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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | DSESSION H. R. 8763 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance |
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| 6 | 6 | | of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JUNE14, 2024 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. P |
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| 10 | 10 | | RESSLEYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To provide grants to States to encourage the implementation |
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| 14 | 14 | | and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and |
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| 15 | 15 | | for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Making America Safe 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | and Secure Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘MASS Act of 2024’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. FIREARMS LICENSING. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘PART PP—FIREARMS LICENSING 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘SEC. 3061. DEFINITIONS. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—In this part— 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(1) the term ‘covered license’ means a— 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(A) firearms license; or 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(B) firearms dealer license; 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(2) the term ‘domestic violence protection 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | order’ means a protection order, as defined in sec-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | tion 2266 of title 18, United States Code; 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(3) the term ‘extreme risk protection order’— 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(A) means a written order, issued by a 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | State court or signed by a magistrate that, for 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | a period not to exceed a time frame established 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | by the State— 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(i) prohibits the individual named in 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the order from having under the custody or 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | control of the individual, purchasing, pos-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | sessing, or receiving a firearm or ammuni-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tion; and 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(ii) requires that any firearm or am-20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | munition under the custody or control of 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the individual be removed; and 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(B) does not include a domestic violence 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | protection order; 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(4) the term ‘prohibited individual’ means an 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | individual who is categorically ineligible to receive a 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | covered license; 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(5) the term ‘suitable’ means that an indi-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | vidual does not create a risk to public safety; and 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(6) the term ‘thorough background check’ 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | means a Federal and State background check, which 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | may include a fingerprint-based background check. 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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| 66 | 66 | | ROHIBITEDINDIVIDUALS.—For purposes of 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | this part, a State— 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(1) shall establish standards for categorizing 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | an individual as a prohibited individual for purposes 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | of receiving a covered license; and 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(2) in establishing standards with respect to a 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | covered license under paragraph (1), shall take into 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | consideration whether limitations may be warranted 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | based on— 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(A) criminal history; 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘(B) whether an individual has been— 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(i) deemed a danger to himself or 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | herself or other individuals by a court or 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | authorized administrative body; or 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(ii) committed to a hospital or insti-23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | tution as a danger to himself or herself or 24 |
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| 82 | 82 | | other individuals; 25 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘(C) age; 1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(D) legal residency; 2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ‘‘(E) military dishonorable discharges; 3 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ‘‘(F) whether an individual— 4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(i) is subject to a permanent or tem-5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | porary protection order; or 6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘(ii) has been convicted of a mis-7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | demeanor crime of domestic violence (as 8 |
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| 94 | 94 | | defined in section 921 of title 18, United 9 |
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| 95 | 95 | | States Code); 10 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ‘‘(G) outstanding arrest warrants; 11 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(H) status as a fugitive; 12 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(I) renunciation of United States citizen-13 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ship; and 14 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(J) other factors relevant to the suit-15 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ability of a license holder. 16 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘SEC. 3062. GRANTS AND CONDITIONS. 17 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ‘‘(a) G |
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| 104 | 104 | | RANTSAUTHORIZED.—The Assistant Attorney 18 |
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| 105 | 105 | | General may make grants to States to implement or main-19 |
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| 106 | 106 | | tain firearms and firearms dealer licensing requirements. 20 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(b) D |
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| 108 | 108 | | URATION OFGRANTS.—A grant under sub-21 |
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| 109 | 109 | | section (a) shall be for a period of 3 fiscal years. 22 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ‘‘(c) U |
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| 111 | 111 | | SE OFFUNDS FORFIREARMS ANDFIREARMS 23 |
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| 112 | 112 | | D |
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| 113 | 113 | | EALERLICENSING.— 24 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(1) ACTIVITIES.—Amounts received under a 1 |
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| 118 | 118 | | grant under subsection (a) shall be used for the im-2 |
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| 119 | 119 | | plementation or maintenance of firearms and fire-3 |
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| 120 | 120 | | arms dealer licensing requirements, which shall in-4 |
