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AIM Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-118| Senate 
| Updated: 1/26/2023
Chris Van Hollen

Chris Van Hollen

Democratic Senator

Maryland

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2023 or the AIM Act of 2023 This bill removes limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws. Specifically, the bill removes provisions that limit the use of firearms tracing data; prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees, or FFLs (e.g., gun dealers); prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory; require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours; limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act; prohibit the ATF from altering the definition of or denying certain import applications for a curio or relic firearm; prohibit the denial of a federal firearms license due to lack of business activity; prohibit transferring the ATF's functions, missions, or activities to other agencies or departments; prohibit the electronic retrieval of information gathered from firearm transaction records of FFLs that go out of business; and prohibit the ATF from denying an application to import certain shotguns. Additionally, the bill raises the liability standard for denying or revoking a federal firearms license from a willful violation to a knowing violation of federal firearms laws or regulations, and removes the de novo standard of judicial review for appealing the denial or revocation of a federal firearms license.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4841
AIM Act of 2020

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4768
AIM Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4582
AIM Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-1242
AIM Act of 2021
Jan 26, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jan 26, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 20, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-2788
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4841
    AIM Act of 2020


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4768
    AIM Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4582
    AIM Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-1242
    AIM Act of 2021


  • January 26, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 26, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • April 20, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-2788
    Introduced in House

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • HR 118-974: AIM Act of 2023
Business recordsCrimes against propertyCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of JusticeEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFirearms and explosivesFreedom of informationHistorical and cultural resourcesJudicial review and appealsLaw enforcement administration and fundingLicensing and registrations

AIM Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-118| Senate 
| Updated: 1/26/2023
ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2023 or the AIM Act of 2023 This bill removes limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws. Specifically, the bill removes provisions that limit the use of firearms tracing data; prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees, or FFLs (e.g., gun dealers); prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory; require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours; limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act; prohibit the ATF from altering the definition of or denying certain import applications for a curio or relic firearm; prohibit the denial of a federal firearms license due to lack of business activity; prohibit transferring the ATF's functions, missions, or activities to other agencies or departments; prohibit the electronic retrieval of information gathered from firearm transaction records of FFLs that go out of business; and prohibit the ATF from denying an application to import certain shotguns. Additionally, the bill raises the liability standard for denying or revoking a federal firearms license from a willful violation to a knowing violation of federal firearms laws or regulations, and removes the de novo standard of judicial review for appealing the denial or revocation of a federal firearms license.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4841
AIM Act of 2020

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4768
AIM Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4582
AIM Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-1242
AIM Act of 2021
Jan 26, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jan 26, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 20, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-2788
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4841
    AIM Act of 2020


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4768
    AIM Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4582
    AIM Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-1242
    AIM Act of 2021


  • January 26, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 26, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • April 20, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-2788
    Introduced in House
Chris Van Hollen

Chris Van Hollen

Democratic Senator

Maryland

Judiciary Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • HR 118-974: AIM Act of 2023
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Business recordsCrimes against propertyCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of JusticeEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFirearms and explosivesFreedom of informationHistorical and cultural resourcesJudicial review and appealsLaw enforcement administration and fundingLicensing and registrations