Official Summaries

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

This bill modifies the retention requirements for firearm transaction records of federal firearms licensees (FFLs) that go out of business.

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).

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.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 563 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Retaining Every Gun In a System 
That Restricts Your Rights Act''.

SEC. 2. DESTRUCTION OF BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 
              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.
    (b) Preventing Future Firearm Registration.--Section 923(g)(4) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the 2nd and 3rd 
sentences.

SEC. 3. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.

    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).
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