Federal · Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

34 U.S.C. § 40916: Illegal immigrant gun purchase notification

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute requires the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to share records with Immigration and Customs Enforcement about individuals prohibited from firearm possession due to illegal alien status. The Attorney General may create guidelines for which records to provide.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this chapter, all records obtained by the National Instant Criminal Background Check system relevant to whether an individual is prohibited from possessing a firearm because such person is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States shall be made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Attorney General, at his or her discretion, shall promulgate guidelines relevant to what records relevant to illegal aliens shall be provided pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

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