US Congress · H.R. 2267 · Passed the House

NICS Data Reporting Act of 2026

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Introduced 2025-03-21

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Officially: “NICS Data Reporting Act of 2026” Read the full text

Crime and Law Enforcement

What it does

NICS Data Reporting Act This bill requires the Department of Justice to report annually on the demographic data of persons who are determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm based on a background check performed by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

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1Short title

This section would let the Act be called the "NICS Data Reporting Act."

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the NICS Data Reporting Act .

2NICS report

This section would require the Attorney General to submit a report to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee on the Judiciary no later than 1 year after this Act becomes law, and then once every year after that. Each report would cover the year before it and would include demographic data on people who were found ineligible to buy a firearm because of a background check run through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The demographic data would include race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, age, disability, average annual income, and English language proficiency, whenever that information is available.

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2. NICS report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that includes, with respect to the preceding year, the demographic data of persons who were determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm based on a background check performed by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, including race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, age, disability, average annual income, and English language proficiency, if available.

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-03-21

In the House.

Passed the House · 2026-05-12

Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

Full bill textread it on this site, version rfs (Referred in Senate), as published by GovInfo

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Congressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO

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The numbers

29%

of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)

sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTSvia NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS

6 filings

GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INCvia GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.

4 filings

NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATIONvia NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION

1 filing

From 11 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.

Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (2026-05-13).