S. Amdt. 3887 - In the Nature of a Substitute.

NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007

H.R. 2640 — 110^th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary

To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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Title

To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

• NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007
• NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007
• NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007
• NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007

Sponsor

Carolyn McCarthy

Co-Sponsors

• Timothy Bishop
• Donna Christensen
• Lamar Smith
• Dennis Moore
• Nita Lowey
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz
• Christopher Shays
• John Dingell
• Michael Castle
• Janice Schakowsky
• Rahm Emanuel
• Brad Sherman
• Frederick Boucher
• James Moran
• Mike Ross
• Lois Capps
• William Pascrell

Subjects

• Criminal justice
• Administrative procedure
• Administrative remedies
• Aliens
• Ammunition
• Armed forces
• Arrest
• Auditing
• Automation
• Budgets
• Civil commitment
• Civil liberties
• Computer networks
• Confidential communications
• Congress
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Court records
• Criminal justice information
• Criminal statistics
• Defense policy
• Department of Justice
• Drug abuse
• Drug addiction
• Due process of law
• Electronic data interchange
• Electronic government information
• Executive departments
• Expatriation
• Families
• Family violence
• Federal aid to Indians
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Federal-state relations
• Firearms
• Firearms control
• Fugitives from justice
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Identification of criminals
• Illegal aliens
• Immigration
• Intergovernmental fiscal relations
• Law
• Medical care
• Medical records
• Medicine
• Mental illness
• Military discharges
• Minorities
• Right of privacy
• State and local government
• State courts
• Technology
• Telecommunication
• User charges

Related Bills

• H.R. 297 (110^th) : NICS Improvement Act of 2007

Major Actions

Introduced	6/11/2007
Referred to Committee
Amendments (1 proposed)
Passed House	6/13/2007
Passed Senate	12/19/2007
Signed by President	1/08/2008

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.	6/13/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.	12/19/2007	PASSED by voice vote
currently selected	Senate	Amendment SA 3887 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	12/19/2007	PASSED by voice vote

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	6/11/2007
		6/11/2007	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
		6/13/2007	Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
		6/13/2007	Considered under suspension of the rules.
		6/13/2007	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2640.
select this vote	House Vote on Passage	6/13/2007	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
		6/14/2007	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
		12/19/2007	Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
		12/19/2007	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	12/19/2007	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
		12/19/2007	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
	Presented to President	12/19/2007	Cleared for White House.
		12/19/2007	Amendment SA 3887 proposed by Senator Schumer for Senator Leahy.
currently selected	Vote	12/19/2007	Amendment SA 3887 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		12/19/2007	Mrs. McCarthy (NY) asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
		12/19/2007	On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
	Presented to President	1/04/2008	Presented to President.
	Signed	1/08/2008	Signed by President.
	Enacted	1/08/2008	Became Public Law No: 110-180.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
currently selected	S. Amdt. 3887	Leahy, Patrick [D-VT]	December 19, 2007	Passed by voice vote on December 19, 2007.
	In the nature of a substitute. Actions December 19, 2007, 12:00 am ET - Amendment SA 3887 proposed by Senator Schumer for Senator Leahy. December 19, 2007, 12:00 am ET - Amendment SA 3887 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Full Text of this Amendment The text of this amendment is not available.