Bill > HR6127

This bill, known as the ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2025 (AIM Act), aims to remove several existing restrictions on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in enforcing gun safety laws. Specifically, the bill eliminates multiple longstanding provisions that have limited the ATF's ability to collect, analyze, and use firearms-related data. Key provisions include: repealing restrictions on tracing firearms data, removing prohibitions on consolidating firearms acquisition records, allowing the ATF to conduct more frequent inventory inspections of licensed firearms dealers, eliminating requirements to destroy instant background check records within 24 hours, and enabling the processing of Freedom of Information Act requests related to firearm traces. The bill also changes legal standards for federal firearms license revocation from "willful" to "knowing" violations, modifies review procedures for license denials, and removes restrictions on importing certain shotgun models. These changes are intended to provide law enforcement with more comprehensive tools and information to track and regulate firearms, addressing what the bill's sponsors see as obstacles to effective gun safety enforcement.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6127/all-info