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119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 2618
To modernize the business of selling firearms.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL3, 2025
Ms. K
ELLYof Illinois (for herself, Mr. AMO, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS,
Ms. B
ARRAGA´N, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BELL, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOYLEof
Pennsylvania, Ms. B
ROWNLEY, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, Mr. CASTEN,
Mrs. C
HERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Mr. CLEAVER,
Mr. C
ONNOLLY, Mr. COSTA, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVISof Illinois, Ms.
D
EGETTE, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. FROST, Ms. GARCIAof Texas, Mr. GOLD-
MANof New York, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Mr. KENNEDYof New
York, Mr. K
HANNA, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MCBRIDE,
Ms. M
CCOLLUM, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr.
M
RVAN, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
Q
UIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHNEI-
DER, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. TITUS,
Ms. T
OKUDA, Mr. TORRESof New York, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, Ms.
J
OHNSONof Texas, Mr. EVANSof Pennsylvania, Mr. DAVIDSCOTTof
Georgia, Ms. O
CASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. DEANof Pennsylvania,
Mr. M
AGAZINER, Mr. MORELLE, and Mr. PANETTA) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To modernize the business of selling firearms.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2
‘‘Federal Firearm Licensee Act’’. 3
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 4
this Act is as follows: 5
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Repeal of temporary Brady provision.
Sec. 5. Physical security of licensee premises.
Sec. 6. Business inventory firearms.
Sec. 7. Electronic records.
Sec. 8. Notification of default transfers.
Sec. 9. Multiple firearm sales records and reports.
Sec. 10. Safety devices and warnings to purchasers.
Sec. 11. Inspections.
Sec. 12. Authority with regard to license issuance and renewal.
Sec. 13. Increased licensing fees.
Sec. 14. Elimination of obligatory stay of effective date of license revocation.
Sec. 15. Elimination of relief for dealers indicted for a crime punishable by im-
prisonment for a term exceeding one year.
Sec. 16. Elimination of relief while Federal disability relief application pending.
Sec. 17. Presumption of knowledge of State law in sale of long guns to resi-
dents of another State.
Sec. 18. Increased penalties for knowing transfer of firearm without conducting
a background check.
Sec. 19. Unlawful acts upon incurring Federal disability or notice of license
suspension, revocation, or denied renewal.
Sec. 20. Regulation of facilitators of firearm transfers.
Sec. 21. Dealer and employee background checks.
Sec. 22. Liability standards.
Sec. 23. Civil enforcement.
Sec. 24. Removal of bar on civil proceedings if criminal proceedings terminated.
Sec. 25. Repeal of certain limitations.
Sec. 26. Authority to hire additional industry operation investigators for Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Sec. 27. Report on implementation of this Act.
Sec. 28. Annual licensed dealer inspections report and analysis.
Sec. 29. Deadline for issuance of final regulations.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
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Congress finds the following: 7
(1) A growing body of evidence demonstrates 8
that firearm dealers’ sales practices affect the prob-9
ability of firearms getting to criminals and that poli-10
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cies designed to hold firearm sellers accountable can 1
curtail the diversion of firearms to criminals. 2
(2) Federal laws governing firearm dealers— 3
(A) have not been updated in more than 4
30 years; 5
(B) contain safeguards that protect dealers 6
who engage in illegal practices from adverse en-7
forcement action; 8
(C) frustrate law enforcement efforts to 9
curb firearm trafficking and violence; and 10
(D) are, thus, inadequate to meet the reali-11
ties of the 21st century. 12
(3)(A) The Tiahrt Amendments, for one— 13
(i) severely limit the authority of the Bu-14
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo-15
sives (commonly known as the ‘‘ATF’’) to dis-16
close crime firearm trace data to the public; 17
(ii) prevent— 18
(I) the collection of valuable informa-19
tion; and 20
(II) the establishment of effective poli-21
cies to prevent illegal firearms from being 22
used in crimes; and 23
(iii) impede enforcement of the firearm 24
laws by— 25
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(I) requiring most background check 1
records to be destroyed within 24 hours; 2
and 3
(II) barring the Government from re-4
quiring owners of firearm shops to conduct 5
annual inventory audits. 6
(B) Repealing the Tiahrt Amendments would 7
support law enforcement efforts and give the public 8
vital information needed to craft the most effective 9
policies against illegal firearms. 10
(4) Additionally, Federal law imposes no re-11
quirements that firearm dealers physically secure 12
their highly valuable and lethal inventory. The num-13
ber of firearm thefts from licensed firearm dealers 14
has increased more than the number from any other 15
source. Between 2013 and 2017, the number of fire-16
arms stolen in firearm-dealer burglaries more than 17
doubled and the number of firearms stolen in fire-18
arm-dealer robberies tripled. 19
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 20
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 21
amended by adding at the end the following: 22
‘‘(38) The term ‘facilitator’ means any person en-23
gaged in the business of hosting a commercial marketplace 24
in which offers for firearm sales, purchases, or other 25
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transfers are allowed to be made, except that such a per-1
son shall not be considered to be a facilitator with respect 2
to any transaction that is made through the use of a 3
website or mobile application owned or operated by the 4
person if— 5
‘‘(A) the transaction violates the terms of serv-6
ice of the website or mobile application; and 7
‘‘(B) the person has made a good faith effort 8
to enforce the terms of service by, at a minimum, 9
auditing firearms transactions on a quarterly basis 10
to ensure compliance with this chapter. 11
‘‘(39) The term ‘occasional’ means, with respect to 12
transactions, fewer than 5 transactions in a 12-month pe-13
riod. 14
‘‘(40) The term ‘personal collection’ includes any fire-15
arm obtained only for the personal use of an individual 16
and not for the purpose of selling or trading, except that 17
a firearm obtained through inheritance shall not be consid-18
ered part of a personal collection until the firearm has 19
been possessed for 1 year. 20
‘‘(41) The term ‘business inventory firearm’ means, 21
with respect to a person, a firearm required by law to be 22
recorded in the acquisition and disposition logs of any fire-23
arms business of the person. 24
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‘‘(42)(A) The term ‘frame’ means the part of a hand-1
gun, or a variant thereof, that provides housing or a struc-2
ture for the primary energized component designed to hold 3
back the hammer, striker, bolt, or similar component prior 4
to initiation of the firing sequence (such as a sear or the 5
equivalent), even if pins or other attachments are required 6
to connect such component to the housing or structure. 7
‘‘(B) The term ‘receiver’ means the part of a rifle, 8
shotgun, or projectile weapon other than a handgun, or 9
a variant thereof, that provides housing or a structure for 10
the primary component designed to block or seal the 11
breech prior to initiation of the firing sequence (such as 12
a bolt, breechblock, or the equivalent), even if pins or other 13
attachments are required to connect such component to 14
the housing or structure. 15
‘‘(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘vari-16
ant’ means a weapon utilizing a similar frame or receiver 17
design irrespective of new or different model designations 18
or configurations, characteristics, features, components, 19
accessories, or attachments. For example, an AK-type fire-20
arm with a short stock and a pistol grip is a pistol variant 21
of an AK-type rifle, an AR-type firearm with a short stock 22
and a pistol grip is a pistol variant of an AR-type rifle, 23
and a revolving cylinder shotgun is a shotgun variant of 24
a revolver. 25
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‘‘(43) The term ‘semiautomatic shotgun’ means any 1
repeating shotgun that— 2
‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing 3
shell to extract the fired shell casing and chamber 4
the next round; and 5
‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to 6
fire each shell.’’. 7
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF TEMPORARY BRADY PROVISION. 8
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 9
States Code, is amended by striking subsection (s). 10
(b) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 44 of 11
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 12
(1) in section 922— 13
(A) in subsection (t)— 14
(i) in paragraph (3)(C)(ii), by striking 15
‘‘(as defined in subsection (s)(8))’’; and 16
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-17