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| 121 | 121 | | corporate and implement the elements described in 5 |
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| 122 | 122 | | paragraph (2) of this subsection. 6 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 124 | 124 | | LEMENTS.—The elements described in 7 |
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| 125 | 125 | | this paragraph are those providing that— 8 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ‘‘(A) an individual shall have a firearms li-9 |
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| 127 | 127 | | cense— 10 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ‘‘(i) at the time of the purchase, rent-11 |
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| 129 | 129 | | al, or lease of a firearm or purchase of am-12 |
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| 130 | 130 | | munition; and 13 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ‘‘(ii) during the entire period of own-14 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ership or possession of a firearm or ammu-15 |
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| 133 | 133 | | nition; 16 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ‘‘(B)(i) an individual who (including the 17 |
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| 135 | 135 | | owner or operator of a business that) sells, 18 |
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| 136 | 136 | | rents, or leases a minimum number of firearms, 19 |
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| 137 | 137 | | or sells ammunition, during a calendar year 20 |
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| 138 | 138 | | shall obtain a firearms dealer license; and 21 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘(ii) the State shall establish the minimum 22 |
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| 140 | 140 | | number of firearms for purposes of clause (i), 23 |
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| 141 | 141 | | which may not be higher than 10 per calendar 24 |
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| 142 | 142 | | year; 25 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ‘‘(C) the chief of police or the board or of-1 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ficer having control of the police department of 2 |
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| 148 | 148 | | a local government, or a designee within the 3 |
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| 149 | 149 | | same department, shall function as the licensing 4 |
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| 150 | 150 | | authority; 5 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ‘‘(D) for an application for issuance or re-6 |
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| 152 | 152 | | newal of a firearms license, the licensing au-7 |
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| 153 | 153 | | thority shall— 8 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(i) conduct a thorough background 9 |
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| 155 | 155 | | check, which may include— 10 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ‘‘(I) conducting an interview with 11 |
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| 157 | 157 | | the applicant; 12 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(II) requiring the submission of 13 |
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| 159 | 159 | | letters of reference stating that the 14 |
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| 160 | 160 | | applicant is of sound mind and char-15 |
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| 161 | 161 | | acter; and 16 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘(III) any other requirements the 17 |
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| 163 | 163 | | State determines relevant; and 18 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ‘‘(ii) make a determination of suit-19 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ability; 20 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘(E) a first-time firearms license applicant 21 |
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| 167 | 167 | | shall complete safety training; 22 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘(F) for an application for issuance or re-23 |
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| 169 | 169 | | newal of a firearms dealer license, the licensing 24 |
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| 170 | 170 | | authority shall conduct an investigation into the 25 |
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| 174 | 174 | | criminal history of the applicant, which may in-1 |
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| 175 | 175 | | clude— 2 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ‘‘(i) an interview with the applicant; 3 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(ii) a thorough background check; 4 |
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| 178 | 178 | | and 5 |
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| 179 | 179 | | ‘‘(iii) any other requirements the 6 |
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| 180 | 180 | | State determines relevant; 7 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(G) the State shall establish appropriate 8 |
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| 182 | 182 | | application processes for covered licenses con-9 |
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| 183 | 183 | | sistent with Federal, State, and local law; 10 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ‘‘(H) the State shall establish standards 11 |
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| 185 | 185 | | and processes by which licensing authorities can 12 |
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| 186 | 186 | | revoke, suspend, or deny the issuance or re-13 |
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| 187 | 187 | | newal of a covered license; 14 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ‘‘(I) the State shall ensure that a revoca-15 |
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| 189 | 189 | | tion, suspension, or denial cannot be based on 16 |
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| 190 | 190 | | race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual ori-17 |
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| 191 | 191 | | entation, or gender identity; 18 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘(J) the State shall establish judicial re-19 |
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| 193 | 193 | | view processes by which any applicant for or 20 |
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| 194 | 194 | | holder of a covered license may, within a rea-21 |
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| 195 | 195 | | sonable time period, petition to obtain judicial 22 |
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| 196 | 196 | | review of a revocation, suspension, or denial of 23 |
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| 197 | 197 | | the issuance or renewal of a covered license; 24 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(K) the State shall establish— 25 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(i) standards and a process under 1 |
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| 203 | 203 | | which a family member of an individual 2 |
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| 204 | 204 | | who the family member fears is a danger 3 |
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| 205 | 205 | | to himself, herself, or others may petition 4 |
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| 206 | 206 | | for an extreme risk protection order; and 5 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(ii) standards for the termination or 6 |
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| 208 | 208 | | extension of an order described in clause 7 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (i); 8 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(L) the State shall establish processes 9 |
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| 211 | 211 | | under which— 10 |
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| 212 | 212 | | ‘‘(i) an individual whose covered li-11 |
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| 213 | 213 | | cense is revoked or suspended, or whose 12 |
