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H.R. 661: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act
- Introduced:
- Feb 13, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA13]
- Status:
- Referred to Committee
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- Full Title
To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws.
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- Text
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Last updated Feb 13, 2013.
5 pages
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Library of Congress Summary
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2/13/2013--Introduced.
Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act - Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, to repeal prohibitions on using appropriated funds:
(1) to disclose contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) or any information required to be kept by firearms dealers except as specified in such Act;
(2) to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any firearms business; or
(3) for any background check system that does not require the destruction of identifying information submitted for a transferee within 24 hours after the system advises a federal firearms licensee that the transferee's receipt of a firearm is not prohibited.
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The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:
Slip Laws
Slip laws refer to enacted bills and joint resolutions in their original form as enacted by Congress, that is, before other laws amend them. Slip laws are cited as “Public Law XXX-YYY”, where XXX is the number of the Congress in which the bill or resolution was introduced.
- Public Law 108-447
- Public Law 109-108
- Public Law 110-161:
H.R. 2764 (110th): Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 - Public Law 111-8:
H.R. 1105 (111th): Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 - Public Law 111-117:
H.R. 3288 (111th): Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 - Public Law 112-55:
H.R. 2112 (112th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
United States Code
The United States Code is the compilation of permanent laws enacted by Congress. Temporary and other non-permanent laws do not appear in the United States Code. (About half of the United States Code is the law itself, called positive law. The other half is merely a compilation of the laws but has no legal significance.)
- Title 18: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
- Part I: CRIMES
- Chapter 44: FIREARMS
- Section 922: Unlawful acts
- Section 923: Licensing
Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large is the compilation of all laws enacted by Congress.
- 118 Stat. 2859-2860
- 119 Stat. 2295-2296
- 121 Stat. 1903-1904
- 123 Stat. 574-576
- 123 Stat. 3128-3129
- 125 Stat. 609-610
- 125 Stat. 632