lowing: 18
‘‘(8) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘chief 19
law enforcement officer’ means the chief of police, the 20
sheriff, or an equivalent officer or the designee of any such 21
individual.’’; and 22
(B) in subsection (y)(2), in the matter pre-23
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, 24
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(g)(5)(B), and (s)(3)(B)(v)(II)’’ and inserting 1
‘‘and (g)(5)(B)’’; 2
(2) in section 924(a)(5), by striking ‘‘subsection 3
(s) or (t) of section 922’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4
922(t)’’; and 5
(3) in section 925A, in the matter preceding 6
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (s) or (t) of 7
section 922’’ and inserting ‘‘section 922(t)’’. 8
SEC. 5. PHYSICAL SECURITY OF LICENSEE PREMISES. 9
(a) S
ECURITYPLANSUBMISSIONREQUIREMENT.— 10
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 923(d)(1)(G) of title 11
18, United States Code, is amended— 12
(A) by striking ‘‘, the applicant’’ and in-13
serting the following: ‘‘— 14
‘‘(i) the applicant’’; 15
(B) by striking the period at the end and 16
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17
(C) by adding at the end the following: 18
‘‘(ii) the applicant— 19
‘‘(I) submits with the application a se-20
curity plan that describes how the appli-21
cant will secure, in accordance with the 22
regulations issued under section 926(d), 23
the premises from which the applicant will 24
conduct business under the license (includ-25
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ing in the event of a natural disaster or 1
other emergency); and 2
‘‘(II) certifies that, if issued such a li-3
cense, the applicant will comply with the 4
plan described in subclause (I).’’. 5
(2) W
RITTEN APPROVAL REQUIRED BEFORE LI -6
CENSE RENEWAL .—Section 923(d)(1) of title 18, 7
United States Code, is amended— 8
(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking 9
‘‘and’’ at the end; 10
(B) in subparagraph (G), as amended by 11
paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end 12
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 13
(C) by adding at the end the following: 14
‘‘(H) in the case of an application to renew a 15
license to deal in firearms— 16
‘‘(i) the license is not suspended; 17
‘‘(ii) no license issued to the applicant 18
under this chapter has been revoked; and 19
‘‘(iii) the Attorney General has inspected 20
the premises and provided written approval of 21
the security plan submitted by the applicant 22
under subparagraph (G)(ii)(I).’’. 23
(3) A
PPLICABILITY TO EXISTING DEALERS 24
WHOSE LICENSE WILL EXPIRE .— 25
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(A) IN GENERAL.—If, not later than 1 1
year after the date on which regulations are 2
prescribed under section 926(d) of title 18, 3
United States Code (as added by subsection (c) 4
of this section), a person described in subpara-5
graph (B) of this paragraph submits to the At-6
torney General a security plan described in 7
clause (ii)(I) of section 923(d)(1)(G) of that 8
title (as added by paragraph (1) of this sub-9
section), the security plan shall be considered to 10
have been submitted in accordance with such 11
section 923(d)(1)(G). 12
(B) P
ERSON DESCRIBED .—A person de-13
scribed in this subparagraph is a person— 14
(i) who, on the date of enactment of 15
this Act, is a licensed dealer (as defined in 16
section 921(a)(11) of title 18, United 17
States Code); and 18
(ii) whose license to deal in firearms 19
issued under chapter 44 of title 18, United 20
States Code, will expire on or after the 21
date that is 1 year after the date on which 22
regulations are prescribed under section 23
926(d) of that title (as added by sub-24
section (c) of this section). 25
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(b) ANNUALCOMPLIANCECERTIFICATIONREQUIRE-1
MENT.— 2
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 923 of title 18, 3
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 4
end the following: 5
‘‘(m) A
NNUALCERTIFICATION.— 6
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Each licensed manufac-7
turer, licensed importer, and licensed dealer shall— 8
‘‘(A) annually certify to the Attorney Gen-9
eral that each premises from which the licensee 10
conducts business subject to license under this 11
chapter is in compliance with the regulations 12
prescribed under section 926(d); and 13
‘‘(B) in the case of a licensed dealer, in-14
clude with the certification under subparagraph 15
(A)— 16
‘‘(i) the results of a reconciliation of 17
the resale firearms then in the business in-18
ventory of the licensee against the resale 19
firearms in the business inventory of the li-20
censee at the time of the most recent prior 21
certification (if any) under this paragraph; 22
and 23
‘‘(ii) all dispositions and acquisitions 24
of resale firearms in the year covered by 25
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the certification, identifying and reporting 1
any missing firearm. 2
‘‘(2) C
IVIL PENALTY.—The Attorney General 3
shall impose a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 4
on, and may suspend the license issued under this 5
section to, a licensee who fails to comply with para-6
graph (1).’’. 7
(2) A
PPLICABILITY.—In the case of a person 8
who, on the date of enactment of this Act, is a li-9
censee referred to in section 923(m) of title 18, 10
United States Code (as added by paragraph (1)), 11
such section 923(m) shall apply to the person on 12
and after the date that is 1 year after the date on 13
which regulations are prescribed under subsection 14
(d) of section 926 of that title (as added by sub-15
section (c)(1)). 16
(c) R
EGULATIONS.— 17
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 926 of title 18, 18
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 19
end the following: 20
‘‘(d) S
ECURINGPREMISESFROMTHEFT.—The At-21
torney General shall prescribe such regulations as are nec-22
essary to ensure that any premises at which a licensee re-23
ferred to in section 923(m) conducts business is secure 24
from theft, which shall include requiring— 25
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‘‘(1) compliance with the security plan sub-1
mitted by the licensee pursuant to section 2
923(d)(1)(G)(ii)(I), if applicable; 3
‘‘(2) the use of locked metal cabinets and fire-4
proof safes; 5
‘‘(3) security systems, video monitoring, and 6
anti-theft alarms; 7
‘‘(4) security gates, strong locks, and site hard-8
ening; 9
‘‘(5) concrete bollards and other access controls, 10
if necessary; and 11
‘‘(6) the use of any other security-enhancing 12
features appropriate for the specific circumstances of 13
the licensee.’’. 14
(2) A
PPLICABILITY.—The regulations pre-15
scribed under section 926(d) of title 18, United 16
States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall not 17
apply to a person who, on the date of the enactment 18
of this Act, is a licensee referred to in section 19
923(m) of that title, until the date that is 1 year 20
after the date on which the regulations are pre-21
scribed. 22
SEC. 6. BUSINESS INVENTORY FIREARMS. 23
(a) R
EQUIREMENTTOTRANSFERFIREARM INPER-24
SONALCOLLECTION TOBUSINESSINVENTORYBEFORE 25
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DISPOSITION.—Section 923(c) of title 18, United States 1
Code, is amended— 2
(1) by striking the second sentence and insert-3
ing the following: ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be 4
construed to prohibit a licensed manufacturer, li-5
censed importer, or licensed dealer from maintaining 6
a personal collection of firearms.’’; 7
(2) by striking the third sentence; and 8
(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Any 9
firearm disposed of by a licensee shall be from the 10
business inventory of the licensee.’’ 11
(b) L
ICENSEEFIREARMSINVENTORY.—Section 12
923(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by add-13
ing at the end the following: 14
‘‘(8)(A) Each quarter, a licensee shall conduct a 15
physical check of the firearms inventory of the business 16
of the licensee licensed under this chapter and report to 17
the Attorney General and appropriate local authorities any 18
firearm that is lost, stolen, or unaccounted for. 19
‘‘(B) The Attorney General shall prescribe regula-20
tions to implement the requirements under subparagraph 21
(A), which shall require, at a minimum, that a licensee 22
record, for each firearm in the inventory of the licensee— 23
‘‘(i) the date of receipt of the firearm; 24
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‘‘(ii) the name, address, and license number, if 1
applicable, of the person from whom the firearm was 2
received; 3
‘‘(iii) the name of the manufacturer and, if ap-4
plicable, importer of the firearm; 5
‘‘(iv) the model, serial number, type, and caliber 6
or gauge of the firearm; and 7
‘‘(v) the date of the sale or other disposition of 8
the firearm. 9
‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to 10
prohibit the Attorney General from, at any time, requiring 11
the regular or one-time submission of the inventory 12
records of a licensee to ensure that the licensee is in com-13
pliance with this chapter.’’. 14
(c) R
EPEAL OFLIMITATIONS ONIMPOSITION OFRE-15
QUIREMENTTHATFIREARMSDEALERSCONDUCTPHYS-16
ICALCHECK OFFIREARMSINVENTORY.— 17
(1) F
ISCAL YEAR 2013.—The fifth proviso under 18
the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ under the 19
heading ‘‘B
UREAU OFALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE-20
ARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title II of division B of 21
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria-22
tions Act, 2013 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 23
113–6; 127 Stat. 248) is amended by striking ‘‘and 24
any fiscal year thereafter’’. 25
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(2) FISCAL YEAR 2012.—The matter under the 1
heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ under the 2
heading ‘‘B
UREAU OFALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE-3
ARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title II of division B of 4
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria-5
tions Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 609) 6
is amended by striking the seventh proviso. 7
(3) F
ISCAL YEAR 2010.—The seventh proviso 8
under the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ 9
under the heading ‘‘B
UREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-10
BACCO, FIREARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title II of 11
division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 12
2010 (Public Law 111–117; 123 Stat. 3129) is 13
amended by striking ‘‘or any other’’. 14
(4) F
ISCAL YEAR 2009.—The seventh proviso 15
under the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ 16
under the heading ‘‘B
UREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-17
BACCO, FIREARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title II of 18
division B of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 19
(Public Law 111–8; 123 Stat. 575) is amended by 20
striking ‘‘or any other’’. 21
(5) F
ISCAL YEAR 2008.—The seventh proviso 22
under the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ 23
under the heading ‘‘B
UREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-24
BACCO, FIREARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title II of 25
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division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1
2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 1904) is 2
amended by striking ‘‘or any other’’. 3
(6) F
ISCAL YEAR 2006.—The seventh proviso 4
under the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ 5
under the heading ‘‘B
UREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-6
BACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES’’ in title I of 7
the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related 8
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 9
109–108; 119 Stat. 2296) is amended by striking 10
‘‘or any other’’. 11
(7) F
ISCAL YEAR 2005.—The seventh proviso 12
under the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ 13
under the heading ‘‘B
UREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-14
BACCO, FIREARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title I of di-15
vision B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 16
2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 2860) is 17
amended by striking ‘‘or any other’’. 18
(8) F
ISCAL YEAR 2004.—The seventh proviso 19
under the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ 20
under the heading ‘‘B
UREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-21
BACCO, FIREARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title I of di-22
vision B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 23
2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 53) is amend-24
ed by striking ‘‘or any other’’. 25
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SEC. 7. ELECTRONIC RECORDS. 1
(a) R
ECORDSRETENTION AND SUBMISSION.—Sec-2
tion 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 3
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 4
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting be-5
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘, ex-6
cept that, notwithstanding any other provision 7
of law, on and after the date that is 1 year 8
after the date of enactment of the Federal Fire-9
arm Licensee Act, records prepared by a li-10
censee under this chapter of the sale or other 11
disposition of firearms, including each firearms 12
transaction record, and the corresponding 13
record of receipt of such firearms, shall be re-14
tained at the business premises readily acces-15
sible for inspection under this chapter until the 16
business is discontinued’’; and 17
(B) by striking the second sentence; 18
(2) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ‘‘or elec-19
tronically as may be’’ after ‘‘submit on a form’’; and 20
(3) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘, electroni-21
cally,’’ after ‘‘orally’’. 22
(b) R
ECORDSDATABASES.—Section 923(g) of title 23
18, United States Code, as amended by section 6, is 24
amended by adding at the end the following: 25
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‘‘(9)(A) Not later than 3 years after the date of en-1
actment of this paragraph, the National Tracing Center 2
of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo-3
sives shall establish and maintain electronic, searchable 4
databases of all records regarding the importation, pro-5
duction, shipment, receipt, sale, or other disposition of 6
firearms required to be submitted by licensees to the At-7
torney General under this chapter. 8
‘‘(B) Each licensee under this chapter may provide 9
the National Tracing Center with electronic access, con-10
sistent with the requirements of this paragraph, to all 11
records within the possession of the licensee that are re-12
quired to be kept under this chapter. 13
‘‘(C) The National Tracing Center— 14
‘‘(i) shall have remote access to query, search, 15
or otherwise access the electronic databases de-16
scribed in subparagraph (A); and 17
‘‘(ii) with the permission of a State, or political 18
subdivision of a State, may query, search, or other-19
wise access the databases of the firearms registra-20
tion system or pawnbroker records system of the 21
State or political subdivision. 22
‘‘(D) The National Tracing Center may query, 23
search, or otherwise access the electronic databases de-24
scribed in subparagraph (A) only to obtain information re-25
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lated to any Federal, State, local, tribal, or foreign crimi-1
nal investigation. 2
‘‘(E) The electronic databases established under sub-3
paragraph (A)— 4
‘‘(i) shall be electronically searchable by date of 5
disposition, license number, and the information 6
identified on each firearm or other firearm 7
descriptor, including the manufacturer, importer, 8
model, serial number, type, and caliber or gauge; 9
‘‘(ii) shall not be electronically searchable by 10
the personally identifiable information of any indi-11
vidual, without a warrant authorizing such a search; 12
and 13
‘‘(iii) shall include in search results the entire 14
contents of the relevant records kept by the li-15
censee.’’. 16
(c) V
IDEORECORDINGS OF SALES AND TRANS-17
FERS.—Section 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, as 18
amended by subsection (b), is amended by adding at the 19
end the following: 20
‘‘(10) In accordance with regulations promulgated by 21
the Attorney General, each licensed dealer operating a lo-22
cation at which firearms are sold to a person not licensed 23
under this chapter shall— 24
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‘‘(A) maintain video surveillance of all areas 1
within each premises where firearms in the business 2
inventory of the licensee are sold or transferred; 3
‘‘(B) retain records of the surveillance, includ-4
ing any sound recording obtained from the surveil-5
lance, for a period of not less than 90 days; and 6
‘‘(C) post a sign in a conspicuous place and at 7
each public entrance to the retail location, in block 8
letters not less than 1 inch in height, stating that 9
the premises are under video surveillance.’’. 10
(d) I
NCREASEDPENALTIES FORLICENSEEVIOLA-11
TIONSRELATING TO ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION 12
R
ECORDS.—Section 924(a)(3) of title 18, United States 13
Code, is amended— 14
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 15
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and adjust-16
ing the margins accordingly; 17
(2) by moving the matter following clause (ii) 18
(as so redesignated) 2 ems to the right; 19
(3) in the matter following clause (ii) (as so re-20
designated), by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘5 21
years’’; 22
(4) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and 23
(5) by adding at the end the following: 24
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‘‘(B) If the conduct described in clause (i) or (ii) of 1
subparagraph (A) is in relation to an offense under sub-2
section (a)(6) or (d) of section 922, the licensed dealer, 3
licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed col-4
lector shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 5
than 10 years, or both.’’. 6
(e) E
LIMINATION OFLIMITATION ONCENTRALIZING 7
R
ECORDS.—Section 926(a) of title 18, United States 8
Code, is amended, in the matter following paragraph (3)— 9
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘records 10
required to be maintained under this chapter or any 11
portion of the contents of such records, be recorded 12
at or transferred to a facility owned, managed, or 13
controlled by the United States or any State or any 14
political subdivision thereof, nor that’’; and 15
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Sec-16
retary’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney General’s’’. 17