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| 214 | 214 | | application for issuance or renewal of a 13 |
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| 215 | 215 | | covered license is denied, shall surrender or 14 |
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| 216 | 216 | | transfer all firearms and ammunition that 15 |
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| 217 | 217 | | are or would have been covered by the li-16 |
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| 218 | 218 | | cense; and 17 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(ii) an individual who is subject to 18 |
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| 220 | 220 | | an extreme risk protection order or domes-19 |
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| 221 | 221 | | tic violence protection order shall surrender 20 |
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| 222 | 222 | | or transfer all firearms and ammunition in 21 |
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| 223 | 223 | | the possession of the individual; 22 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ‘‘(M) the State shall establish requirements 23 |
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| 225 | 225 | | with which a firearms dealer licensee must com-24 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ply, which— 25 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(i) shall include requirements relat-1 |
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| 231 | 231 | | ing to— 2 |
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| 232 | 232 | | ‘‘(I) the location at which the li-3 |
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| 233 | 233 | | censee conducts firearm or ammuni-4 |
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| 234 | 234 | | tion transactions; 5 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ‘‘(II) the manner in which the li-6 |
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| 236 | 236 | | censee records firearm or ammunition 7 |
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| 237 | 237 | | transactions; 8 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ‘‘(III) background checks for em-9 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ployees of the licensee; and 10 |
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| 240 | 240 | | ‘‘(IV) any other matter that the 11 |
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| 241 | 241 | | State determines appropriate; and 12 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ‘‘(ii) may include requirements that a 13 |
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| 243 | 243 | | licensee— 14 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ‘‘(I) maintain a permanent place 15 |
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| 245 | 245 | | of business— 16 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ‘‘(aa) that is not a resi-17 |
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| 247 | 247 | | dence; and 18 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ‘‘(bb) at which the licensee 19 |
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| 249 | 249 | | conducts all firearms or ammuni-20 |
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| 250 | 250 | | tion transactions; 21 |
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| 251 | 251 | | ‘‘(II) submit to mandatory record 22 |
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| 252 | 252 | | and inventory inspections by a licens-23 |
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| 253 | 253 | | ing authority; 24 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ‘‘(III) maintain a sales record 1 |
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| 258 | 258 | | book at the permanent place of busi-2 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ness described in subclause (I) in ac-3 |
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| 260 | 260 | | cordance with standards established 4 |
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| 261 | 261 | | by the State; 5 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ‘‘(IV) conduct a pre-employment 6 |
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| 263 | 263 | | background check on each potential 7 |
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| 264 | 264 | | employee to determine the suitability 8 |
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| 265 | 265 | | of any potential employee who may 9 |
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| 266 | 266 | | have direct and unmonitored contact 10 |
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| 267 | 267 | | with a firearm or ammunition; and 11 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ‘‘(V) take any other action that 12 |
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| 269 | 269 | | the State determines appropriate; 13 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘(N) the State shall promulgate rules and 14 |
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| 271 | 271 | | regulations to ensure the prompt collection, ex-15 |
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| 272 | 272 | | change, dissemination, and distribution of infor-16 |
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| 273 | 273 | | mation pertaining to the issuance, renewal, ex-17 |
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| 274 | 274 | | piration, suspension, or revocation of a covered 18 |
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| 275 | 275 | | license; 19 |
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| 276 | 276 | | ‘‘(O) the State shall establish standards 20 |
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| 277 | 277 | | that are consistent with Federal and State 21 |
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| 278 | 278 | | law— 22 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ‘‘(i) governing the transfer of a fire-23 |
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| 280 | 280 | | arm or ammunition; and 24 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ‘‘(ii) for identifying a prohibited indi-1 |
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| 285 | 285 | | vidual, in accordance with section 3061(b); 2 |
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| 286 | 286 | | ‘‘(P) the State shall promulgate rules and 3 |
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| 287 | 287 | | regulations that require a dealer or private sell-4 |
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| 288 | 288 | | er of firearms or ammunition to verify the va-5 |
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| 289 | 289 | | lidity of a firearms license before the sale, rent-6 |
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| 290 | 290 | | al, or lease of any firearm or the sale of any 7 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ammunition; 8 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ‘‘(Q) a dealer or private seller of firearms 9 |
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| 293 | 293 | | or ammunition shall report all sales, rentals, 10 |
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| 294 | 294 | | and leases of firearms, and sales of ammuni-11 |
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| 295 | 295 | | tion, to State authorities; 12 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ‘‘(R) a dealer of firearms or ammunition 13 |
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| 297 | 297 | | shall notify the licensing authority when pre-14 |
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| 298 | 298 | | sented with an invalid or expired firearms li-15 |
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| 299 | 299 | | cense; 16 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ‘‘(S) any firearms licensee whose firearm 17 |
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| 301 | 301 | | or ammunition is lost or stolen shall report the 18 |
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| 302 | 302 | | loss or theft to the licensing authority and 19 |
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| 303 | 303 | | State authorities within a reasonable time 20 |
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| 304 | 304 | | frame and in a manner established by the 21 |
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| 305 | 305 | | State; 22 |
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| 306 | 306 | | ‘‘(T) an individual holding a firearms li-23 |
