1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2023 . 2. Search of National Data Exchange (a) Retention of Background Check Records Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ( 34 U.S.C. 40901 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (l) as subsections (i) through (m), respectively; (2) in subsection (g), in the last sentence, by striking subsection (k) and inserting subsection (l) ; and (3) by inserting after subsection (g) the following: (h) Record Retention (1) Deadline for Retention Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the system shall retain records related to a transfer or potential transfer of a firearm to a person who is the subject of a call to the system pursuant to subsection (s) or (t) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, for as long as necessary to determine whether receipt of a firearm by the person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of such section or State law. (2) Notice of Retention If the system has not determined whether receipt of a firearm by a person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or State law within 30 days after a call to the system with respect to the person, the system shall notify the person in writing (or by electronic mail if the person has consented to the use of electronic mail) that— (A) the system may retain records relating to the person and the transfer of a firearm until the system determines that receipt of such firearm by the person does not violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or State law