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<dc:title>116 HR 1112 PCS: 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.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>House Bill</dc:type>
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<docNumber>1112</docNumber>
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<citableAs>116 HR 1112 PCS</citableAs>
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<citableAs>116 H. R. 1112 PCS</citableAs>
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<docStage>Placed on Calendar Senate</docStage>
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<currentChamber>SENATE</currentChamber>
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<dc:creator>United States Senate</dc:creator>
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<processedDate>2024-09-09</processedDate>
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<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<relatedDocument role="calendar" href="/us/116/scal/30">Calendar No. 30</relatedDocument>
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<congress>116</congress>
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<session>1</session>
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<preface>
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<slugLine> HR 1112 PCS</slugLine>
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<relatedDocument role="calendar" href="/us/116/scal/30">Calendar No. 30</relatedDocument>
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<congress value="116">116th CONGRESS</congress>
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<session value="1">1st Session</session>
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<dc:type>H. R. </dc:type>
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<docNumber>1112</docNumber>
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<currentChamber value="SENATE">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</currentChamber>
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<action><date><inline class="smallCaps">March </inline>4, 2019</date><actionDescription>Received; read the first time</actionDescription></action>
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<action><date><inline class="smallCaps">March </inline>5, 2019</date><actionDescription>Read the second time and placed on the calendar</actionDescription></action></preface>
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<main id="HF05A31E3420943BEB0D21AB1861E8984" styleType="OLC"><longTitle><docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle><officialTitle>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.</officialTitle></longTitle><enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
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<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1112/s1" id="HF06DBC4DF8324670880871C361763CCC"><num value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content class="block">This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019</shortTitle>”.</content></section>
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<section role="instruction" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1112/s2" id="H34FFEA8FFD1D489798F6DB286C3183F4"><num value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading>STRENGTHENING OF BACKGROUND CHECK PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BEFORE A FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE MAY TRANSFER A FIREARM TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT SUCH A LICENSEE.</heading>
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<chapeau class="indent0"><ref href="/us/usc/t18/s922/t/1/B/ii">Section 922(t)(1)(B)(ii) of title 18, United States Code</ref> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau>
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<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1112/s2/1" id="HD9D0641FAC794D09BE1A980AE41AAE2B" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (1)(B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> clause (ii) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:
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<quotedContent id="H5510C43B02CC481B8F12A283C9D16323" styleType="OLC">
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<clause id="H59CC1A94F78047AD8F9E4246DE0C651C" class="indent1"><num value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>in the event the system has not notified the licensee that the receipt of a firearm by such other person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section—</chapeau>
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<subclause id="H063E3464154040ECA9CCE2971A60DE4B" class="indent2"><num value="I">“(I) </num><chapeau>not fewer than 10 business days (meaning a day on which State offices are open) has elapsed since the licensee contacted the system, and the system has not notified the licensee that the receipt of a firearm by such other person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section, and the other person has submitted, electronically through a website established by the Attorney General or by first-class mail, a petition for review which—</chapeau>
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<item id="H72B9E1C229084786A6655E0F05B53C20" class="indent3"><num value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>certifies that such other person has no reason to believe that such other person is prohibited by Federal, State, or local law from purchasing or possessing a firearm; and</content></item>
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<item id="H7A03D7B88C2044369C6E4E75865F45C7" class="indent3"><num value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>requests that the system respond to the contact referred to in subparagraph (A) within 10 business days after the date the petition was submitted (or, if the petition is submitted by first-class mail, the date the letter containing the petition is postmarked); and</content></item></subclause>
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<subclause id="HE8E38EE8193F446C807AA09A32F4C93B" class="indent2"><num value="II">“(II) </num><content>10 business days have elapsed since the other person so submitted the petition, and the system has not notified the licensee that the receipt of a firearm by such other person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section; and”</content></subclause></clause></quotedContent><inline role="after-quoted-block">; and</inline></content></paragraph>
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<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1112/s2/2" id="H6FB8777DFB8743DA84DF42BB6E2F6BF2" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:
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<quotedContent id="HD77DE268037F4788886D56E6577A4FCE" styleType="OLC">
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<paragraph id="H6D86437301B346CE9520C02C94038912" class="indent1"><num value="7">“(7) </num><chapeau>The Attorney General shall—</chapeau>
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<subparagraph id="HDB384E65383645DD9CC2A389BC26FA7C" class="indent2"><num value="A">“(A) </num><content>prescribe the form on which a petition shall be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1)(B)(ii);</content></subparagraph>
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<subparagraph id="H5623319FEF0D40A3A43AA4270A4EAE48" class="indent2"><num value="B">“(B) </num><content>make the form available electronically, and provide a copy of the form to all licensees referred to in paragraph (1);</content></subparagraph>
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<subparagraph id="H9A55BD0AFCBF4AB687E941AE5CB29F31" class="indent2"><num value="C">“(C) </num><content>provide the petitioner and the licensee involved written notice of receipt of the petition, either electronically or by first-class mail; and</content></subparagraph>