(f) E
LECTRONICRECORDKEEPING ADOPTION AND 18
I
MPLEMENTATION.—Section 926 of title 18, United 19
States Code, as amended by section 5, is amended by add-20
ing at the end the following: 21
‘‘(e) F
ACILITATION OF ELECTRONIC RECORD-22
KEEPING.—The Attorney General— 23
‘‘(1) shall facilitate and incentivize the conver-24
sion to, and adoption of, electronic recordkeeping so-25
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lutions by licensees that enable electronic completion 1
and submission to the Attorney General of all 2
records required to be maintained under this chap-3
ter; 4
‘‘(2) shall facilitate— 5
‘‘(A) digital capture of paper records of li-6
censed dealers; and 7
‘‘(B) the integration and indexing of data 8
onto a platform accessible by law enforcement 9
authorities for purposes of investigating a vio-10
lent crime or crime gun trace; 11
‘‘(3) shall facilitate, with respect to the elec-12
tronic databases established under section 13
923(g)(9)(A)— 14
‘‘(A) remote access to electronic records of 15
licensed dealers by law enforcement authorities 16
for purposes of investigating a violent crime or 17
crime gun trace; and 18
‘‘(B) access by licensed dealers to only 19
their own records; and 20
‘‘(4) may not remotely access or search elec-21
tronic records of licensed dealers without a warrant 22
authorizing such a search.’’. 23
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SEC. 8. NOTIFICATION OF DEFAULT TRANSFERS. 1
Section 922(t)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 2
amended— 3
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 4
the end; 5
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 6
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7
(3) by adding at the end the following: 8
‘‘(E) in the case of a transfer conducted pursu-9
ant to subparagraph (B)(ii) or clause (ii) or (iii) of 10
subparagraph (C), the licensee notifies the Attorney 11
General, not later than the close of business on the 12
day on which the firearm is transferred, that the 13
firearm has been transferred to the person.’’. 14
SEC. 9. MULTIPLE FIREARM SALES RECORDS AND RE-15
PORTS. 16
(a) E
XPANDINGREPORTINGREQUIREMENT TO CER-17
TAINLONGGUNS.—Section 923(g)(3)(A) of title 18, 18
United States Code, is amended— 19
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘pistols, or 20
revolvers, or any combination of pistols and revolv-21
ers’’ and inserting ‘‘pistols, revolvers, semiautomatic 22
rifles or shotguns, or rifles or shotguns capable of 23
accepting a high capacity magazine, or any combina-24
tion of such weapons’’; and 25
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(2) by inserting after the first sentence the fol-1
lowing: ‘‘In the preceding sentence, the term ‘high 2
capacity magazine’ means a magazine capable of 3
holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition, and in-4
cludes a magazine that may be readily converted to 5
hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.’’. 6
(b) R
EQUIREMENTTORETAININSTANTCRIMINAL 7
B
ACKGROUND CHECKRECORDS FOR 90 BUSINESS 8
D
AYS.—Section 922(t)(2)(C) of title 18, United States 9
Code, is amended— 10
(1) by striking ‘‘destroy’’ and inserting ‘‘retain 11
for not less than 90 business days’’; 12
(2) by striking ‘‘(other than the identifying 13
number and the date the number was assigned)’’; 14
and 15
(3) by inserting before the period at the end the 16
following: ‘‘solely for purposes related to discovering 17
misuse or avoidance of the national instant criminal 18
background check system or ensuring its proper op-19
eration’’. 20
(c) A
TTORNEYGENERALREPORTS OFMULTIPLE 21
S
ALES BYNON-LICENSEES.—Section 923(g)(3) of title 22
18, United States Code, is amended— 23
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-24
paragraph (C); and 25
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(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-1
lowing: 2
‘‘(B)(i) The Attorney General shall prepare a report 3
of multiple dispositions of firearms to persons not licensed 4
under this chapter, which shall include the names and 5
identifying information of transferees appearing in the 6
records retained under section 922(t)(2)(C) on 2 or more 7
occasions in any period of 5 consecutive business days. 8
‘‘(ii) The report described in clause (i) shall be pre-9
pared on a form substantially similar to the form created 10
pursuant to subparagraph (A) and include the names and 11
addresses of the licensees who requested the background 12
checks under subsection (t). 13
‘‘(iii) The Attorney General shall forward the report 14
described in clause (i) to the office designated pursuant 15
to subparagraph (A) and to the departments of State po-16
lice or State law enforcement agencies of the State or local 17
law enforcement agencies of the local jurisdictions in 18
which the sales or other dispositions took place, not later 19
than the close of business on the date of the most recent 20
such sale or other disposition.’’. 21
(d) R
ECORDSRETENTIONTOINVESTIGATECRIME 22
G
UNS.—Section 923(g)(3)(C) of title 18, United States 23
Code, as redesignated by subsection (c)(1) of this section, 24
is amended— 25
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(1) in the first sentence— 1
(A) by inserting ‘‘a firearm involved in a 2
crime or’’ after ‘‘Except in the case of forms 3
and contents thereof regarding’’; and 4
(B) by striking ‘‘, and shall destroy each 5
such form and any record of the contents there-6
of no more than 20 days from the date such 7
form is received’’ and inserting ‘‘and shall re-8
tain each such form and any record of the con-9
tents of the form for not less than 180 days 10
after the date on which the form is received’’; 11
and 12
(2) by striking the second sentence. 13
SEC. 10. SAFETY DEVICES AND WARNINGS TO PUR-14
CHASERS. 15
Section 922(z) of title 18, United States Code, is 16
amended— 17
(1) by inserting ‘‘
ANDWARNINGS TO PUR-18
CHASERS’’ after ‘‘SECUREGUNSTORAGE ORSAFE-19
TYDEVICE’’; 20
(2) by striking ‘‘handgun’’ each place it appears 21
and inserting ‘‘firearm’’; and 22
(3) by adding at the end the following: 23
‘‘(4) W
ARNINGS TO PURCHASERS .— 24
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A licensed dealer op-1
erating a physical retail location shall post con-2
spicuously within the licensed premises all 3
warnings required to be provided to firearms 4
purchasers under applicable State and local law. 5
‘‘(B) M
ATERIALS.— 6
‘‘(i) D
EVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBU -7
TION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL .—The Attor-8
ney General shall— 9
‘‘(I) develop materials regarding 10
suicide prevention, securing firearms 11
from loss, theft, or access by a minor 12
or prohibited person, and straw pur-13
chasing; and 14
‘‘(II) provide the materials devel-15
oped under subclause (I) to each li-16
censed dealer. 17
‘‘(ii) D
ISSEMINATION BY DEALERS .— 18
A licensed dealer shall disseminate the ma-19
terials described in clause (i) upon transfer 20
of a firearm to a person not licensed under 21
this chapter.’’. 22
SEC. 11. INSPECTIONS. 23
(a) M
ANDATEDANNUALINSPECTIONS OF HIGH- 24
R
ISKLICENSEDDEALERS ANDQUINQUENNIALINSPEC-25
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TIONS OF OTHERLICENSED DEALERS.—Section 1
923(g)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-2
ed— 3
(1) in clause (ii), by redesignating subclauses 4
(I) and (II) as items (aa) and (bb), respectively, and 5
adjusting the margins accordingly; 6
(2) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as 7
subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively, and ad-8
justing the margins accordingly; 9
(3) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(B)’’; and 10
(4) by adding at the end the following: 11
‘‘(ii)(I) The Attorney General— 12
‘‘(aa) not less frequently than annually, shall 13
inspect or examine the inventory, records, and busi-14
ness premises of each licensed dealer whom the At-15
torney General determines to be a high-risk dealer, 16
based on considerations that include whether— 17
‘‘(AA) during the preceding 5 years, the 18
dealer reported a lost or stolen firearm; 19
‘‘(BB) during the preceding 10 years, the 20
dealer was issued a report of violation, received 21
a warning letter, or was the subject of a warn-22
ing conference; or 23
‘‘(CC) during the preceding year, multiple 24
firearms were determined to have been used in 25
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a crime under Federal, State, or local law with-1
in 3 years after sale by the dealer; and 2
‘‘(bb) may appoint an attorney to ensure that 3
high-risk dealers comply with all applicable firearm 4
sales laws. 5
‘‘(II) An attorney appointed under subclause (I)(bb) 6
may, with respect to high-risk dealers, use in-store obser-7
vation, monitor records, conduct random and repeated 8
sales integrity tests, and design and offer instructional 9
programs providing best practices sales training to all em-10
ployees involved in firearm sales until the attorney cer-11
tifies to the Attorney General that the high-risk dealer has 12
complied with all applicable firearm sales laws for 3 con-13
secutive years. 14
‘‘(III) Not later than 180 days after the date on 15
which an inspection or examination under subclause (I) 16
reveals a violation of this section or any regulation pre-17
scribed under this chapter, and not later than 180 days 18
after a security inspection conducted under paragraph 19
(6)(B)(i) of this subsection, the Attorney General shall 20
conduct an inspection or examination to determine wheth-21
