3.0.0 2935 2019-11-15T21:58:55Z 2019-11-15T21:58:55Z Senate S S 2008-04-29 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-29T21:30:22Z 2008-04-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2008-04-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3512-3513) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-04-29 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2008-04-29 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2008-04-29 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2008-04-29 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2008-04-29 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2008-04-29 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-04-29 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2008-04-30 False Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Ex-offenders Firearms Firearms control Government Operations and Politics Identification of criminals Law Licenses Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2008-04-29 Introduced in Senate 2008-06-09T20:28:02Z Preserving Records of Terrorist & Criminal Transactions Act of 2008 or the PROTECT Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to require: (1) the retention for a minimum of 10 years of criminal background check records for known or suspected members of terrorist organizations who attempt to purchase firearms or apply for a state permit to possess, acquire, or carry firearms; and (2) the retention for at least 180 days of other criminal background check records relating to firearms purchases.

Repeals certain provisions that require the destruction within 24 hours of identifying information for individuals who legally purchase or possess firearms.

]]> PROTECT Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced PROTECT Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Preserving Records of Terrorist & Criminal Transactions Act of 2008 Display Title PROTECT Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent the destruction of terrorist and criminal national instant criminal background check system records. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2935is/xml/BILLS-110s2935is.xml 2008-04-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.