Bill > S3212

This bill, known as the ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2025 (AIM Act), is designed to remove several existing restrictions on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that have limited its ability to enforce gun safety laws. Specifically, the bill eliminates multiple longstanding provisions that have constrained the ATF's investigative and regulatory powers across various fiscal years. Key changes include removing limitations on firearms trace data usage, allowing the consolidation of firearms acquisition records, permitting physical inventory checks of firearms dealers, eliminating the requirement to destroy instant background check records within 24 hours, and enabling the processing of Freedom of Information Act requests related to firearm traces and incidents. The bill also modifies standards for federal firearms license revocation from "willful" to "knowing" violations, removes restrictions on importing certain firearms, and allows more frequent record-keeping inspections of federal firearms licensees. Additionally, the bill adjusts the review process for license revocations by removing the requirement for de novo review and limiting the types of evidence that can be considered in such proceedings. These changes are intended to provide law enforcement with more comprehensive tools and flexibility in monitoring and regulating firearms.

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