 25, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

8% chance of getting past committee.
2% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
28 cosponsors (28D) (show)
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House Judiciary

↪ Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations

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Full Title

To restore certain authorities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to administer the firearms laws, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Jan 25, 2013.
4 pages

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1/25/2013--Introduced.
Gun Transparency and Accountability (Gun TRAC) Act of 2013 - Declares that the contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) shall not be immune from legal process, shall be subject to subpoena or other discovery, shall be admissible as evidence, and may be used, relied on, or disclosed on the same basis as other information in a civil action in any state or federal court or in an administrative proceeding.
Amends the federal criminal code to:
(1) prohibit national instant criminal background check system records from being destroyed until after 90 days after the system assigns and provides a firearms licensee with a unique identification number for the transfer,
(2) set forth penalties for the willful violation of an inventory reporting order by a firearms licensee, and
(3) prohibit the Attorney General from accepting an application for a federal firearms license from a person whose license has been revoked.
Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, to repeal provisions that prohibit appropriated funds from being used:
(1) for any background check system that does not require the destruction of any identifying information submitted for a transferee within 24 hours after the system advises a licensee that the transferee's receipt of a firearm is not prohibited; or
(2) to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any firearms business.

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  • 125 Stat. 609-610
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