{"bill":{"id":"119-s-4776","congress":119,"type":"S","number":4776,"title":"Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act","originChamber":"Senate","introducedDate":"2026-06-11","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"K000394","fullName":"Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]","party":"D","state":"NJ","district":null}],"cosponsorsCount":12,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-06-11","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary."},"policyArea":"Crime and Law Enforcement","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2026-06-11","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-06-11","text":"Introduced in Senate","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":"2026-07-01T20:34:13Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":8505,"ts":"2026-07-15T09:13:30.638Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Gun%20Records%20Restoration%20and%20Preservation%20Act"}]}}