{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-4223","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":4223,"title":"Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-06-27","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"D000631","fullName":"Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]","party":"D","state":"PA","district":4}],"cosponsorsCount":0,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-06-27","text":"Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary."},"policyArea":"Crime and Law Enforcement","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-06-27","text":"Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-27","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-27","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>Specifically, the bill removes provisions that</p><ul><li>limit the use of firearms tracing data,</li><li>limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act,</li><li>prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory,</li><li>prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees (e.g., gun dealers), and</li><li>require background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.</li></ul>","updateDate":"2026-03-19T18:45:51Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":324,"ts":"2026-04-19T09:57:49.076Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Gun%20Records%20Restoration%20and%20Preservation%20Act"}]}}