NICS Improvement Act of 2007

To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.

1/5/2007--Introduced.
NICS Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require:
(1) the head of each federal agency that has records relating to persons for whom receipt of a firearm would violate federal or state law to provide that information to the Attorney General for inclusion in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS);
(2) the agency, upon being made aware that the basis under which a record was made available no longer applies, to correct the record and notify the Attorney General; and
(3) the Secretary of Homeland Security to make available to the Attorney General records relevant to a determination that a person is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm and information about a change in such person's status for removal from NICS, where appropriate.
Directs the Attorney General to make grants to:
(1) states and Indian tribal governments to establish or upgrade information and identification technologies for firearms eligibility determinations; and
(2) states for use by the state court system to improve the automation and transmittal to federal and state record repositories of criminal history dispositions, records relevant to determining whether a person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, court orders, and mental health adjudications or commitments.
Requires:
(1) the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to study and evaluate NICS operations and to report annually to Congress and to specified states regarding best practices; and
(2) the Comptroller General to conduct an audit of the expenditure of all funds appropriated for criminal records improvement to determine how the funds were expended.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
• and 19 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0]
  • Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
  • Rep. Rahm Emanuel [D, IL-5]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
  • Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
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  • House Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.297

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January 05, 2007

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• Feb 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
• Jan 29, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H965-966)
• Jan 29, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR H965-966)
• Jan 17, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H637)
• Jan 17, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR H637)
• Jan 05, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
• Introduced on Jan 05, 2007.

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January 28, 2007 The Uninvited Ombudsman | 1-29-2007

... a Coal to Liquid Fuel Promotion Act, and a NICS Improvement Act, HR 297, which affects national firearms background checks for the public. ...

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January 25, 2007 CONGRESS PUSHES ANTI-GUN BRADY LAW EXPANSION BILL

Carolyn McCarthy introduced HR 297, the most massive expansion of the Brady law since it passed in 1993. This is a bill that was quashed last year but under ...

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January 23, 2007 US Congress Proposes New Anti-Gun Laws

3) "The NICS Improvement Act," HR 297, is being proposed. However, there is no information available on the bill at the time of this writing from the ...

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July 03, 2008 Fbi Criminal Background Check

Day told the accountant he would have to undergo a British government background check to ensure that he was up to the task. Day produced an official-looking--but fake--questionnaire with a British government seal at the top and asked . ...

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July 02, 2008 Fbi Criminal Background Check

HR 297 (McCarthy): This bill provides, in the form of grants, about $1 billion to the states to "provide the National Instant Criminal Background Check System [NICS] with all records concerning persons who are prohibited from possessing ...

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