Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4223 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4223 To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 27, 2025 Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds as follows: (1) The Tiahrt Amendments prevent the collection of valuable information, and the establishment of effective policies to prevent illegal guns from being used in crimes. (2) The Tiahrt Amendments impede enforcement of the gun laws by requiring most background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours, and by barring the Federal Government from requiring annual inventory audits by owners of gun shops. (3) A 2012 study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the Tiahrt Amendments dramatically increase gun trafficking to the criminal market. (4) A 2016 study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health found that in 2008, 79 percent of all guns recovered by police from crime scenes belonged to someone other than the perpetrator--30 percent had been stolen. (5) A 2020 analysis from the RAND corporation concluded that the Tiahrt Amendments limit researchers' access to data that provide important insights, such as-- (A) how guns flow from States with less restrictive gun laws to States with more restrictive gun laws; (B) how prohibited purchasers obta