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Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022 and Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022-Implementation Revisions for National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
The Justice Department published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on December 12, 2024. Comments closed on February 10, 2025.
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What the agency says
The United States Department of Justice ("Department") proposes to amend its regulations pertaining to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System ("NICS") of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") to implement parts of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 ("CAA") and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act ("BSCA") by proposing additional, relevant definitions and procedures to reflect and implement the statutory mandates described above.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-28712
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comment
- Agency
- Justice Department
- Published
- December 12, 2024
- Comments due
- February 10, 2025
- Dates
- Written comments must be postmarked, and electronic comments must be submitted, on or before February 10, 2025. Commenters should be aware the electronic Federal Docket Management System will not accept comments after 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the last day of the comment period.
- Docket
- Docket No. FBI-158; AG Order No. 6100-2024
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1110-AA36
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 28 CFR 25
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Arms and munitions; Computer technology; Crime; Juvenile delinquency; Law enforcement; Penalties; Privacy; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 21
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