1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated March 1, 2019Firearm Background Checks: Current Federal Framework and the House-Passed Proposals in the 116th CongressFederal law requires a background check for many, but not all, firearms transfers. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act), Pub.
2、 L. No. 103-159, 107 Stat. 1536, established the federal framework for firearms background checks. Under the Act, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) established the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), which queries various government records that could reveal a prospecti
3、ve transferee is ineligible to receive a firearm. Since the Brady Act became law in 1993 and NICS went live in 1998, the framework governing the background check system has remained largely unchanged. Amendments to the Brady Act generally have addressed getting more records entered into the system b
4、y state and federal entities. The House passed two measures in February 2019, however, that would amend the background check process, itself: H.R. 8 would expand background checks to more transfers, and H.R. 1112 would impose new restrictions on when a transfer would be permitted if a NICS check doe
