To require the Attorney General to submit to the Congress a report that includes the demographic data of persons determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm based on a background check performed by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the NICS Data Reporting Act of 2026
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Sec. 2. NICS report
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report containing, with respect to the preceding year, the demographic data of persons who were determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm based on a background check performed by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which shall include, disaggregated by the reason for the determination of ineligibility, the following:
(1)
The race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, age, disability, average annual income, and English language proficiency, if available.
(2)
In the case of each person whose determination of ineligibility was overturned on appeal, the race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, age, disability, average annual income, and English language proficiency, if available.