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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 111 (Friday, June 27, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania:H.R. 4223.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H3033]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act</strong></p><p>This bill removes limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.</p><p>Specifically, the bill removes provisions that</p><ul><li>limit the use of firearms tracing data,</li><li>limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act,</li><li>prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory,</li><li>prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees (e.g., gun dealers), and</li><li>require background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.</li></ul>]]></text>
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