er the violation identified in the preceding inspection or 22
examination has been cured. 23
‘‘(IV) Not less frequently than once every 5 years, 24
the Attorney General shall inspect or examine the inven-25
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tory, records, and business premises of each licensed deal-1
er that the Attorney General has not determined to be 2
a high-risk dealer under subclause (I).’’. 3
(b) E
LIMINATION OFLIMIT ONINSPECTION OFLI-4
CENSEERECORDS.—Section 923(g)(1)(B)(i)(II) of title 5
18, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), 6
is amended— 7
(1) by striking ‘‘—’’ and all that follows 8
through ‘‘(bb)’’; and 9
(2) by striking ‘‘with respect to records relating 10
to a firearm involved in a criminal investigation that 11
is traced to the licensee’’. 12
(c) M
ANDATEDSECURITYINSPECTION OFDEALERS 13
R
EPORTINGLOST OR STOLENFIREARMS.—Section 14
923(g)(6) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 15
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(6)’’; and 16
(2) by adding at the end the following: 17
‘‘(B)(i) If the Attorney General receives a report 18
under subparagraph (A) from a licensed dealer, the Attor-19
ney General shall conduct an independent inspection of the 20
security of the premises at which the theft occurred, which 21
shall include an inspection of the measures taken to imple-22
ment the security plan submitted by the licensed dealer 23
under subsection (d)(1)(G)(ii). 24
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‘‘(ii) On completion of a security inspection under 1
clause (i), the Attorney General shall provide the licensed 2
dealer with— 3
‘‘(I) a notice of any violation by the licensed 4
dealer of any security requirements prescribed under 5
section 926(d); and 6
‘‘(II) recommendations for improving security 7
of the premises involved.’’. 8
(d) E
LIMINATION OF LIMIT ONINSPECTION OF 9
O
THERPREMISES.—Section 923(j) of title 18, United 10
States Code, is amended by striking the sixth sentence. 11
SEC. 12. AUTHORITY WITH REGARD TO LICENSE ISSUANCE 12
AND RENEWAL. 13
(a) D
ENIALAUTHORITY.—Section 923 of title 18, 14
United States Code, is amended— 15
(1) in subsection (c)— 16
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Upon’’; 17
(B) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, 18
subject to paragraph (2),’’ after ‘‘the Attorney 19
General shall’’; and 20
(C) by adding at the end the following: 21
‘‘(2) The Attorney General shall deny an application 22
submitted under subsection (a) or (b) if the Attorney Gen-23
eral determines that— 24
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‘‘(A) issuing the license would pose a danger to 1
public safety; or 2
‘‘(B) the applicant— 3
‘‘(i) is not likely to comply with the law; or 4
‘‘(ii) is otherwise not suitable to be issued 5
a license.’’; and 6
(2) in subsection (d)(1)— 7
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 8
(A), by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘or re-9
newal thereof shall, subject to subsection 10
(c)(2),’’; 11
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘not 12
willfully violated’’ and inserting ‘‘no uncured 13
violations of’’; and 14
(C) in subparagraph (F)— 15
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 16
the end; and 17
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-18
lowing: 19
‘‘(iv) each employee employed in the 20
business— 21
‘‘(I) will be at least the minimum 22
age at which individuals may possess 23
a firearm in the locality in which the 24
business will be conducted; and 25
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‘‘(II) is not prohibited from being 1
transferred a firearm, or transporting, 2
shipping, or receiving firearms or am-3
munition, in interstate or foreign com-4
merce by subsection (d), (g), or (n) 5
(as applicable) of section 922 or by 6
State, local, or Tribal law; and’’. 7
(b) A
UTHORITYTOREVOKE OR SUSPENDLI-8
CENSES.—Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is 9
amended— 10
(1) in subsection (e)— 11
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or 12
suspend’’ after ‘‘revoke’’; and 13
(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Sec-14
retary’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney General’s’’; 15
and 16
(2) in subsection (f)— 17
(A) in paragraph (1)— 18
(i) by inserting ‘‘or suspended’’ after 19
‘‘revoked’’ each place it appears; and 20
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or suspension’’ after 21
‘‘revocation’’ each place it appears; 22
(B) in paragraph (2)— 23
(i) by striking ‘‘, or revokes’’ and in-24
serting ‘‘, revokes, or suspends’’; and 25
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(ii) by striking ‘‘or revocation’’ and 1
inserting ‘‘, revocation, or suspension’’; 2
and 3
(C) in paragraph (3)— 4
(i) by inserting ‘‘or suspend’’ after 5
‘‘revoke’’ each place it appears; and 6
(ii) by striking ‘‘or revocation’’ and 7
inserting ‘‘, revocation, or suspension’’. 8
(c) A
UTHORITYTOPROMULGATERULES.—Section 9
926(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the 10
matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘only’’. 11
(d) R
EPEAL OFRIDERSLIMITINGUSE OFFUNDS 12
T
ODENYLICENSESDUE TOLACK OFBUSINESSACTIV-13
ITY.— 14
(1) F
ISCAL YEAR 2013.—The matter under the 15
heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ under the 16
heading ‘‘B
UREAU OFALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE-17
ARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title II of division B of 18
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria-19
tions Act, 2013 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 20
113–6; 127 Stat. 247) is amended by striking the 21
sixth proviso. 22
(2) F
ISCAL YEAR 2012.—The matter under the 23
heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ under the 24
heading ‘‘B
UREAU OFALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE-25
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ARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title II of division B of 1
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria-2
tions Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 609) 3
is amended by striking the ninth proviso. 4
SEC. 13. INCREASED LICENSING FEES. 5
(a) F
EES FORLICENSEDIMPORTERS, MANUFACTUR-6
ERS, ANDDEALERS INFIREARMS ANDIMPORTERS AND 7
M
ANUFACTURERS OF AMMUNITION.—Section 923(a) of 8
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 9
(1) in paragraph (1)— 10
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 11
‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000’’; 12
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 13
‘‘$50’’ and inserting ‘‘$100’’; and 14
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 15
‘‘$10’’ and inserting ‘‘$20’’; 16
(2) in paragraph (2)— 17
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 18
‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000’’; and 19
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 20
‘‘$50’’ and inserting ‘‘$100’’; and 21
(3) in paragraph (3)— 22
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 23
‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000’’; and 24
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 25
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(i) by striking ‘‘$200’’ and inserting 1
‘‘$400’’; and 2
(ii) by striking ‘‘$90’’ and inserting 3
‘‘$180’’. 4
(b) F
EES FORLICENSEDCOLLECTORS.—Section 5
923(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 6
striking ‘‘$10’’ and inserting ‘‘$20’’. 7
SEC. 14. ELIMINATION OF OBLIGATORY STAY OF EFFEC-8
TIVE DATE OF LICENSE REVOCATION. 9
Section 923(f)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 10
amended, in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘shall upon 11
the request of the holder of the license’’ and inserting 12
‘‘may, upon a showing by the holder of the license of good 13
cause,’’. 14
SEC. 15. ELIMINATION OF RELIEF FOR DEALERS INDICTED 15
FOR A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISON-16
MENT FOR A TERM EXCEEDING ONE YEAR. 17
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 925 of title 18, United 18
States Code, is amended— 19
(1) by striking subsection (b); and 20
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) 21
as subsections (b) through (e), respectively. 22
(b) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 23
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(1) CHAPTER 44 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES 1
CODE.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, 2
is amended— 3
(A) in section 922— 4
(i) in subsection (d), in the second 5
sentence— 6
(I) by striking ‘‘licensed im-7
porter, licensed manufacturer, licensed 8
dealer, or licensed collector who pur-9
suant to subsection (b) of section 925 10
is not precluded from dealing in fire-11
arms or ammunition, or to a’’; and 12
(II) by striking ‘‘subsection (c) of 13
section 925’’ and inserting ‘‘section 14
925(b)’’; 15
(ii) in subsection (l), by striking 16
‘‘925(d) of this chapter’’ and inserting 17
‘‘925(c)’’; and 18
(iii) in subsection (r), by striking 19
‘‘925(d)(3) of this chapter’’ and inserting 20
‘‘925(c)(3)’’; and 21
(B) in section 925(f), by striking ‘‘sub-22
section (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’. 23
(2) F
OREIGN MILITARY SALES ACT .—Section 24
38(b)(1)(B)(i) of the Foreign Military Sales Act (22 25
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U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B)(i)) is amended by striking 1
