S 591 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Background Check Completion Act of 2021

Summary

Background Check Completion Act of 2021 This bill prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2021

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Mar 4, 2021 Last action Mar 4, 2021

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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

2

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Committee

1

Mar 4, 2021

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

upper

Mar 4, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

1 primary · 26 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

District

Richard Blumenthal

Benjamin L. Cardin

Bernard Sanders

Chris Van Hollen

Christopher A. Coons

Christopher Murphy

Dianne Feinstein

Edward J. Markey