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Senate Passes NICS Improvement Act
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The NICS Improvement Act does the following:=
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a.. Permanently prohibits the FBI from char=
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b.. Requires all federal agencies that impo=
se mental health adjudications or commitments to provide a process for "rel=
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c.. Prevents reporting of mental adjudicati=
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d.. Requires removal of expired, incorrect =
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ownership rights. =20
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<LI>Prevents reporting of mental adjudicati=
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or commitments by federal agencies when tho=
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otherwise irrelevant records. Today, totall=
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records, who were never convicted of the cr=
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