‘‘925(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘925(d)’’. 2
(3) NICS
IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS ACT OF 3
2007.—Section 101(c)(2)(A)(iii) of the NICS Im-4
provement Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 5
40911(c)(2)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘925(c)’’ 6
and inserting ‘‘925(b)’’. 7
(4) A
TOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954 .—Section 8
161A(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 9
U.S.C. 2201a(b)) is amended by striking 10
‘‘925(d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘925(c)(3)’’. 11
SEC. 16. ELIMINATION OF RELIEF WHILE FEDERAL DIS-12
ABILITY RELIEF APPLICATION PENDING. 13
Section 925(b) of title 18, United States Code, as so 14
redesignated by section 15(a) of this Act, is amended by 15
striking the fourth sentence and inserting the following: 16
‘‘This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the At-17
torney General from, on a showing by a licensee of good 18
cause, permitting the licensee to continue operations while 19
an application for relief from disabilities is pending.’’. 20
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SEC. 17. PRESUMPTION OF KNOWLEDGE OF STATE LAW IN 1
SALE OF LONG GUNS TO RESIDENTS OF AN-2
OTHER STATE. 3
Section 922(b)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is 4
amended by striking ‘‘in the absence of evidence to the 5
contrary,’’. 6
SEC. 18. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR KNOWING TRANSFER 7
OF FIREARM WITHOUT CONDUCTING A BACK-8
GROUND CHECK. 9
Section 922(t)(5) of title 18, United States Code, is 10
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-11
lowing: ‘‘in the case of the first violation and, in the case 12
of a subsequent violation, shall immediately suspend or re-13
voke any license issued to the licensee under section 923 14
and impose on the licensee a civil fine equal to $20,000’’. 15
SEC. 19. UNLAWFUL ACTS UPON INCURRING FEDERAL DIS-16
ABILITY OR NOTICE OF LICENSE SUSPEN-17
SION, REVOCATION, OR DENIED RENEWAL. 18
(a) R
ESTRICTIONS.—Section 922 of title 18, United 19
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-20
lowing: 21
‘‘(aa) U
NLAWFULACTSUPONINCURRINGFEDERAL 22
D
ISABILITY ORNOTICE OFLICENSESUSPENSION, REV-23
OCATION, ORDENIEDRENEWAL.— 24
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for a 25
licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed 26
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dealer, licensed collector, or licensed facilitator who 1
incurs a disability imposed by Federal laws with re-2
spect to the acquisition, receipt, transfer, shipment, 3
transportation, or possession of firearms or ammuni-4
tion during the term of a license issued under this 5
chapter or while an application to renew such a li-6
cense is pending, or who has been notified by the At-7
torney General that a license issued to the licensee 8
under this chapter has been suspended or revoked or 9
that an application of the licensee to renew such a 10
license has been denied, to— 11
‘‘(A) transfer a business inventory fire-12
arm— 13
‘‘(i) into the personal collection of the 14
licensee; or 15
‘‘(ii) to any person other than a li-16
censee under this chapter or a Federal, 17
State, or local law enforcement agency; or 18
‘‘(B) receive a business inventory firearm. 19
‘‘(2) W
AIVER.—Upon a showing by a licensee of 20
good cause, the Attorney General may issue a writ-21
ten waiver of paragraph (1) if the licensee authorizes 22
the Attorney General to inspect the records and in-23
ventory of the licensee at any time to ensure that 24
the licensee is in compliance with this chapter.’’. 25
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(b) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of title 18, United 1
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-2
lowing: 3
‘‘(9) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa) 4
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more 5
than 1 year, or both.’’. 6
(c) N
OTICEREQUIREMENT.—Section 923(f)(1) of 7
title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the first sen-8
tence, by inserting before the period at the end the fol-9
lowing: ‘‘and setting forth the provisions of Federal law 10
and regulation that prohibit a person not licensed under 11
this chapter from engaging in the business of dealing in 12
firearms and the restrictions set forth in section 922(aa)’’. 13
SEC. 20. REGULATION OF FACILITATORS OF FIREARM 14
TRANSFERS. 15
(a) L
ICENSING.—Section 923(a) of title 18, United 16
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-17
lowing: 18
‘‘(4) If the applicant is a facilitator of firearm 19
sales, purchases, or other transfers, a fee of $1,000 20
per year.’’. 21
(b) C
OMPLETEDFACILITATEDSALES.—Section 923 22
of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 23
5, is amended by adding at the end the following: 24
‘‘(n) D
UTIES OFFACILITATORS.— 25
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A licensed facilitator 1
shall— 2
‘‘(A) inform each prospective seller using 3
the commercial marketplace of the licensed 4
facilitator that any offer for firearm sales, pur-5
chases, or other transfers made using the com-6
mercial marketplace may be completed only 7
with the assistance of a licensed importer, li-8
censed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, who 9
must take possession of the firearm directly 10
from the transferor for the purpose of com-11
plying with section 922(t); 12
‘‘(B) require each prospective firearm sell-13
er using the commercial marketplace of the li-14
censed facilitator to complete each firearm sale, 15
purchase, or other transfer as described in sub-16
paragraph (A); and 17
‘‘(C) maintain records of any sale, pur-18
chase, or other transfer described in subpara-19
graph (A), which shall include— 20
‘‘(i) the date of the offer; 21
‘‘(ii) the name of the offeror; 22
‘‘(iii) the name and the licensee num-23
ber of the licensee that will take possession 24
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of the firearm directly from the transferor; 1
and 2
‘‘(iv) the model, serial number, type, 3
and caliber or gauge of the firearm in-4
volved. 5
‘‘(2) A
DVANCE IDENTIFICATION OF LICENSED 6
DEALER.—A licensed facilitator may require a pro-7
spective seller, as a condition of using the commer-8
cial marketplace of the licensed facilitator, to, before 9
offering a firearm for sale, identify a licensed dealer 10
that will take possession of the firearm and complete 11
the sale. 12
‘‘(3) L
ICENSEE COMPLIANCE .—On taking pos-13
session of a firearm sold, purchased, or otherwise 14
transferred in a commercial marketplace of a li-15
censed facilitator, a licensee shall comply with all re-16
quirements of this chapter as if the licensee were 17
transferring the firearm from the inventory of the li-18
censee to the unlicensed transferee.’’. 19
(c) L
IABILITY.—Section 924(h) of title 18, United 20
States Code, is amended— 21
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Whoever’’; and 22
(2) by adding at the end the following: 23
‘‘(2) Whoever, having accepted an offer to transfer 24
ownership of a firearm using a commercial marketplace 25
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of a licensed facilitator in order to complete a firearm 1
transaction as described in subsection (n)(1), knowingly 2
transfers the firearm to a person not licensed under this 3
chapter without a licensed importer, licensed manufac-4
turer, or licensed dealer first taking possession of the fire-5
arm for the purpose of complying with section 922(t)— 6
‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), 7
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not 8
more than 1 year, or both; or 9
‘‘(B) if transfer of the firearm to, or receipt of 10
the firearm by, the transferee violates subsection (d), 11
(g), or (n) of section 922, or the firearm is used to 12
commit a crime of violence (as defined in section 13
(c)(3) of this section) or drug trafficking crime (as 14
defined in subsection (c)(2) of this section), shall be 15
fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 16
10 years, or both.’’. 17
(d) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 44 of 18
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 19
(1) in section 922— 20
(A) in subsection (a)— 21
(i) in paragraph (1)— 22
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-23
ing ‘‘or’’ at the end; 24
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(II) in subparagraph (B), by add-1
ing ‘‘or’’ at the end; and 2
(III) by adding at the end the 3
following: 4
‘‘(C) except a licensed facilitator, to engage 5
in the business of hosting a commercial market-6
place in which offers for firearm sales, pur-7
chases, or other transfers are allowed to be 8
made;’’; and 9
(ii) in paragraph (6)— 10
(I) by striking ‘‘or licensed col-11
lector’’ and inserting ‘‘licensed col-12
lector, or licensed facilitator’’; and 13
(II) by striking ‘‘or collector’’ 14
and inserting ‘‘collector, or 15
facilitator’’; and 16
(B) in subsection (m), by striking ‘‘or li-17
censed collector’’ and inserting ‘‘licensed col-18
lector, or licensed facilitator’’; 19
(2) in section 923— 20
(A) in subsection (c)(1), as so designated 21
by section 12 of this Act, in the first sentence, 22
by inserting ‘‘or facilitate firearm sales, pur-23
chases, or other transfers’’ before ‘‘during the 24
period stated in the license’’; 25
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(B) in subsection (g)(1)(A)— 1
(i) in the matter preceding clause 2
