The phrase "agreement on background" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a consensus or understanding regarding the context or foundational information related to a topic or issue.
Example: "Before we proceed with the project, we need to reach an agreement on background to ensure everyone is on the same page."
Alternatives: "consensus on context" or "understanding of the background".
While the path may now be cleared for the full Senate to begin debating new gun measures, the fate of the proposed legislation, including a bipartisan agreement on background checks, remains uncertain.
With the help of 16 Republicans, the Senate voted on Thursday to clear the way for a debate on gun measures, including a bipartisan agreement on background checks proposed by Senators Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, and Patrick J. Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Toomey has insisted that the agreement on background checks does not infringe on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners and is intended to keep guns out of the hands of convicted criminals and people who have been adjudicated mentally ill.
"When it comes to the secretary's office, the only money HUD spent was $3,200 to put up new blinds in his office and the deputy secretary's office," Williams said in an email, declaring this information to be "on background" without prior agreement.
And Mr. Coburn has gone further than most in his party to reach agreement on a background check bill that would eliminate what is commonly called the "gun-show loophole" even though the exemption extends far beyond gun shows.
A bipartisan collection of senators, led by Charles Schumer (D-N.Y). and Tom Coburn (R-Okla)., have been trying to reach a broad bipartisan agreement on the background checks but have hit a stumbling block on how to maintain records of private gun sales.
That was before the Senate voted down a bi-partisan agreement on universal background checks for gun buyers.
Americans are in agreement on wanting tougher background checks.
In addition, there has not been universal agreement on the theoretical background of preparedness planning, and scientific evidence about which structures are most effective for implementing preparedness is still accumulating [ 42, 43].
WASHINGTON -- Momentum grew for Senate passage of gun legislation when a bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday announced agreement on deals to expand background checks and tighten laws against gun trafficking.
Kessler and others remained bullish on the prospects of passage, noting that the two sides were in agreement on provisions to expand background checks for virtually all gun purchases and an accompanying "enforcement mechanism" to document that a sale had taken place.
