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S. 4776 · 119th Congress

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

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AKD KimSponsor
12 cosponsors · 12 D
AAD Alsobrooks RBD Blumenthal CBD Booker RDD Durbin TDD Duckworth KGD Gillibrand MHD Hirono EMD Markey CMD Murphy JMD Merkley APD Padilla JRD Reed

12 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 11, 2026

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

Latest action (Jun 11, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 11, 2026

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.