(i)— 3
(I) in the first sentence, by strik-4
ing ‘‘and licensed dealer’’ and insert-5
ing ‘‘licensed dealer, and licensed 6
facilitator’’; and 7
(II) in the last sentence, by in-8
serting ‘‘licensed facilitator,’’ before 9
‘‘or any licensed importer’’; 10
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or li-11
censed collector’’ and inserting ‘‘, licensed 12
collector, or licensed facilitator’’; and 13
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or li-14
censed collector’’ and inserting ‘‘, licensed 15
collector, or licensed facilitator’’; and 16
(C) in subsection (j), in the first sentence, 17
by striking ‘‘or licensed dealer’’ and inserting 18
‘‘licensed dealer, or licensed facilitator’’; and 19
(3) in section 924(a)(3), as amended by section 20
7— 21
(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 22
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘or licensed 23
collector’’ and inserting ‘‘licensed collector, or 24
licensed facilitator’’; and 25
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or 1
licensed collector’’ and inserting ‘‘licensed col-2
lector, or licensed facilitator’’. 3
SEC. 21. DEALER AND EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND CHECKS. 4
(a) R
EQUIREMENTS.— 5
(1) B
ACKGROUND CHECKS REQUIRED BEFORE 6
ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF DEALERS LICENSE .— 7
Section 923(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, as 8
so designated by section 12 of this Act, is amended 9
by inserting after the first sentence the following: 10
‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Attor-11
ney General may not issue or renew a license unless 12
the Attorney General has contacted the national in-13
stant criminal background check system established 14
under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence 15
Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) to determine 16
whether it would be unlawful for the applicant, or 17
any employee of the applicant identified by the ap-18
plicant on the application as trusted with the posses-19
sion or receipt of any firearm, to be transferred or 20
receive a firearm, and the system has notified the 21
Attorney General that the information available to 22
the system does not demonstrate that the transfer to 23
or receipt of a firearm by the applicant or any such 24
employee would violate subsection (d), (g), or (n) (as 25
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applicable) of section 922 or State, local, or Tribal 1
law where the business premises of the applicant 2
subject to the license is located.’’. 3
(2) B
ACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED BEFORE 4
FIREARM POSSESSION BY DEALER EMPLOYEE .—Sec-5
tion 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, as 6
amended by section 7 of this Act, is amended by 7
adding at the end the following: 8
‘‘(11) A licensed dealer may not allow an employee 9
to possess a firearm at a premises from which the licensed 10
dealer conducts business subject to license under this 11
chapter, unless— 12
‘‘(A) the employee is at least the minimum age 13
required by State and local law to possess or receive 14
a firearm; 15
‘‘(B) the licensed dealer has contacted the na-16
tional instant criminal background check system es-17
tablished under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 18
Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) to deter-19
mine whether transfer of a firearm to, or receipt of 20
a firearm by, the individual would be unlawful; and 21
‘‘(C) the system has notified the licensee that 22
the information available to the system does not 23
demonstrate that the transfer of a firearm to, or re-24
ceipt of a firearm by, the individual would violate 25
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subsection (d), (g), or (n) (as applicable) of section 1
922 or State, local, or Tribal law.’’. 2
(b) A
UTHORITY OFNICS SYSTEMTORESPOND TO 3
L
ICENSEDDEALERREQUEST FOR CRIMINALBACK-4
GROUNDCHECK OFEMPLOYEE ORAPPLICANT FOREM-5
PLOYMENT.—Section 103(b)(2) of the Brady Handgun 6
Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901(b)(2)) is 7
amended— 8
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘V
OLUNTARY’’ 9
and inserting ‘‘C
OMPULSORY’’; and 10
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘volun-11
tarily’’. 12
(c) A
UTHORITY OFNICS SYSTEMTOSEARCHNA-13
TIONALDATAEXCHANGE.—Section 103(e)(1) of the 14
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 15
40901(e)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-16
lowing: 17
‘‘(L) S
EARCH OF NATIONAL DATA EX -18
CHANGE DATABASE .—The system established 19
under this section shall include a search of the 20
database of the National Data Exchange when 21
conducting a background check under this sec-22
tion.’’. 23
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SEC. 22. LIABILITY STANDARDS. 1
(a) L
IABILITY INLICENSING.—Section 923 of title 2
18, United States Code, is amended— 3
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘will-4
fully’’ and inserting ‘‘knowingly’’; and 5
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘willfully’’ 6
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘knowingly’’. 7
(b) L
IABILITY INPENALTIES.—Section 924 of title 8
18, United States Code, is amended— 9
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘will-10
fully’’ and inserting ‘‘knowingly’’; and 11
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘willful’’ 12
and inserting ‘‘knowing’’. 13
SEC. 23. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT. 14
(a) F
INES FORENGAGING IN THEBUSINESSWITH-15
OUT ALICENSE.—Section 924(n) of title 18, United 16
States Code, is amended— 17
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(n)’’; and 18
(2) by adding at the end the following: 19
‘‘(2) If the Attorney General finds that a person has 20
engaged in conduct that constitutes a violation of section 21
922(a)(1)(A), the Attorney General shall— 22
‘‘(A) transmit to the person a written notice 23
specifying the violation, which shall include a copy of 24
the provision of law violated; and 25
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‘‘(B) impose on the person a civil penalty in an 1
amount that is not less than $2,500 and not more 2
than $20,000.’’. 3
(b) T
IEREDPENALTIES FORREPEATEDVIOLATIONS 4
OFREGULATIONS BYLICENSEDDEALERS.—Section 924 5
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 6
the end the following: 7
‘‘(q) P
ENALTIESRELATING TOVIOLATIONS OFREG-8
ULATIONS BYLICENSEDDEALERS.— 9
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—If the Attorney General 10
finds a licensed dealer to be in violation of a regula-11
tion prescribed under section 926, the Attorney Gen-12
eral shall— 13
‘‘(A) if the violation is not a result of gross 14
negligence by the licensed dealer— 15
‘‘(i) in the case of the first such viola-16
tion by the licensed dealer, if not preceded 17
by a violation to which subparagraph (B) 18
applies, transmit to the licensed dealer a 19
written notice specifying the violation, 20
which shall include a copy of the regulation 21
violated; 22
‘‘(ii) in the case of the second such 23
violation by the licensed dealer, if not pre-24
ceded by a violation to which subparagraph 25
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(B) applies, impose a civil penalty in an 1
amount that is not less than $2,500 and 2
not more than $20,000; 3
‘‘(iii) in the case of the third such vio-4
lation by the licensed dealer, if not pre-5
ceded by a violation to which subparagraph 6
(B) applies, suspend the license to deal in 7
firearms issued to the licensed dealer 8
under this chapter until the violation 9
ceases; 10
‘‘(iv) in the case of the fourth such 11
violation by the licensed dealer, whether or 12
not preceded by a violation to which sub-13
paragraph (B) applies, revoke the license; 14
or 15
‘‘(v) in the case of any such violation 16
by the licensed dealer, if preceded by a vio-17
lation to which subparagraph (B) applies, 18
apply the penalty authorized under this 19
subsection that is 1 level greater in sever-20
ity than the level of severity of the penalty 21
most recently applied to the licensed dealer 22
under this subsection; or 23
‘‘(B) if the violation is a result of gross 24
negligence by the licensed dealer— 25
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‘‘(i) in the case of the first such viola-1
tion by the licensed dealer, impose a civil 2
penalty in an amount that is not less than 3
$2,500 and not more than $20,000; 4
‘‘(ii) in the case of the second such 5
violation by the licensed dealer— 6
‘‘(I) impose a civil penalty in an 7
amount equal to $20,000; and 8
‘‘(II) suspend the license to deal 9
in firearms issued to the licensed deal-10
er under this chapter until the viola-11
tion ceases; or 12
‘‘(iii) in the case of the third such vio-13
lation by the licensed dealer, revoke the li-14
cense to deal in firearms issued to the li-15
censed dealer under this chapter. 16
‘‘(2) S
USPENSION OF LICENSE .—In the case of 17
any violation described in paragraph (1), if the At-18
torney General finds that the nature of the violation 19
indicates that the continued operation of a firearms 20
business by the licensed dealer presents an imminent 21
risk to public safety, the Attorney General shall, not-22
withstanding paragraph (1), immediately suspend 23
the license to deal in firearms issued to the licensed 24
dealer under this chapter and secure the firearms in-25
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ventory of the licensed dealer, until the violation 1