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<subparagraph id="H70B0B1C14FF944AD93FBF809B111D9F8" class="indent2"><num value="D">“(D) </num><content>respond on an expedited basis to any such petition received by the Attorney General.</content></subparagraph></paragraph>
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<paragraph id="H4669BE48167C486483656CA2CE7757A5" class="indent0"><num value="8">“(8)</num><subparagraph id="HABD5175F719040BA8C7014801E981661" class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>If, after 3 business days have elapsed since the licensee initially contacted the system about a firearm transaction, the system notifies the licensee that the receipt of a firearm by such other person would not violate subsection (g) or (n), the licensee may continue to rely on that notification for the longer of—</chapeau>
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<clause id="H72E2A826E31D45B4AF41815CCED21FC1" class="indent1"><num value="i">“(i) </num><content>an additional 25 calendar days after the licensee receives the notification; or</content></clause>
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<clause id="HB0D0DDFED2644DC29C94E050F978D59D" class="indent1"><num value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>30 calendar days after the date of the initial contact.</content></clause></subparagraph>
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<subparagraph id="H9FB6A644705A441B82442B000FB68ADC" class="indent0"><num value="B">“(B) </num><content>If such other person has met the requirements of paragraph (1)(B)(ii) before the system destroys the records related to the firearm transaction, the licensee may continue to rely on such other person having met the requirements for an additional 25 calendar days after the date such other person first met the requirements.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent><inline role="after-quoted-block">.</inline></content></paragraph></section>
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<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1112/s3" id="HA8AC67F0416541AAA9CD701A6EB739B5"><num value="3">SEC. 3. </num><heading>GAO REPORTS.</heading>
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<chapeau class="indent0">Within 90 days after the end of each of the 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year periods that begin with the effective date of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a written report analyzing the extent to which, during the respective period, paragraphs (1)(B)(ii) and (7) of <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s922/t">section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code</ref>, have prevented firearms from being transferred to prohibited persons, which report shall include but not be limited to the following—</chapeau>
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<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1112/s3/1" id="HC86AA83AE11141CB8E0ACA3523310AD8" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>an assessment of the overall implementation of such subsections, including a description of the challenges faced in implementing such paragraphs; and</content></paragraph>
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<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1112/s3/2" id="HCB9D615932874C75BCCE3AD64B3022F3" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>an aggregate description of firearm purchase delays and denials, and an aggregate analysis of the petitions submitted pursuant to such paragraph (1)(B)(ii).</content></paragraph></section>
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<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1112/s4" id="H39A32D8E296A45A793227C2CCED33104"><num value="4">SEC. 4. </num><heading>REPORTS ON PETITIONS SUPPORTING FIREARM TRANSFERS NOT IMMEDIATELY APPROVED BY NICS SYSTEM, THAT WERE NOT RESPONDED TO IN A TIMELY MANNER.</heading><content class="block">The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall make an annual report to the public on the number of petitions received by the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that were submitted pursuant to subclause (I) of <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s922/t/1/B/ii">section 922(t)(1)(B)(ii) of title 18, United States Code</ref>, with respect to which a determination was not made within the 10-day period referred to in subclause (II) of such section.</content></section>
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<section role="instruction" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1112/s5" id="HAEF80AAD22D2490494A155C0A2A59C16"><num value="5">SEC. 5. </num><heading>NEW TERMINOLOGY FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.</heading><content class="block"><ref href="/us/usc/t18/s922">Section 922 of title 18, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in each of subsections (d)(4) and (g)(4) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>adjudicated as a mental defective</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>adjudicated with mental illness, severe developmental disability, or severe emotional instability</quotedText>”.</content></section>
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<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1112/s6" id="H5680BAEC8B614963AE574F9468DC072F"><num value="6">SEC. 6. </num><heading>REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.</heading><content class="block">Within 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms, shall submit to the Congress a report analyzing the effect, if any, of this Act on the safety of victims of domestic violence, domestic abuse, dating partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and whether any further amendments to the background check process, including amendments to the conditions that must be met under this Act for a firearm to be transferred when the system has not notified the licensee that such transfer would not violate subsection (g) or (n) of <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s922">section 922 of title 18, United States Code</ref>, would likely result in a reduction in the risk of death or great bodily harm to victims of domestic violence, domestic abuse, dating partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking.</content></section>
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<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1112/s7" id="H467F1F83379342BFB63F9822FAE9F01F"><num value="7">SEC. 7. </num><heading>EFFECTIVE DATE.</heading><content class="block">This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 210 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></section></main>
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<attestation><action><actionDescription>Passed the House of Representatives </actionDescription><date date="2019-02-28" meta="chamber:House">February 28, 2019</date>.</action>
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<signature><notation type="attestation">Attest: </notation><name>CHERYL L. JOHNSON,</name><role>Clerk.</role></signature></signatures></attestation>
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<endorsement orientation="landscape"><relatedDocument role="calendar" href="/us/116/scal/30">Calendar No. 30</relatedDocument><congress value="116">116th CONGRESS</congress><session value="1">1st Session</session><dc:type>H. R. </dc:type><docNumber>1112</docNumber><longTitle><docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle><officialTitle>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.</officialTitle></longTitle><action><date date="2019-03-05"><inline class="smallCaps">March </inline>5, 2019</date><actionDescription>Read the second time and placed on the calendar</actionDescription></action></endorsement></bill> |