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| 307 | 307 | | cense or firearms dealer license shall renew the 24 |
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| 311 | 311 | | license on a time frame established by the 1 |
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| 312 | 312 | | State; 2 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ‘‘(U) an individual may not use the fire-3 |
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| 314 | 314 | | arms license of the individual to purchase a 4 |
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| 315 | 315 | | firearm or ammunition for— 5 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ‘‘(i) the unlawful use of the firearm or 6 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ammunition by another individual; or 7 |
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| 318 | 318 | | ‘‘(ii) the resale or other transfer of 8 |
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| 319 | 319 | | the firearm or ammunition to an unli-9 |
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| 320 | 320 | | censed individual; and 10 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ‘‘(V)(i) it shall be unlawful to store or keep 11 |
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| 322 | 322 | | a firearm in any place unless the firearm is se-12 |
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| 323 | 323 | | cured in a locked container or equipped with a 13 |
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| 324 | 324 | | tamper-resistant mechanical lock or other safety 14 |
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| 325 | 325 | | device, properly engaged so as to render the 15 |
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| 326 | 326 | | firearm inoperable by any individual other than 16 |
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| 327 | 327 | | the owner or other lawfully authorized user; and 17 |
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| 328 | 328 | | ‘‘(ii) for purposes of clause (i), a firearm 18 |
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| 329 | 329 | | shall not be considered to be stored or kept if 19 |
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| 330 | 330 | | carried by or under the control of the owner or 20 |
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| 331 | 331 | | other lawfully authorized user. 21 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ‘‘(3) S |
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| 335 | 335 | | ERMITTED.—A State that requires a license for dealing 23 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ammunition that is separate from a license for dealing 24 |
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| 337 | 337 | | firearms shall be deemed to have satisfied the require-25 |
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| 341 | 341 | | ments under paragraph (2) relating to a firearms dealer 1 |
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| 342 | 342 | | license, as that license relates to the dealing of ammuni-2 |
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| 343 | 343 | | tion, if the State imposes the same requirements for an 3 |
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| 344 | 344 | | ammunition dealer license as are mandated under para-4 |
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| 345 | 345 | | graph (2) for a firearms dealer license, as that license re-5 |
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| 346 | 346 | | lates to the dealing of ammunition. 6 |
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| 347 | 347 | | ‘‘(d) A |
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| 348 | 348 | | PPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 7 |
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| 349 | 349 | | under subsection (a), a State shall submit to the Assistant 8 |
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| 350 | 350 | | Attorney General an application at such time, in such 9 |
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| 351 | 351 | | manner, and containing such information as the Assistant 10 |
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| 352 | 352 | | Attorney General may require, including a description of 11 |
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| 353 | 353 | | how the State will use the grant to implement or maintain 12 |
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| 354 | 354 | | firearms and firearms dealer licensing requirements that 13 |
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| 355 | 355 | | include the elements described in subsection (c)(2). 14 |
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| 356 | 356 | | ‘‘(e) A |
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| 357 | 357 | | NNUALREPORT.—Each State receiving a 15 |
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| 358 | 358 | | grant under subsection (a) shall submit to the Assistant 16 |
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| 359 | 359 | | Attorney General, for each fiscal year during which the 17 |
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| 360 | 360 | | State expends amounts received under the grant, a report, 18 |
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| 361 | 361 | | at such time and in such manner as the Assistant Attor-19 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ney General may reasonably require, that contains— 20 |
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| 363 | 363 | | ‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out 21 |
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| 364 | 364 | | using amounts made available under the grant; 22 |
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| 365 | 365 | | ‘‘(2) an assessment of whether the activities are 23 |
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| 366 | 366 | | achieving the elements described in subsection 24 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (c)(2); and 25 |
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| 371 | 371 | | ‘‘(3) such other information as the Assistant 1 |
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| 372 | 372 | | Attorney General may require. 2 |
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| 373 | 373 | | ‘‘(f) L |
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| 374 | 374 | | IMITATIONS ON THE ALLOCATION OF 3 |
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| 375 | 375 | | F |
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| 376 | 376 | | UNDS.—Not more than 2 percent of the amount made 4 |
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| 377 | 377 | | available to carry out this section in any fiscal year may 5 |
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| 378 | 378 | | be used by the Assistant Attorney General for salaries and 6 |
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| 379 | 379 | | administrative expenses. 7 |
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| 380 | 380 | | ‘‘(g) R |
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| 381 | 381 | | EALLOCATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—A recipi-8 |
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| 382 | 382 | | ent of a grant under subsection (a) shall return to the 9 |
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| 383 | 383 | | Assistant Attorney General any amounts received under 10 |
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| 384 | 384 | | the grant that are not expended for a purpose described 11 |
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| 385 | 385 | | in this section.’’. 12 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (b) A |
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| 387 | 387 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 13 |
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| 388 | 388 | | 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 14 |
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| 389 | 389 | | Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)) is amended by 15 |
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| 390 | 390 | | adding at the end the following: 16 |
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| 391 | 391 | | ‘‘(29) There are authorized to be appropriated such 17 |
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| 392 | 392 | | sums as may be necessary to carry out part PP.’’. 18 |
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