ceases, unless the appropriate penalty under para-2
graph (1) is revocation of the license, in which case 3
the Attorney General shall immediately revoke the li-4
cense and secure the firearms inventory of the li-5
censed dealer.’’. 6
SEC. 24. REMOVAL OF BAR ON CIVIL PROCEEDINGS IF 7
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS TERMINATED. 8
Section 923(f) of title 18, United States Code, is 9
amended by striking paragraph (4). 10
SEC. 25. REPEAL OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. 11
(a) L
IMITATIONSRELATED TOUSE OFFIREARMS 12
T
RACEDATA.— 13
(1) F
ISCAL YEAR 2012.—The matter under the 14
heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ under the 15
heading ‘‘B
UREAU OFALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE-16
ARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title II of division B of 17
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria-18
tions Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 19
112–55; 125 Stat. 609) is amended by striking the 20
sixth proviso. 21
(2) F
ISCAL YEAR 2010.—The sixth proviso 22
under the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ 23
under the heading ‘‘B
UREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-24
BACCO, FIREARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title II of 25
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division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1
2010 (Public Law 111–117; 123 Stat. 3128) is 2
amended by striking ‘‘beginning in fiscal year 2010 3
and thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 2010’’. 4
(3) F
ISCAL YEAR 2009.—The sixth proviso 5
under the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ 6
under the heading ‘‘B
UREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-7
BACCO, FIREARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title II of 8
division B of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 9
(Public Law 111–8; 123 Stat. 575) is amended by 10
striking ‘‘beginning in fiscal year 2009 and there-11
after’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 2009’’. 12
(4) F
ISCAL YEAR 2008.—The sixth proviso 13
under the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ 14
under the heading ‘‘B
UREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-15
BACCO, FIREARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title II of 16
division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 17
2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 1903) is 18
amended by striking ‘‘beginning in fiscal year 2008 19
and thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 2008’’. 20
(5) F
ISCAL YEAR 2006.—The sixth proviso 21
under the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ 22
under the heading ‘‘B
UREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-23
BACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES’’ in title I of 24
the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related 25
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Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 1
109–108; 119 Stat. 2295) is amended by striking 2
‘‘with respect to any fiscal year’’. 3
(6) F
ISCAL YEAR 2005.—The sixth proviso 4
under the heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ 5
under the heading ‘‘B
UREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-6
BACCO, FIREARMS ANDEXPLOSIVES’’ in title I of di-7
vision B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 8
2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 2859) is 9
amended by striking ‘‘with respect to any fiscal 10
year’’. 11
(7) F
ISCAL YEAR 2023.—Section 644 of division 12
J of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 13
2003 (5 U.S.C. 552 note; Public Law 108–7; 117 14
Stat. 473) is amended by striking ‘‘or any other Act 15
with respect to any fiscal year’’. 16
(b) L
IMITATIONSRELATING TOCONSOLIDATING AND 17
C
ENTRALIZINGRECORDS.—The first proviso under the 18
heading ‘‘
SALARIES AND EXPENSES ’’ under the heading 19
‘‘B
UREAU OFALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS ANDEX-20
PLOSIVES’’ in title II of division B of the Consolidated and 21
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 22
923 note; Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 609) is amended 23
by striking ‘‘or hereafter’’. 24
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(c) REQUIREMENTTODESTROYINSTANTCRIMINAL 1
B
ACKGROUND CHECKRECORDSWITHIN24 HOURS.— 2
Section 511 of division B of the Consolidated and Further 3
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (34 U.S.C. 40901 4
note; Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 632) is amended— 5
(1) by striking ‘‘—’’ and all that follows 6
through ‘‘(1)’’; and 7
(2) by striking the semicolon and all that fol-8
lows and inserting a period. 9
SEC. 26. AUTHORITY TO HIRE ADDITIONAL INDUSTRY OP-10
ERATION INVESTIGATORS FOR BUREAU OF 11
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLO-12
SIVES. 13
The Attorney General may hire 650 industry oper-14
ation investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 15
Firearms, and Explosives, to be distributed among the 16
various field divisions to match the number and distribu-17
tion of persons licensed under chapter 44 of title 18, 18
United States Code, in addition to any personnel needed 19
to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this 20
Act and any industry operation investigators authorized 21
by other law. 22
SEC. 27. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT. 23
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 24
of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 25
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and publish on the website of the Department of Justice 1
a written report on the implementation of this Act and 2
the amendments made by this Act, including any steps 3
needed to complete the implementation, which shall iden-4
tify any additional resources that are required to— 5
(1) conduct regular inspections under chapter 6
44 of title 18, United States Code; and 7
(2) ensure that this Act and the amendments 8
made by this Act are enforced against noncompliant 9
federally licensed firearms dealers in a timely man-10
ner. 11
SEC. 28. ANNUAL LICENSED DEALER INSPECTIONS REPORT 12
AND ANALYSIS. 13
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 14
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 15
the Attorney General shall submit to Congress and publish 16
on the website of the Department of Justice a report that 17
contains the information described in subsection (b) with 18
respect to— 19
(1) the preceding 2-year period, in the case of 20
the first report; or 21
(2) the preceding year, in the case of each sub-22
sequent report. 23
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(b) CONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 1
shall state, with respect to the applicable reporting pe-2
riod— 3
(1) the number of inspections or examinations 4
conducted of Type 01, Type 02, and Type 07 Fed-5
eral firearm licensees (dealers, pawnbrokers, and 6
manufacturers, respectively) by each field division of 7
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Ex-8
plosives, including by the number of inspections or 9
examinations of high-risk dealers (as that term is 10
used in clause (ii) of section 923(g)(1)(B) of title 11
18, United States Code, as added by section 11 of 12
this Act) and non-high-risk dealers; 13
(2) the number of security inspections under 14
subparagraph (B) of section 923(g)(6) of title 18, 15
United States Code, as added by section 11 of this 16
Act, prompted by dealer reports of lost or stolen 17
firearms under subparagraph (A) of such section 18
923(g)(6), as so designated by section 11 of this 19
Act, and the number of follow-up security inspec-20
tions conducted during the 6-month period following 21
a security inspection revealing a violation; 22
(3) the average amount of time spent on— 23
(A) inspections or examinations of high- 24
risk dealers (as described in paragraph (1)); 25
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(B) inspections or examinations of non- 1
high-risk dealers (as described in paragraph 2
(1)); 3
(C) security inspections (as described in 4
paragraph (2)); and 5
(D) follow-up security inspections (as de-6
scribed in paragraph (2)); and 7
(4) an analysis of the most frequently cited vio-8
lations and corrective actions or penalties imposed in 9
each inspection or examination described in para-10
graph (1) or security inspection described in para-11
graph (2), including— 12
(A) the number of licenses recommended 13
to be suspended or revoked; 14
(B) the number of licensees sent notices of 15
suspension or revocation; 16
(C) the number of hearings requested by 17
licensees on receipt of a notice of suspension or 18
revocation; 19
(D) the number of suspension or revoca-20
tion hearings initiated during a prior 12-month 21
period that remain ongoing during the 12- 22
month period covered by the report; and 23
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(E) the decision ultimately rendered in 1
each such matter by the Director of the Bureau 2
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. 3
SEC. 29. DEADLINE FOR ISSUANCE OF FINAL REGULA-4
TIONS. 5
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 6
of this Act, the Attorney General shall prescribe all regula-7
tions required to carry out this Act and the amendments 8
made by this Act. 9
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