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109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2460
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 27, 2006
Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To permit access to certain information in the Firearms Trace System database.
Firearms trace system
In general
The Science, State,
Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law
109–108; 119 Stat. 2295) is amended in title I, under the heading
Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
, by striking
Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this
or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year may be used to disclose part
or all of the contents of the Firearms Trace System database
and all
that follows through section 921(a)(10) of such title):
.
Access to information
The Attorney General shall provide public access to the Crime Gun Trace Report (both nationally and for individual cities) from the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative, which is generated using information in the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.