United States HR 1112: Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019

Bill Text

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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1112
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the
background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms
licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. CUNNINGHAM)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to
strengthen the background check procedures to be fol-
lowed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer
a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhanced Background 4
Checks Act of 2019’’. 5
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SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING OF BACKGROUND CHECK PROCE-1
DURES TO BE FOLLOWED BEFORE A FED-2
ERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE MAY TRANSFER A 3
FIREARM TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT SUCH A 4
LICENSEE. 5
Section 922(t)(1)(B)(ii) of title 18, United States 6
Code is amended— 7
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking clause (ii) 8
and inserting the following: 9
‘‘(ii) in the event the system has not notified 10
the licensee that the receipt of a firearm by such 11
other person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of 12
this section— 13
‘‘(I) not fewer than 10 business days 14
(meaning a day on which State offices are 15
open) has elapsed since the licensee contacted 16
the system, and the system has not notified the 17
licensee that the receipt of a firearm by such 18
other person would violate subsection (g) or (n) 19
of this section, and the other person has sub-20
mitted, electronically through a website estab-21
lished by the Attorney General or by first-class 22
mail, a petition for review which— 23
‘‘(aa) certifies that such other person 24
has no reason to believe that such other 25
person is prohibited by Federal, State, or 26
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local law from purchasing or possessing a 1
firearm; and 2
‘‘(bb) requests that the system re-3
spond to the contact referred to in sub-4
paragraph (A) within 10 business days 5
after the date the petition was submitted 6
(or, if the petition is submitted by first- 7
class mail, the date the letter containing 8
the petition is postmarked); and 9
‘‘(II) 10 business days have elapsed since 10
the other person so submitted the petition, and 11
the system has not notified the licensee that the 12
receipt of a firearm by such other person would 13
violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section; 14
and’’; and 15
(2) by adding at the end the following: 16
‘‘(7) The Attorney General shall— 17
‘‘(A) prescribe the form on which a peti-18
tion shall be submitted pursuant to paragraph 19
(1)(B)(ii); 20
‘‘(B) make the form available electroni-21
cally, and provide a copy of the form to all li-22
censees referred to in paragraph (1); 23
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‘‘(C) provide the petitioner and the licensee 1
involved written notice of receipt of the petition, 2
either electronically or by first-class mail; and 3
‘‘(D) respond on an expedited basis to any 4
such petition received by the Attorney Gen-5
eral.’’. 6
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